Meet the DEAL Community

84 Rue Marcadet, 75018 Paris, France

Technologically, I'm a fan of low-tech. Aesthetically, I find solar punk desirable. Professionally, I'm a strategic planner in the capitalist world, and I create strategies and narratives for brands, politicians and associations. I think it's important, as a society and as a species, to look ahead and dream of a desirable future. Especially in pessimistic times like these. I believe that hope is a powerful driving force, stronger than fear.  I like your economic, social and environmental diagnosis. Now it's time to create the narrative, to ‘visualize our future’ in order to create energies, synergies and make it a reality.  I'd like to be part of that. 

Sweden

North Devon

Lifelong concern for the planet and species . Interest in circular economy and reducing linear waste . Live as simply as I can with if societal constraints and infrastructure . Appalled at obsession with GDP growth model and its logical  conclusion . Heard Kate seaworthy speak on The Rest is Politics Rory Stewart , Alistair Campbell Podcast. Want to be part of the build to critical mass for change. 

Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Architect and Urban Planner, Master in Design and PhD in Engineering and Knowledge Management (UFSC). Post-doctoral student at the USP Global Cities Synthesis Center at the University of São Paulo's Institute for Advanced Studies. Founder and coordinator of LabIC Novale, a civic laboratory dedicated to facilitating participatory design processes for urban media and the co-creation of solutions to issues of shared concern at the local level. Leader of the research group A Cidade e a Névoa, which investigates hybrid urban spaces, civic technologies, participatory mapping, locative media and location-based technologies applied to the urban experience. Co-founder of the Children's Books Going Mobile project, which explores the use of mobile technologies in digital children's books to create situated narrative experiences. She is a member of the Australia-Brazil Network for Research and Practice in Smart Cities.

Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France

I’m an American history-geography teacher at a bilingual middle and high school in Paris, interested in doughnut economics and post-growth solutions for the challenges facing humanity. 

København, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

I strive for having biodiversity and environmental aspects included as part of decision-making. Not as an add-on, but as an intrinsic part. The big question is, how? My idea is that perhaps the doughnut model could be used as a decision-making tool. So, this is what I am working towards. With a background as both a biologists (MSc) and Master in Business Administration, I hope to enhance systemic thinking and view all trade-offs in order to make better informed decisions.  

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Bow - East London                          

Oslo, Norway

I am an experienced systems-oriented architect and consultant, now working in the public sector. I have earlier built and designed software that implements national-scale platforms for business-to-government interactions and public-private collaborations. My interests are in the exploration of practices that accelerate interventions in societal systems. Two sides of practices: Side 1: Shaping, implementing, and evolving digital infrastructures and Side 2: enhancing interdisciplinary collaborations that feed Side 1.

Tamar Valley AONB, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Hello, Business Development Officer for the Tamar Valley National Landscape, the purpose of which is to conserve and enhance the landscape.  We are developing a Nature First management plan to deliver our purpose enabling Nature recovery and climate adaptation across our landscape, mostly through extension of our partnership. We recognise that the scale and urgency of what is required is huge, and we cannot just tinker with the same old - new ways are needed deliver the impact required to noticeably change the momentum and avoid the worst outcomes. 

Scotland, United Kingdom

Community educator and author based in the Scottish borders, working on institutions as social models & 'dynamic theories' of social science. I can help organisations use the  Apprenticeship Levy for staff to develop  leadership  skills in  sustainability & campaigning,   Founded Democracy Matters, a UK alliance for learning practical politics, the Charter 99 for Global Democracy campaign which led to the One World Trust’s Global Accountability Project, and co-founded the Parenting Education and Support Forum.  Created and ran Uniting Humanity an EU Grundtvig trainer of trainers programme in global citizenship. Publications include Practical Politics: Learning for Democracy  for teaching political skills, Campaigning is OK! (2009) a guide to building capacity and resources for campaigning,  Learning Power (Campaign for Learning 2007),  Family Learning: foundation of effective education (Demos 1997), Citizenship Schools: a practical guide to education for citizenship and personal develop, and Unravelling Global Apartheid: An overview of world politics (Polity 1996):  see: https://bit.ly/APSAglobalapartheid

Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil

-Atualmente mestrando em Tecnologia Ambiental (Unicamp); -Formação na área ambiental, especialista em Segurança e Saúde Ocupacional; Sistemas de Gestão Integrada de Qualidade, Segurança, Meio Ambiente e Sustentabilidade; MBA em Governança Corporativa e em Desenvolvimento de Pessoas; -Atualmente consultor e auditor em sistemas de gestão (ambiental, etc); -Inspiração pela proposta dos novos olhares; -Entusiasmo pela colaboração ativa.        

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal

  I am social activist with more than 15 years of experience in the fields of human rights, democracy, sustainable development and youth empowerment. Academically, I am a student of political science, having completed a master's degree. 

Tanzania

I am a (pr)academic working with young people to draw on their wisdom to resolve the wicked problems we face.

Karitane Beach, Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand

I am an experienced business owner and executive with many years of experience in both business and digital worlds.  I am a planner and a doer, I appreciate the realities and practicalities of owning a business, designing and delivering plans and projects, enabling business change and delivering digital transformation.  I have always enjoyed being part of a team, getting my hands dirty, solving problems, and delivering great outcomes for my customers.  As an Oxygen8 Consultant, I get to support and influence businesses that have ambition and want to grow. Being a believer in something has to change and knowing what DEAL is about I intend to use this Donut Economic Philosophy in my day to day work and ensure that my clients understand the importance of how they should grow their business and not just think about how much they should grow. 

