Meet the DEAL Community

Berlim, Berlin, Alemanha

I am Felipe Fonseca, a Brazilian activist and free/open advocate turned researcher, working on the OpenDoTT project and living currently in Berlin, Germany. In the last fifteen years I was a co-founder and leader of a number of community and networking initiatives dedicated to critical thinking (and making) in the crossroads between culture, science, technology and society. Some examples are Tropixel, MetaReciclagem, CulturaDigital.BR, Bricolabs, Rede//Labs, Lixo Eletrônico, Ciência Aberta Ubatuba, UbaLab. I was the user community manager of the Subutai Platform. I have an MA in Science Diffusion from Labjor at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, acquired with a dissertation about networked experimental labs.

Chania, Crete, Greece

Assistant Project Manager at Technical University of Crete -Master's degree in Banking and in Operational research and decision making, Bachelor in Financial Department of Management- (Technological Institute of Western Macedonia -Kozani -Greece) 

Otley, West Yorkshire

I am a volunteer with Otley 2030, a group set up to work with our community to build a climate friendly and socially just town

New York, United States of America

Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

My wife and I have been hosting people in collaborative environments for the purposes of social change for over a decade. My purpose is to convene and connect nonprofit leaders, for-profit social entrepreneurs, grant-makers, impact investors and all other agents of positive change, thereby building the ecosystem for the social sector and creating greater opportunities for international social and economic justice.

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

I work in project finance in renewables with Virgin Money, lending to a wide range of renewable projects from hydro, solar, onshore wind, AD, GSHPs, biomass etc. I have previous experience working hands on with two renewable businesses (one energy software business, one company involved in solar mini grid installation in Southern Africa). I am a Big 4 chartered accountant and Manchester University MBA and I have also gained VC experience with IP Group, a FTSE 250 tech investor. I am really interested in this community, the concept of doughnut economics and am happy to get involved with conversations and projects for enacting the theories.

Helsinki, Etelä-Suomi, Finlandia

Hi! I am a design thinker creating sustainability strategies for companies, organizations, and governments. I use systems thinking, participatory methods, transition theory, and a human-planet-centric approach. I am a Mexican based in Helsinki and I work as a freelance consultant.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

I recently graduated college at the University of Texas at Austin. I am now living in Nashville, TN and working as a middle school teacher.

Hampton East, Victoria, Australia

I'm a sustainability consultant based in Melbourne, Australia. Originally from Scotland, I have worked in climate, energy and sustainability for most of the last decade and in social justice campaigns and policy for about 6 years before that. I live with my partner and our ridiculously cute puppy Remy and when I'm not advising governments and companies on sustainability, I love drawing and painting, swimming in the sea and growing veggies in our stubbornly sandy back garden.

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Recently quit my day job to focus on environmental campaigning and now run my local Greenpeace group.

Bern , Switzerland

Facilitating collaborations in local communities and orgs for regenerative futures

Mallow, Munster, Ireland

PhD student, working on the Re-Wind project which looks for repurposing solutions for wind turbine blades. I'm interested in Life Cycle Assessment and business models that are focused on repurposing of discarded items, from used baby goods to construction waste.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Associate Professor and Chair of Economics Calvin University My teaching and scholarship are focused on doughnut economics. My life's mission is to help shift the paradigm.

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Hello. I am a change management practitioner working with the United Nations. I pair my professional work with personal work in mindfulness meditation and time spent in nature and with art.

Wageningen, Gelderland, The Netherlands

I am a researcher working on the design of regenerative agriculture systems for the Netherlands. My passions include, among others, climate justice, food justice, sustainable agriculture, human nutrition, degrowth.

Torbay, England, United Kingdom

Passivhaus Designer and Architectural Technologist with a passion for the co-benefits of good quality building design.

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

With a love of Movies and a VFX (visual effects) background in Hollywood Feature Films / Post Production Effects a change of career was needed. From September 2021 I shall be studying an MA in Mass Timber Design in Barcelona (CAD solid timber buildings and virtually thanks to COVID). Having lived in the UK's first purpose built housing co-operative since 2000 I recently co-founded and am a board member of a Community Land Trust in South East London with an aim to build more housing co-operatives on community asset locked land. I'm also hoping to create a platform housing co-op incubator, an app to raise finance to build housing co-ops, hostels and hotels and house key workers, co-ops workers, the homeless and tourists alike..

Ramsey, Isle of Man

A freelance medical writer with a strong interest in improving our relationship with the natural world

Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia

I am self-employed professional in the area of social entrepreneurship wanting to do sth different in this world.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Specialist property developer interested in applying donut economics to support and help create eco-communities.

Berlin, Germany

A curious soul looking to dip into the sustainable development topics. Being a MBA & Engineering student I am fascinated by novel ideas in sustainable business and technology space. Working in clean tech company aiming to transform business processes into sustainable behavior. I enjoy exploring new concepts that address our modern societal challenges and provide feasible solutions for them. Love to collaborate, co-develop and turn concepts to reality. Anthropology and human mind enthusiast. Happy to connect and learn (:

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Working towards a better future for all. Wanting to restore the ecological paradise that our planet has been for ages.

Visby, Gotlands län, Sverige

I want to change my future by taking action. I get inspired and company within my network Teansition Bureau, a digital network for transitioners in Sweden.

Plano, Texas, United States of America

Program Director | Cloud/NFVi/SDN Enabler | Telecom Executive | Lifelong Learner | Sustainable Finance | Operations | Customer Relations A young and dynamic individual with proven project and people management skills, 20 years of experience and Senior Leadership experience in Customer Service / Operations / Software Development with challenging work demands. Delivered significant gains to bottom line by negotiating Liquidated Damages. 7+ years in customer facing role as R&D Customer Leader and Technical Support Leader. 12 years in People Management of Software Development, System Test and Software Support (9 years in Senior Leadership role). 4+ years as a Senior Software Architect (Rational Rose, UML). 4 years in Software/Systems Engineering and Software Quality. 3 years in fast paced startups. Experienced in Wireline and Wireless technologies. Managed complex projects involving multiple sites. Directly managed an offshore development team in India for 2 years.