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Have you ever worked on a project where it seems the project design team just can't understand the requirements set out by the environmental assessment (EA) team? And on the flip side, the EA team doesn't understand (or maybe care) that their requests will impact the project schedule and cost, or that it's too late in the process to change something they are suggesting?
Read MoreCollaboration seems to be a word thrown around quite a bit. But what does it really mean and why do it? How successful is the practice being implemented? And what avenues are there to do so?
Read MoreA new course has been developed by ECO Canada, for newbies entering the world of environmental protection and environmental law. Or maybe just for those who want to know a bit more about the regulations associated with protection of the environment and human health. Why not check out a free preview of one of their modules?
Read MoreThere are two things that could have major impacts on improving the viability of mining projects:
1. Planning, developing and operating projects with the end-use, full closure design in mind (building it to progressively enable closure shortly following the end of operations of a mine), and
2. Flipping evaluation of a potential development on its head - evaluate the worth of the entire property - with value placed on every component of the system - including the overburden and "waste" materials being excavated and moved in order to reach that desired, valued ore. This is monetizing the waste streams that every operation generates - at the front-end planning and assessment phase.
Read MorePeople often think that grand goals, major change initiatives - especially the ones that require collaborative action from multiple people around the world - will never come to fruition. They believe they are just too far-reaching, too unattainable - and so they don't even try - to believe, to contribute, to promote progression toward that goal.
I am not one of those people. I believe that all goals are attainable, and all it takes is a starting point and a few passionate souls...
Read MoreSeth Godin's new book "What to Do When it's Your Turn" provokes internal debate around how things are typically perceived, and how we might alternatively flip that around in order to actually move forward and do something with it. He writes,
"Usually when we say "it's your turn," we mean that it's your turn to be picked, to be the next one, the person who fits in more than any other. The next pop star on the cover of Seventeen, the next news anchor, the next plant manager. Or the next customer at the deli. This is the model in which you wait for change to happen to you.
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