ABSTRACT

Innovation in Environmental Leadership offers innovative approaches to leadership from a post-industrial and ecological vantage point. Chapters in this collection are written by leading scholars and practitioners of environmental leadership from around the globe, and are informed by a variety of critical perspectives, including post-heroic approaches, systems thinking, and the emerging insights of Critical Leadership Studies (CLS).

By taking the natural environment seriously as a foundational context for leadership, Innovation in Environmental Leadership offers fresh insights and compelling visions of leadership pertinent to 21st century environmental and social challenges. Concepts and understandings of leadership emerged as part of an extractive industrial system; this work asks its readers to re-think what leadership looks like in an ecologically sustainable biological system.

This book provides fresh insights and critical perspectives on the vibrant and growing field of environmental leadership. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to leadership theory and environmental leadership and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of sustainability, environmental ethics, natural resource management, environmental studies, business management, public policy, and environmental management.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

ByBenjamin W. Redekop, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Rian Satterwhite

chapter 1|19 pages

The Seven Unsustainabilities of Mainstream Leadership

ByJem Bendell, Richard Little, Neil Sutherland

chapter 2|16 pages

A Case for Universal Context

Intersections of the biosphere, systems, and justice using a critical constructionist lens
ByRian Satterwhite

chapter 3|13 pages

The Eco-Leadership Paradox

BySimon Western

chapter 4|19 pages

Sustainable Leadership

Toward Restoring the Human and Natural Worlds
ByTina Lynn Evans

chapter 5|17 pages

Eco-Leadership, Complexity Science, and 21st-Century Organizations

A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
ByD. Adam Cletzer, Eric K. Kaufman

chapter 7|12 pages

The Unseen Revolution

Leadership for Sustainability in the Tropical Biosphere
ByPaul Kosempel, Linda G. Olson, Filiberto Penados

chapter 9|22 pages

Climate Change Leadership

From Tragic to Comic Discourse
ByBenjamin W. Redekop, Morgan Thomas

chapter 10|18 pages

Followers’ Self-Perception of Their Role in Addressing Climate Change

A Cultural Comparison
ByDavid J. Brown, Robert M. McManus

chapter 11|13 pages

Ending the Drought: Nurturing Environmental Leadership in Ethiopia

ByFentahun Mengistu, Girma Shimelis, Vachel Miller

chapter 13|12 pages

Critical Internal Shifts for Sustainable Leadership

ByKathleen E. Allen

chapter 14|16 pages

From Peril to Possibility: Restorative Leadership for a Sustainable Future

BySeana Lowe Steffen

chapter |4 pages

Conclusion

ByBenjamin W. Redekop, Deborah Rigling Gallagher, Rian Satterwhite