Oswestry, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

I’m an NHS clinical specialist physiotherapist working in genetically inherited diseases. I work at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital.  I have an interest in health economics and how SES impacts health. I’d like to try and implement the ideas of donut economics in to our service and possibly influence the way our Trust views staff and patients.  . I’m also a very keen rock climber and runner. 

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

After 20 years as a senior programme manager at PwC, most recently leading PwC's Social Value Transformation, and in the context of a Climate and Nature Crisis that is unfurling right now, I want to help build a regenerative world. A world where human connection and experiences are valued more than consumption and materialism, and where our species can live in a regenerative way with nature and the environment. I see Donut Economics as a fundamental part of how we do this as a species.

Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium

Let us strive for a warm cooperative life, a cooperative economy - a world in which people, organizations, society and the earth flourish - i.e., sustainable management of our environment, social sustainability, and the strengthening of democracy and partnership. My heart beats for everything that has to do with strengthening COOPERATION where it generates VALUE and POSITIVE IMPACT: between people, teams, organizations, neighborhoods, commons, partnerships and networks, communities and regions... And that means betting on a MULTIPARTICIPATION approach: government - companies/industry-knowledge institutions/science-civil society/commons I am therefore at my best when I can think along with the manager(s), management or transition team in a team-up, be a sounding board and help create movement so that both the purpose/values are respected and the ambitions can be realized: in the short and long term. #systemic #horizon thinking. Your view of people, economy and society, the values of your organization are guiding. These translate into the organizational drivers and are the compass to evolve into a HUMAN (FLUÏDE) ORGANIZATION, a ZEBRACOMPANY: a company that strives for sustainable growth and profitability where the core mission is to pursue a social goal. As a company, you are part of an entire ecosystem. How sustainable is your value chain? I believe in a continuous TRIALOGICAL DIALOGUE, participation, co-creation with the stakeholders involved,where everyone dares to take RESPONSIBILITY. Both in the organization and within your entire ecosystem. When people feel connected to each other and the organsiation they engage. The PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT of people and teams are a lever for that sustainable growth and progress as an organization (IDG's) FUTUREFIT LEADERSHIP. A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH is needed to address complex processes (collective intelligence). This also applies to me. Recently I became part of THE EQUINOX COLLECTIVE and partnered with THE HOUSE of CHANGE. And I am part of several communities, learning networks and cooperatives: EMAGINE LIFE (hub for u.lab/Theory U, ReThinking Economics, Chances To Change), RE-STORY cv (new stories), the consultancy HUB NL-B ECOnGOOD, the FUTURE-FIT CHANGEMAKERS, the SOCIOCRACY3.0 network, the SCIO network, COMMONS LAB vzw, WOONCOOP cv [Horizon_aarde_kintsugi kopjes_Ingrid Lariki.png] [ ]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

I am an author describing a parallel economic system founded on Process Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Systems Theory.  Our world is increasingly driven towards a Product Economy, not only in consumerism, but the very notion of value, quantity, representation and ownership itself, however Process Philosophy makes a strong case for Processes over Products and thus we can devise a socioeconomic system founded on meaning instead of value, prefigurative culture instead of representative politics, commons instead of ownership and many other distinctions that ground a parallel economic system capable of handling our psychosocioecological concerns.

Herts, UK

Behavioral scientist and ex-Big Tech consultant specializing in user experience, engagement, and sustainable behaviour-change strategies. My goal is to foster collective wellbeing, post-growth/degrowth-aligned businesses and helping others navigate meaningful personal and professional pathways in an age of polycrisis.  #DoughnutEconomics #BehavioralScience         

Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

an advocate for true sustainability that goes beyond the rhetoric to enact proper outcomes that benefit all parts of society. Adopting the circular economy / doughnut economics is the way forward to ensure we are shifting from a 'creating no additional harm' (to the planet), to one where we are doing good by repairing and restoring nature and society. This is the reason why I joined the DEAL community.   

Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

I'm a Nicaraguan Psychologist, living in Brasil. Mother of two young children, I work in the regional office of an INGO that aims to make every person a protagonist of their development. I have a particular interest in how to ignite the economic transition at a domestic and comunity level, implementing behavioral change strategies.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

After 27 years in supervised financial services entities (#banking, #fintech, #regtech), I have decided to support as an entrepreneur the community to better circulate in the complex regulatory environment (#digital transformation,   ) . I  lived one third of my life in #France,  #Luxembourg, and one third in #Belgium / #Germany, I like discovering people’s stories and purpose.  I like to think outside the box which allows me to find unique solutions when others can’t.

Draperstown, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

An experienced consultant, strategic advisor, social entrepreneur, super-connector and catalyst supporting collaborative working across all sectors seeking to improve health and wellbeing through system change, organisational and community development, network creation and social movements. Passionate about social change using appreciative, asset-based approaches that empower by delivering through others, support self-management and are founded on deep, trusted relationships.

Mount Martha, Victoria, Australia

A keen photographer and recreational kayaker, I am fortunate to live in close proximity and accessibility to both pursuits on Australia's Mornington Peninsula. My career has extended across multiple industry sectors, but some of my most rewarding experiences have derived from campaigns and projects relating to protection of the natural world. I am Chair and a non-executive director on the board of the Western Port Biosphere Foundation, responsible for stewardship of one of UNESCO's 748 globally recognised biosphere reserves. It is an ideal opportunity for me to engage and make a difference on exploring and advocating for improved models and planning for integration of people and nature. Our organisation's values and operating model, which relies for its success on partnering with government, communities and business, aligns closely with the principles and aspirations of doughnut economics. I hope to learn and share ideas for the pathway to achieving our aspirations.