What does it mean to be an environmental leader? How can we inspire others to achieve common goals to combat challenges like climate change? This short course provides an entry-level overview of timeless and timely leadership principles and how to apply them to environmental contexts in your own life. No matter your interests, age, career, or goals, you can make a difference. No prerequisites are needed for this course.

To combat climate change, protect our environment, and develop sustainable communities, we must all engage in environmental leadership. Addressing today’s complex environmental issues requires us to view leadership less as a responsibility associated with any one position or person, and rather a call for collective action. Through this course, you will learn how to develop competencies and relationships that will help you work with others to understand the interconnectedness of systems and accomplish goals across boundaries. All kinds of leaders are needed to tackle the environmental and climate challenges that we face as a global society. By the end of the course, you will explore concepts of environmental leadership and how you might apply them in your own community or organization. By growing your leadership skills, you will be more fully equipped to work with others to pave the way to a just and sustainable future.