Beyond Attitude Consulting acknowledges we operate in Mi’kma’ki – the unceded territory and ancestral homeland of the Mi’kmaq First Nation. Our relationship is based on a series of Peace and Friendship treaties between the Mi’kmaq First Nation and the Crown, dating from 1725 to 1779. In 1999 the Supreme Court of Canada, in R v Marshall, upheld the 1752 treaty “which promised Indigenous Peoples the right to hunt and fish their lands and establish trade.”
We also acknowledge that we work and play in many unceded territories and ancestral homelands of Indigenous Peoples across North America, and respect the rights and traditions of the many First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples therein.
We are all Treaty People.
Job Creation in Waste Management
Lura Consulting (http://www NULL.lura NULL.ca) (my employer) recently produced a report for Zero Waste Simcoe, an organization in Simcoe County, Ontario. The report estimates the number of jobs that could be created through responsible waste management. Simcoe already has an impressive waste diversion record, but there are more opportunities available to divert waste, and that provides economic opportunities. Our study indicates that 220 to 400 more jobs could be created in the waste management industry.
Often people say that environmental protection comes at the expense of jobs. In fact, the Simcoe report clearly shows that environmental protection and job creation can go hand-in-hand.
The report can be found at the Zero Waste Simcoe website (http://www NULL.zerowastesimcoe NULL.org/), and a news story (http://www NULL.midlandmirror NULL.com/midlandmirror/article/156651) on a presentation I gave in Midland is available as well.
So how does CBSM relate? When waste diversion programs are put in place, their success is directly relative to the participation of people in the community. CBSM programs can squeeze the most potential out of these programs, including the associated job creation, by maximizing participation.