Leadership for environmental sustainability / edited by Benjamin W. Redekop.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An ecological perspective on leadership theory, research, and practice / Richard M. Wielkiewicz and Stephen P. Stelzner -- Eco-leadership : towards the development of a new paradigm / Simon Western -- Challenges and strategies of leading for sustainability / Benjamin W. Redekop -- Leadership and the dynamics of collaboration : averting the tragedy of the commons / Robert L. Williams -- Leadership for sustainability in business : it's all about the stories we tell / Martin Melaver -- Green heroes reexamined : an evaluation of environmental role models / Beth Birmingham and Stan L. Lequire -- Communicating leadership for environmental sustainability : the rhetorical strategies of Rachel Carson and Al Gore / Denise Stodola -- Artists as transformative leaders for sustainability / Jill B. Jacoby and Xia Ji -- The agrarian mind and good leadership : harvesting insights from the literary field of Wendell Berry / Paul Kaak -- Leadership from below : farmers and sustainable agriculture in Ethiopia / Ezekiel Gebissa -- The League of Nations and the problems of health and the environment : leadership for the common good in historical perspective / Michael D. Callahan -- Protest, power, and "political somersaults" : leadership lessons from the German Green Party / Heather B. McDougall -- Religion, leadership, and the natural environment : the case of American Evangelicals / Calvin W. Redekop -- The turn to spirituality and environmental leadership / Corné J. Bekker -- Deep systems leadership : a model for the 21st century / Rian Satterwhite.

As the first book in the field of leadership studies to approach sustainability as a multi-faceted leadership challenge, Leadership for Environmental Sustainability will help to set the terms of the discussion on this topic among students, scholars, and practitioners of leadership for years to come. It explores the connection between leadership and sustainability from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, history, psychology, business, literature, communication, and the arts. With short chapters edited for readability, the book is aimed at scholars, practitioners, students, and educated lay readers interested in cutting-edge research and thinking on this topic.