Meet the DEAL Community

Birkdale, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

A husband, father (of 4), professional actor (since 1985), ecological entrepreneur (since 2004), elected representative/local Redland City Councillor (since 2012). I live on Quandamooka Country and pay respect to thousands of generations of elder connection to country, as we seek to make sense of how to sustain life for people in Australia after 7-8 generations of connection to this place. As a creative innovator & fiercely independent individual, I democratically represent ‘the best interests of the majority of citizens over the long term future’, I also respect diversity, equity & justice. I am committed to collective, collaborative, cooperative work in the common interest. Before & since being elected, much of my work as the founder of Arts Evolution (an ecological enterprise committed to pathways that support sustainable human futures) has remained outside public view, yet the core theme relates to our need to orient the ‘self within society’ as we enter The Anthroposcene.

Auckland, New Zealand

Board Member, Doughnut Economics Advocates New Zealand (DEANZ). We are a New Zealand based Doughnut Economics advocacy group for people wanting to be involved in the fight against climate change, environmental degradation, and social imbalance. DEANZ members are committed to working towards a sustainable ecological and cultural future by putting the concept of Doughnut Economics into action. DEANZ holds regular Meetups with inspiring speakers on Doughnut Economics topics. The projects our members are involved with are continually expanding: revitalising the Repair Café movement in New Zealand; establishing Urban Composting and Community Gardens; building a free online healthy eating recipes database. As the Project Manager for Repair Cafes Wendy is passionate about revitalising the Repair Cafe movement in New Zealand, post covid. Wendy’s background includes a BA, M. Comm, a long career in advertising and marketing and winning a Telstra Australian Business Women's award.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Founder of Divvy Up www.divvyup.org Ideas person. Collaborative. Optimist.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

I am a Post Graduate Research who completed my Undergraduate and Honours degrees in Industrial Engineering, from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Pretoria.  I completed my Master's in Industrial Engineering and I am currently busy with an international exchange as part of an additional master's program in innovation and entrepreneurship at HVL (Western Norway University of Applied Sciences) in Bergen Norway. Considering a PhD in complex decisions making in the Financial Industry, as a follow-up to my Master's in Industrial Engineering research. I have completed my black belt in Six Sigma.  I started businesses and consulted for the past several years with various companies and learned as much as possible along the way.  I love reading business literature written by experts from industry as I know that the only way I can make the necessary impact is to understand the world as broadly as possible to ensure that the research I do is based on what the real problems are that we face.  Business is my passion, but I know that I still have a lot to learn before I can make the difference I want to make.

Wokingham, England, United Kingdom

My name is Leanne and I am a design and technology teacher in Wokingham

Aargauerstrasse 182, Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

I'm an economic development consultant working with local councils around Australia to support their local economies.

Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

Hi there, I'm a curious person with strong values and a passion for learning and improvement. Whether it's reorganising organisational structures, collaborating with partners, organising events, editing books, or co-creating NGO-startups, I'm up for the challenge. I enjoy using my creative and analytical project management skills to come up with new solutions for tricky problems.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

My belief in the power of individuals to effect positive change led to a career in fundraising with Habitat for Humanity in Toronto, and since 2007 with the University of Toronto. At my church, i led a refugee sponsorship initiative, and founded a foot care program for homeless guests. I am also a founder of the volunteer-run book store which to date has contributed over $1.4M to the Toronto Public Library. In 2020 i joined the board of directors of Leadnow, a citizen-powered organization dedicated to a more just and equitable Canada. My family and i call Toronto home.

Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland

CSR Specialist with a lot of love for biodiversity, Kenya and people

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

I'm a software engineer by trade focused on living in a more conscious and sustainable way through the yogic way of life. In the yogic sciences they say "in is the only way out" and I firmly believe that becoming better connected with our own inner nature and the living world around us is the key to living consciously in this world and help with the most pressing social and environmental problems of our time. I recently quit my job at Amazon and I'm currently attending a 7-month yoga program called Sadhanapada at the Isha Yoga Center in India to work on myself as a human being before I embark on the next step of seeing how I can more directly contribute to help with the social and environmental issues we face.

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Business & product developer with 10 years of entrepreneurial and corporate experience. Shifting my professional career to a sustainability and impact-driven path. Passionate about the circular economy model, emerging technologies, and open innovation.

Helsinki, Etelä-Suomi, Suomi

I'm previously a founder and CEO of a social audio startup. Currently COO of a trees-as-a-service company. I'm a technologist who has contributed to two commercial mobile operating systems and a long-time committed tech for good leader. Also known as executive utopist and transformative business researcher, did my MSc on mental models of transformative entrepreneurs. A co-founder of 500 people strong Oxygen2050 transformative business community and founder of 300 people strong utopia/future community.

I am a 68-year-old poet and writer. I have a deep interest in learning how to live sustainably and make the world a better place for everyone.

Ashland, Oregon, United States of America

I work with the Post Growth Institute and am passionate about how we thrive within ecological limits.

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland

Independent Candidate for the German federal parliament elections. Building change with grassroots organizing in Potsdam. Former Greenpeace campaigner for engagement, Extinction Rebellion activist, organizer

New York, United States of America

I am an emerging consultant, scholar, and educator based in the New York City area. I currently serve as the Creative Director of The Climate Anticipation Project. My Ph.D is in religious studies and ecological ethics from Union Theological Seminary in the city of New York. I am a former president of the Mid-Atlantic region of the American Academy of Religion (MAR-AAR), of which he is still actively involved as the co-chair of the Comparative Religion and Ecology section. With his MAR-AAR colleagues he recently published his first edited volume Religious Studies Scholars as Public Intellectuals.

Wiltshire

I'm passionate about how we educate the next generation to think quantitatively about the challenges the planet faces, embedding sustainable development into the curriculum from early years in a way that not only builds awareness but the motivation and skills to effect real change. My background is across Health and Education driving the use of digital technologies to improve lives.  Covid has shown that it is possible, albeit in extreme circumstances, to change behaviour at scale and we need to capitalise on this to tackle the larger challenges associated with a sustainable future. We can't expect people to take the health of the planet seriously if we can't convince them to manage their own wellbeing.  

Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Always learning. Still undecided if I'm more of a cynic or an optimist. Background in operations (production, SCM).

Varese, Lombardia, Italy

Hi - I'm the Sustainability lead for parents at my children's school, working with an expert to translate a corporate sustainability strategy into one suitable for our school.

Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

Passionate about the environment,( I'm a scuba diver) and about social equality (I run a group of day nurseries in Dorset, Devon, Wiltshire, Hampshire, IOW), recently became a B. Corp., trying to lead an increasingly sustainable group to protect our children's future.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hi all. I’m a Regenerative Practitioner, Architect and founding Principal of Lateral Agency – a regenerative development consultancy and research & capacity-building platform; founded as a social venture in the wake of the IPCC’s 2018 landmark Special Report. We focus on helping organizations and communities leverage civic infrastructure projects as catalysts for (re)investing in mutual flourishing - now and through time. As a mother and unsettled settler, born on the Indigenous territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and Huron-Wendat Nations, I’m raising my daughter on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw and səlilwətaɬ Nations as an uninvited guest. I’m working to learn and unlearn how to uphold my responsibilities to these lands and to uplift the wisdom and self-determination of those living in reciprocal relationship with them since time immemorial. I look forward to thinking into Doughnut Economics & DEAL through these lenses together.

Rochester, New York, United States of America

Simply human

London Borough of Lambeth, England, United Kingdom

Innovation Associate at Impact on Urban Health, an independent urban health foundation working to eradicate health inequalities in London.