Environmental Leadership Education for Tackling Water Environmental Issues in Arid Regions

T. Mino and K. Hanaki (eds.), Environmental Leadership Capacity Building in Higher Education, DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-54340-4_5, © The Author(s) 2013 Abstract This chapter introduces one of the APIEL fi eld exercises, the Oasis Unit, which is conducted in northwestern China. To equip the students with a wide knowledge base and practical skills, this unit is strongly fi eld-oriented and applies in its course design the Integral Approach proposed by Ken Wilber. The approach provides a trans-/cross-disciplinary framework for identifying environmental problems of complexity, as well as bringing together methodologies from different fi elds and leadership qualities. After four years of implementation, the approach is considered successful in educational program design for environmental leadership and for promoting the leadership development of participants.