From Local to Global
Eco-Entrepreneurship and Global Engagement with the Environment
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Eco-entrepreneurship is a pervasive market-based approach to environmental recovery and sustainability. The aptitudes, motivations, strategies, and overall impact of eco-entrepreneurs are well documented in relevant academic literatures. From Local to Global, Volume 30 of the Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth series contributes to this body of work an interdisciplinary, cross-sector portrait of the various inputs and capital resources (financial, human, social), models and strategies, and current and anticipated impacts that characterize and shape eco-entrepreneurship.
Composed of theoretical essays and empirical studies, the chapters span higher education innovation in the eco-tourism and recreation spaces; public policy perspectives that merges economic and entrepreneurial development, tourism, and environmental conservation; local placemaking and the development of eco-centered consumption spaces; the integration of cultural preservation and celebration with notions of sustainable entrepreneurship; the re-development of urban and industrial spaces as eco-friendly tourist destinations; and the accessibility of mainstream and eco-centered tourism mechanisms.
From Local to Global provides a timely and relevant discussion and exploration of entrepreneurial topics, their impact, and ties to key values in today’s society, such as social, environmental, and economic issues and challenges.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Volume: The Current and Future State of Eco-Entrepreneurship; Taylor A. Foerster, John L. Koprowski, and Matthew M. Mars
- Chapter 2. Ecotourism in Higher Education: A Model in Interdisciplinary Program Design; Curt Davidson, Sara Ghezzi, and Dan McCoy
- Chapter 3. Where Everybody Knows Your Cause: Local Eco-Consumption Spaces and Local Eco-Branding; Taylor A. Foerster, John L. Koprowski, and Matthew M. Mars
- Chapter 4. Emerging Approaches to Conservation Fundraising and the Case of ‘WYldlife for Tomorrow’; Grace Carr, Nate Brown, Kayla Clark, Chris McBarnes, Taylor Phillips, Tyler Shreve, Inna Willis, and Jacob Hochard
- Chapter 5. The Art in Every Environment: Why Art, Culture, and Relationships Matter for Sustainable Tourism; Mary Katherine Scott
- Chapter 6. Does Psychological Wellbeing Matter with Travel Distance?; Chieh-Lu Li
- Chapter 7. Impacts of Retirement on Baby Boomer’s Travel Patterns; Noah Hoback, Shu Cole, and Jennifer Piatt
- Chapter 8. The Interface of Political Ecology with Eco-entrepreneurship in Africa: A Case Study Synthesis; Omolola Oluwakemi Ajayi, Oluwafemi Oluwabusuyi Olonibua, Tembi Maloney Tichaawa, and Yekini Ojo Bello
- Chapter 9. Sustainable Tourism Development in Industrial Areas; Tigran Sargsyan
- Chapter 10. Platform of the Smart Tourist Destination (STD) OF Cuenca, Ecuador; Kléber Patricio Castro Pacheco, Yasser Vázquez Alfonso, Mónica Liliana Castro Pacheco, Victor Hugo Del Corral Villarroel, and Luis Eduardo Álvarez Cortez
Taylor A. Foerster is a Ph.D. Candidate, University of Arizona Department of Communication, USA.
John L. Koprowski is Dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair, University of Wyoming Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, USA.
Matthew M. Mars is Professor of Leadership and Innovation in the Department of Agricultural Education, Technology and Innovation at the University of Arizona, USA.