How to be an Environmental Custodian

Reimagining Leadership for a Shared Future
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-31226-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business

This practical book introduces and defines environmental custodianship: working alongside others to care for people and nature so that future generations inherit a better planet.

Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in nature conservation and leadership development, Alison Barnes and Jonathan Males present an inclusive and collaborative approach to leadership that is open to anyone willing to take shared, long-term responsibility for the living world- whether in business, influencing policy, conservation projects, or community life. Offering insights from interviews with 15 environmental leaders from the UK, Australia, and Canada, How to be an Environmental Custodian takes readers on a journey: from clarifying personal values and finding a place to act, through to developing strategies for change and sustaining the people who carry it forward. It sets out a framework of five leadership styles, which help the reader to practically convene people and bring them together, deliver tangible outcomes, and advocate and influence. The authors also explore potential barriers to action and point to ways to overcome or reframe them.

Providing real-world case studies and a range of practical tools and frameworks, this book is a great resource for environmental and sustainability professionals, land managers, policymakers, community leaders, and the coaches and consultants who support them. It is also suitable for academics and students in environmental studies, sustainable leadership, and community development.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barnes, Alison

Males, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Management: Führung & Motivation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Why We Wrote This Book Chapter 1. What Is Custodianship? Chapter 2. How Do Custodians Lead? Chapter 3. Finding your Starting Point: From Values to Action Chapter 4. Finding Your Place: Where Should I Focus My Efforts? Chapter 5. Focusing on Real Outcomes: What Do I Want to Achieve? Chapter 6. Advocacy: Who Do I Need to Influence? Chapter 7. Working Alongside Others: How Do I Help people Thrive and Deliver? Chapter 8. Convening – Bringing People Together, Building Trust Chapter 9. Making Change Real: How Do We Make a Difference? Chapter 10. Sustaining Yourself: How Do I Stay the Course? Chapter 11. Next Steps on the Custodian’s Way

Über Autor(innen)

Alison Barnes has led local, national, and international landscape and biodiversity delivery across government, the conservation sector, and national parks for 30 years. A founding Director at Natural England and a co-founder of the National Park City movement, she is now Chief Executive of New Forest National Park Authority and a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and Royal Society of the Arts.

Jonathan Males grew up in Tasmania, where early encounters with wilderness shaped a lifelong commitment to people and nature. A psychologist and Accredited Master Executive Coach, he has supported elite athletes and worked with leaders in organisations including Natural England and the Environment Agency. He holds a PhD from Aberystwyth University.