The Blog

Advancing Natural Asset Planning and Management 

February 22, 2026

Having reasonable and defensible replacement costs for both enhanced and natural assets can help local governments.

In Honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2025

On this important day I invite you to engage in the journey of reconciliation by exploring some of the free resources offered by ICT (Indigenous Corporate Training). ICT offers a suite of online materials designed to help us learn about … Read more

Keeping Us Here

June 20, 2025

This June we were in Gaspesie (Quebec), an area known for its mountains and views of the sea where whales and seals can be spotted from the shore. While there, we spent two days in some of the worst smog … Read more

A Grounded Celebration

October 22, 2024

To celebrate Grounded Solutions’ being in business for just over three years we are posting a short blog on something orange in nature:  iron staining in groundwater seeps and springs. Seeps and springs occur where groundwater discharges to the surface. … Read more

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 30, 2024

In honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation we are posting a couple of interesting personal intersections our firm has had with Indigenous culture in Canada over 2024.

Sharing linkages between natural asset management and ecological restoration

June 19, 2023

It was great to reconnect with some of my favourite Ecologists (Terrastory, Conservation Halton), make some new connections and hear about what others are doing in the fields of restoration economics (Aisling O’Shae of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and … Read more

Making Connections: Natural Asset Management and First Nations

April 26, 2023

“The Journey So Far” is highly recommended for anyone interested in how First Nations worldviews and perspectives can be aligned with natural asset initiatives. This groundbreaking document was developed collaboratively by Bill J. Bear, the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region (WMR) and … Read more

Integrating Nature and Affordable Housing

November 18, 2022

The following is an Open Letter to the Province on Proposed Bill 23 released Nov. 17, 2022 This letter has been prepared by a group of Ecologists and Water Resource Engineering consultants with decades of applied municipal land-use planning and … Read more

In Solidarity

September 30, 2022

Reaffirming our commitment to continue to learn about, embrace and share pathways towards truth and reconciliation.

 Mainstreaming Natural Assets the American Way

September 19, 2022

While some of us have been focussed on getting Canadian municipalities to bring natural areas under their jurisdiction into their asset management systems, the Americans have been making some notable and significant strides in advancing natural asset or natural capital … Read more