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Critical Relationships: Building an Indigenous-led Framework for Including Unexplored Values of Traditional Knowledge and Ecosystem Services into the Mining Industry The Critical Relationships project will demonstrate how Indigenous-led environmental stewardship can enhance the management of natural resources and ecosystem services and create new economic opportunities in the mining sector. This will be done through the

29 February 2024

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We live in a world of potential abundance. When we interact with Mother Earth properly, Mother Earth works with us. When we work against her, we create a desert. It is an interactive relationship. By working with our natural resources in a way that values life, considers all aspects of the interconnected web, takes the

6 January 2023

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We are happy to share the work we conducted this summer on our sites in NW British Columbia, in Tahltan Territory. We spent time introducing ourselves to the land, understanding and building relationship with the land and developing a partnership with our primary partner – Mother Earth. We are very pleased to have received blessings

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Media

Jerry Asp Feature – Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction

P. Jerry Asp on how the mining industry can transform communities | TNM Podcast 170

Jerry Asp on Globally Leading Indigenous Inclusion in Mining | Mining Over Canada

PDAC Convention 2011 - Jerry Asp - Skookum Jim Award

Jerry Asp Receives Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award

Sonia Molodecky at the III International Community Relations Congress in Peru

Social Impact Heroes: How Sonia Molodecky Of The Global Indigenous Development Trust Is Helping To Empower Indigenous Communities Worldwide

Global Indigenous Development Trust: Why we should include indigenous perspectives

Resources

BOOKS

Benyus, Janine (1997).  Biomimicry: Innovation inspired by nature. Harper Collins Publishing.

Brown, Peter G. and Garver, Geoffrey (2009). Right relationship:  Building a whole Earth economy. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Capra, Fritjof and Luisi, Pier Luigi (2014). The systems view of life: A unifying vision. Cambridge University Press.

Collins, Katherine (2014). The nature of investing: Resilient investment strategies through biomimicry. Brookline, MA: Bibliomotion Inc.

Elkington, John (2020). Green swans: The coming boom in regenerative capitalism. Fast Company Press.

Hawken, Paul (2021). Regeneration: Ending the climate crisis in one generation. Penguin Books.

Henderson, Rebecca (2020). Reimagining capitalism in a world on fire. Public Affairs Publishing.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.

Korten, David C. (2015). Change the story, change the future: A living economy for a living Earth. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.

Meadows, Donella H. (2009) Thinking in systems. Taylor & Francis.

Polman, Paul and Winston, Andrew (2021). Net positive: How courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take. Harvard Business Review Press.

Rifkin, Jeremy. (2009). The empathic civilization: The race to global consciousness in a world in crisis. Tarcher/Penguin Press.

Sanford, Carol and Haggard, Ben, et al. (2022).  Indirect work: A regenerative change theory for businesses, communities, institutions and humans. Interoctave, Inc.

Savory, Allan and Butterfield, Jody, et al. (2016). Holistic management: The commonsense revolution to restore our environment (3rd edition). Island Press.

Simard, Suzanne (2021). Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest. Penguin Random House.

Yunkaporta, Tyson (2020). Sand talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world. HarperOne.