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Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship for All Walks of Life

Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship for All Walks of Life

Author(s): Mark Durieux

Edition: 1

Copyright: 2023

Pages: 101

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ISBN 9798765711897

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Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship for All Walks of Life is written as an open letter to those who care deeply about the fate of our shared planetary home and who feel personally called to create positive change. Blending reflection with analysis, it advances a central claim: human well-being is fundamentally relational. While not reducible to relationships alone, our flourishing depends on the social and cultural bonds that shape our lives, identities, and opportunities. To understand and transform the conditions of our time, we must begin with biography—our lived stories—and situate those stories within their broader historical and social contexts.

At the heart of this discussion is the dynamic field of social and eco-entrepreneurship. By examining how personal and small-group biographies intersect with larger structural forces, this primer highlights the role of transformational leadership in catalyzing social and environmental innovation. Ultimately, it proposes that authentic, relationally grounded leadership—rooted in lived experience and responsive to local realities—is not just one pathway to change, but the indispensable starting point for addressing the urgent challenges of our time.

Section 1: From Influence to Charisma: The Start-up Leadership Style of Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship 
Section 2: Setting the Table for Management: Institution Building
Section 3: Navigating the Social Ecosystem 
Section 4: Conclusion

Mark Durieux

Mark Durieux (PhD) is a veteran university sociology instructor who came to the knowledge and craft of Sociology later in life after academic training in Education and Social Work. Mark gets, then, the critical importance of sociology in human service and in making this precious Earth a better, sustainable home. He is deeply committed to sociology's democratization. Co-author (along with Robert Stebbins) of "Social Entrepreneurship for Dummies," Mark is also authoring a forthcoming primer on Environmental Sociology to be published by Kendall Hunt.

Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship for All Walks of Life is written as an open letter to those who care deeply about the fate of our shared planetary home and who feel personally called to create positive change. Blending reflection with analysis, it advances a central claim: human well-being is fundamentally relational. While not reducible to relationships alone, our flourishing depends on the social and cultural bonds that shape our lives, identities, and opportunities. To understand and transform the conditions of our time, we must begin with biography—our lived stories—and situate those stories within their broader historical and social contexts.

At the heart of this discussion is the dynamic field of social and eco-entrepreneurship. By examining how personal and small-group biographies intersect with larger structural forces, this primer highlights the role of transformational leadership in catalyzing social and environmental innovation. Ultimately, it proposes that authentic, relationally grounded leadership—rooted in lived experience and responsive to local realities—is not just one pathway to change, but the indispensable starting point for addressing the urgent challenges of our time.

Section 1: From Influence to Charisma: The Start-up Leadership Style of Social and Eco-Entrepreneurship 
Section 2: Setting the Table for Management: Institution Building
Section 3: Navigating the Social Ecosystem 
Section 4: Conclusion

Mark Durieux
Mark Durieux

Mark Durieux (PhD) is a veteran university sociology instructor who came to the knowledge and craft of Sociology later in life after academic training in Education and Social Work. Mark gets, then, the critical importance of sociology in human service and in making this precious Earth a better, sustainable home. He is deeply committed to sociology's democratization. Co-author (along with Robert Stebbins) of "Social Entrepreneurship for Dummies," Mark is also authoring a forthcoming primer on Environmental Sociology to be published by Kendall Hunt.