ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides innovative approaches to leadership from a post-industrial and ecological vantage point. It describes to foster understanding and practice of environmental leadership as promoting the flourishing of both the natural environment and humanity within its natural home. The book also provides a rich and unfolding sequence of ideas, data, and reflections on environmental leadership. It argues that the prevailing leadership imaginary, so far from supporting the transition to a sustainable society and economy, may actually hinder it and be itself unsustainable. The book examines the natural intersections between the biosphere, systems, and justice, and their role as universal contexts for leadership. It proposes that leadership scholars must more fully incorporate the natural world into their understanding of leadership if we are to better understand the leadership process.
