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<\/p>\nAmsterdam – Bunny McDiarmid and Jennifer Morgan have officially taken up their new roles today, sharing leadership of the global environmental organisation.<\/p>\n
Bunny is a 30-year veteran of the organisation as an activist, ship’s crewmember, and most recently the executive director of Greenpeace New Zealand which, under her leadership, became a powerhouse of innovation in the Greenpeace world. Jennifer was formerly the Global Director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute. A climate activist, she has been a leader of large teams at major organisations, and her other ports of call have included the Worldwide Fund for Nature, Climate Action Network, and E3G.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting to be leading the organisation at a time when more and more people around the globe are standing up and acting together because they want to help create a better, more sustainable world\u201d, said Bunny. \u201cPeople are increasingly willing to challenge the status quo to make room for this to happen,\u201d she added. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very keen to find new inroads and opportunities whereby Greenpeace\u2019s strengths in campaigning and direct action connects naturally with these efforts. Collectively we can accelerate the pace and scale of change,\u201d said Jennifer. \u00a0\u201cWe want to find new ways to engage with our supporters \u2013 especially young people, and women and girls around the world \u2013 to become more active in changing the destructive course our planet is currently on.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new International Executive Directors \u2013 whose appointment was announced earlier this year, on 15 January \u2013 will be based at Greenpeace International, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. They will share leadership of the organisation, and in the coming weeks will define how they will divide their role and responsibilities.<\/p>\n
\u201cShared leadership is not a new idea, but it is one whose time has most definitely come,\u201d said Jennifer. \u201cCollective leadership is not only something that Greenpeace needs more of, but something the whole world needs more of. We\u2019re looking forward to building our version of it in the hope that it contributes to more shared leadership around the world\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe challenge ahead for us all is to pass on to future generations a world that is better able to sustain itself in all its wondrous diversity,\u201d said Jennifer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be a world where we recognise that people are but one of many species who share the planet,\u201d added Bunny. \u201cIt needs to be a world where our way of living and making a living reflects an understanding that our own fates are intimately connected to each other and to that of this small and finite planet we call home.\u201d<\/p>\n
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