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Getting Closure

by The Landform Design Institute Team

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HOW TO FIX A HOLE IN THE GROUND

April 8, 2025 · 46 min

In the final episode of the third season of Getting Closure, host Mike O’Kane explores some of the less conventional options for putting a worked-out mine to good use. His guest is Peter Whitbread-Abrutat, co-author of 102 Things to Do…
RESTORING LIFE THROUGH MINE CLOSURE

January 14, 2025 · 39 min

Much of the work involved in mine closure and reclamation might seem to be invested in handling earth, water, and waste. But as guest Christine Daly tells host Mike O’Kane, reclamation is also about bridging the divide between engineering…
FINDING CHAMPIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE MINE CLOSURE

December 4, 2024 · 51 min

For those listeners well versed in the mandate of the LDI, many of the ideas expressed in the latest episode of Getting Closure will sound familiar. Guest Guy Boggs is the chief executive officer of the Cooperative Research Centre for…
BE READY TO PIVOT

November 6, 2024 · 54 min

In the fall of 2019, as the Landform Design Institute was starting up in Vancouver, Canada, Priscilla Nelson was organizing a likeminded organization in the United States. Launched in early 2020, The Tailings Center is an…
LANDFORM DESIGN PRINCIPLES 9–12

October 2, 2024 · 50 min

Host Mike O’Kane explores principles 9, 10, 11, and 12 with Institute Founder Gord McKenna, concluding the three-episode discussion of all 12 landform design principles. The pair explain why it’s important to follow every drop of water…

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LANDFORM DESIGN PRINCIPLES 5–8

September 3, 2024 · 41 min

Host Mike O’Kane once again welcomes LDI founder and chair, Gord McKenna to the show. O’Kane, co-chair of the Institute’s technical advisors, discusses with McKenna four principles that put the “nitty-gritty” of landform design into…
THE PRINCIPLES OF LANDFORM DESIGN 1–4

August 21, 2024 · 47 min

In the first episode of Season 3 of Getting Closure,” host Mike O’Kane sits down with LDI founder and chair, Gord McKenna, to characterize the first four principles of landform design. O’Kane and McKenna describe what it means to “keep…
Season 3 Preview

August 15, 2024 · 12 min

In a preview of Season 3 of Getting Closure, host Mike O’Kane, Co-Chair of the LDI's Technical Advisors and a member of the Board, sits down with LDI Founder and Chair Gord McKenna to discuss why the 12 principles of landform design are so…
DOWN TO EARTH

December 16, 2022 · 46 min

We all know how gravity works … inherently, we know which way is up. We are also all well versed in our world’s push for renewable energy — so-called green energy. And there is growing discssion in our industry on its capacity to achieve…
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX with LOIS BOXILL

November 2, 2022 · 1 hr 13 min

Lois Boxill is a member of the LDI's Board of Directors for good reason, not the least of which is a unique perspective on how to approach a wide variety of subjects involving mine closure — and her ability to apply ideas and experiences…
ANDY ROBERTSON'S LEGACY

October 21, 2022 · 60 min

Season 2 of Getting Closure continues to explore the principles and people behind responsible mine closure and reclamation, beginning with an interview with a giant in the field, Dr. Andy Robertson. Andy is the "R" in SRK consulting, the…
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FUTURE

June 24, 2021 · 50 min

Getting Closure heads to the Elk Valley in southeastern British Columbia for its first video episode to explore a mine that's already embraced the basics of landform design. Mike talks with John Pumphrey, the president of North Coal, and…