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'We are going to need the best possible leaders to guide us out of this mess and start us on the path to a sustainable future. In this fascinating book, Sara Parkin condenses her years of teaching experience into the definitive 'how-to' guide to sustainability leadership. Should be compulsory reading for everyone over 16.' Tim Jackson, Economics Commissioner, UK Sustainable Development Commission and author of Prosperity without Growth 'Want to know how the future thinks? Plug into the world of the Forum for the Future Scholars. As Sara Parkin, eminence grise behind the Masters in Leadership for Sustainable Development, puts it, 'The Future starts here'.' John Elkington, Executive Chairman, Volans Ventures; co-founder, SustainAbility; co-author, The Power of Unreasonable People 'With stalled international conferences and debates, and with the need for a sustainable economy and ways of enjoying life ever more pressing, this book is a brilliant response. It takes us by the hand and leads us through the ambiguities, the uncertainties and the difficulties and shows us what we can all do. And why we need to do it.' Chris Smith, Chairman, Environment Agency of England and Wales 'A veritable bible for leaders everywhere - business schools take note!' David Puttnam, film producer and politician 'If life is too short to stuff a mushroom, it certainly isn't long enough to delay action on climate change. Business, government and campaigners alike, The Positive Deviant will give you all you need to become a sustainability leader and do the right thing yourself - straight away and despite the ditherers.' Fiona Reynolds, Director, The National Trust 'This book offers an opportunity...for anyone in or aspiring to a leadership role to get up to speed on essential information very quickly...,and, until there are many more suitable courses available, to design for themselves a journey to sustainability-literate leadership.' PRWeb, September 2010. 'This book is a thoughtful, stimulating and timely contribution to currenty thinking on sustainability' In Touch Magazine 'For anyone aspiring to be sustainability literate positive deviant this is a recommended read. It is full of good practical ideas, tools and techniques grounded in Parkins' lifelong experience in the pursuit of sustainability.' Steve Martin, IES
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An economy low in carbon and high in life satisfaction will require thousands, if not millions of exceptional leaders. This book is the first to bring together sustainability knowledge with the leadership skills and tools to help you become one of those leaders. In it you will find everything you need to get started straight away, and to grow your effectiveness, even in a world that remains perversely intent on the opposite. Whether you are new to the whole idea of sustainability, or reasonably well informed but not entirely confident about what to do for the best, this guide will help you 'do' sustainability. Free of checklists and policy recommendations, the focus is on you, and on developing your capacity to identify the right thing to do wherever you are and whatever your circumstances. This is essential reading for those in or aspiring to sustainability-literate leadership, and a must for all those teaching leadership and management.
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The Positive Deviant
12 Nov 2011
Format:Hardcover
This book by life long sustainability leader Sara Parkin is a must read for those who are concerned with humanities fate as we overwhelm our Earths capacity to support our material economies. We need to remember that human economics is a subset of ecology, and that the environment does not need saving - we do!
This book, written in the context of a Masters Leadership programme, sets out a sound theoretical frame, then moves to leadership training and onto pragmatic action for leaders at every level and scale. The scientific back story is clearly developed with appropriate citations.
Please,read and act on this book.
This book, written in the context of a Masters Leadership programme, sets out a sound theoretical frame, then moves to leadership training and onto pragmatic action for leaders at every level and scale. The scientific back story is clearly developed with appropriate citations.
Please,read and act on this book.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Piece of hype and crap
14 Feb 2011
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
No science, no considered opinions, just a bunch of business bashing, hysterical wailing. Don't bother.
If you want to read a good book on the subject read: The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future.
I sent it back after trying to read the first chapter.
If you want to read a good book on the subject read: The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization's Northern Future.
I sent it back after trying to read the first chapter.
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