Community Vision and Leadership in Practice

Chris Maser has spent over 25 years as a research scientist in natural history and ecology. His experiences include international research studies in Egypt and Nepal and three-year (1970-1973) ecological survey of the Oregon Coast for the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington. He was a research ecologist with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management for thirteen years (1974 - 1987) and a landscape ecologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1990-1991). Today he is an independent author as well as an international lecturer, facilitator in resolving environmental conflicts, vision statements, and sustainable community development. He is also an international consultant in forest ecology and sustainable forestry practices. He has written over 290 publications, including 47 books that he has either authored, co-authored, or edited. Holly V. Campbell holds a JD with certificates in ocean and coastal and environmental law from the University of Oregon, LLM in natural resource law from the Wallace Stegner Center at the University of Utah School of Law, and a PhD in environmental sciences from Oregon State University. Holly’s teaching spans Oregon State University, including her home department Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences (College of Agricultural Sciences), School of Public Policy (College of Liberal Arts), Marine Resource Management (College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences), and the University Honors College, reflecting the interdisciplinarity of her work. She teaches courses in ecosystem services, wildlife law, energy policy, water and climate, marine policy, coastal and ocean law, innovation in cities, environmental science perspectives on the future of food, and others. Apart from her work in academics, she has also worked with world renowned environmental organizations such as the OECD, the US EPA, and the US FERC. Her work appears in peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

1. Why Is a Shared Vision Important? 2. The Concept of Community 3. Questions We Need to Ask 4. Understanding A Vision, Goals, and Objectives 5. The Essence of Leadership 6. Coping With the Responsibilities and Pressures of Leadership 7. Negotiating Constraints to Community Visions 8. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together by Making Inclusive and Intelligent Decisions 9. Time, Change, and Resilience: The Theory and Practice of Community Sustainability