Jenna Wynes- Leadership for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change

Below is a summary and key ideas discussed in Professor Benjamin W. Redekop's works on Environmental and Climate Change applied to leadership, which I will use for my term paper! Professor Redekop is a truly caring individual who is quirky and effective in his lectures! I will apply the ideas discussed in his class to the Hero's Journey as discussed in Professor Redick's class.


 Environmentally Sustainable Leadership: Past, Present, and Future

Benjamin Redekop's Environmentally Sustainable Leadership: Past, Present, and Future explores leadership as a dynamic process that evolves through various stages to meet the pressing challenges of sustainability. As leaders navigate the complexities of environmental and social responsibility, they must transition from traditional hierarchical models to more collaborative and adaptive approaches. The book highlights the necessity of ‘eco-leadership’, which integrates ecological awareness into decision-making, fostering long-term resilience. As the planet's conditions worsen, leadership will need to embrace interdisciplinary strategies, leveraging insights from psychology, business, and communication to drive sustainable change. Addressing these shifts will ensure that effective leadership will lessen global sustainability challenges.

Quotes:

“Eco-leaders must serve as ‘organizational architects’ who create cultures, structures, and spaces in which creativity and leadership can flourish in an organic fashion.” (Redekop, 2024, p. 165)

“Leaders who are adept at 'winning the game', according to the rules established in previous eras and conditions, may in fact hasten the destruction of the social, economic, and environmental system that enables the playing of the game in the first place.” (Redekop, 2024, p. 159)

“Recognize our interdependence and connectivity, taking social responsibility not to exploit workers and preventing pollution and environmental damage.” (Redekop, 2024, pp. 164-165)


 

Leadership for Environmental Sustainability

Benjamin Redekop's Leadership for Environmental Sustainability explores how leadership evolves through distinct stages to address the growing challenges of sustainability. Historically, leadership in environmental efforts was often reactive, responding to crises rather than proactively shaping sustainable policies. However, contemporary leadership is shifting toward a more integrated and forward-thinking approach, emphasizing collaboration, interdisciplinary strategies, and long-term ecological responsibility. As sustainability concerns intensify, future leadership must build upon past lessons while embracing innovative frameworks such as eco-leadership, which prioritizes systemic thinking and adaptive strategies. This progression is essential to ensuring that leadership is positively impacting environmental challenges in the future.

Quotes:

“Sustainability is... Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs... or to not make things worse for future generations” (Redekop, 2010, p.1)

“Avoiding global environmental catastrophe and achieving sustainability is an enormous challenge, not least because doing so entails resolving a conflict between immediate individual perceptions and wants and long-term collective good.” (Redekop, 2010, p.56)

“(a) laying waste to the environment while providing short-term livlihood and growth; (b) laying waste to a domestic economy by outsourcing jobs to locals where labor and environmental regulations are more lenient; (c) creating environmental and economic havoc for a global citizenry when the full environmentl consequences of bad business practices abroad have finally come to roost.” (Redekop, 2010, p.98)


References:

Redekop, W. Benjamin. Leadership for Environmental Sustainability, edited by Benjamin W. 

Redekop, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010. ProQuest Ebook Central.

Redekop, W. Benjamin. Environmentally Sustainable Leadership: Past, Present, and Future.

Edward Elgar Publishing 2024.


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