Meet the DEAL Community

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Sarah Blake is passionate about communicating sustainability practices to businesses and individuals in a straightforward way, through talks, workshops and strategy. She believes that putting sustainability at the heart of what your business does will increase revenue, drive staff retention and reduce risk. Companies can be both Planet Positive and make a profit. Sarah’s background is a combination of both Human Resources (CIPD Associate) and Horticulture (RHS trained). After studying Sustainability at Cambridge University, Sarah established Earthology to help companies and individuals on their sustainability journey, one step at a time!

Leiria, Centro, Portugal

I am a communications major who strongly believes in being proactive towards a brighter future. We have one planet and we need to work together to mend the mistakes of unsustainable industries and isolationist practices.

London Borough of Hackney, England, United Kingdom

I am an artist who runs a community organisation and community garden on the estate where I live in East London. Through my practice I endeavour to create the kind of art world of which I would like to be a part: reconfiguring the grounds upon which participation in the cultural landscape is made possible by building networks, organising discussions and collaborating with others. I believe that it is important to recognise that culture is being produced all the time and encompasses a whole panoply of human endeavours and it is these that we will need to support from the grass-roots up, if we really want culture to count for anything. This involves thinking holistically, not just of say, the garden we are going to plant and the fruits of that labour, but the question of who holds the baby while we are digging. Recognising the manifold ways that human society holds together and addressing the fact that care work is done by the most economically vulnerable is vital.

Toulouse, Occitanie, France

Hi fellow humans! I'm a podcast host and also a tech nerd with a superhero complex :D I believe that tech awareness, creativity, and human wisdom can combine to revolutionize our democracies and make the world a better place.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A sense of purpose to connect communities. A background in community development, social entrepreneurship, digital innovation and events production.

São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil

I am an Environmental Engineer who will start a master degree in International Management focusing in climate action. I believe that we need to change the way our system works to survive as human race and for that we only need to convince a good amount of people to act about it. So let's do it!

Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

Economist and professor at the University of Manizales. Interested in the barefoot economy, ZERI and now the donut economy. In my free time I practice urban vermiculture as a way of making use of organic waste. Animal lover, and since I was a child I have been a gardener

Dublin

I am an architect and teacher at UCD School of Architecture. I am involved in several climate and community-related projects both within and in parallel with my practice and teaching.

Jönköpings kommun, Jönköpings län, Sverige

I am a sustainability stragegist, operating in three areas: business and public sustainable development in Sweden, teaching sustainability at Jönköping University and facilitating sustainable business development in Subsaharan Africa.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

We (Jo & Vicki) met 30 years ago and have been friends and business partners sharing our lives whilst we raised our eight children. WE are advocates for sustainability and a world that works and through our radio show we enquire, create, explore new ideas. Since July 2019 we have hosted, produced & presented a radio show on 88.3 Southern FM. We delve into how to live a life of possibility, better not perfect with lightness and ease. With a passion for health and wellbeing and sustainability, we talk on a variety of subjects including Damon Gameau’s 2040 film where we were first introduced to Kate Raeworth. We also include mental health wellbeing, economic wellbeing, fruit, vegies, music & poetry. We have interviewed many people making a difference in the world, including: Natalie Issacs Founder of One Million Women; Anne –Marie Bonneau Zero Waste Chef; Ross & Romana Hedifern, founders of Beach Patrol; Damien Kristoff from Longevity Film: Josie Jones Local Australian of the Year;

São Paulo, Brasil

Strategic and Innovation Designer

Beverly Farms, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sixth and seventh grade social studies teacher

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

I am born and growing up in Puerto Rico. Currently, the Vice President of Financial Innovation of Heifer Labs, leading Heifer International’s blockchain offering for agricultural development and financial inclusion. My professional background and expertise are accounting under US GAAP and IFRS, risk management (COSO), ERP systems, Financial Technology, Digital Currency (Blockchain), Sustainability Reporting (GRI & SASB), and Bilingual (Spanish-English). I am moving from Little Rock to Atlanta with my wife and daughter.

Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America

Richard Cuff is president of CTI Marketing, founder of NASEMBA Business Alliance, and C.E.O. of ConcinTel, LLC. He serves as Executive Director of League of Florida Orchestras, Inc., a capacity-building nonprofit organization through which he developed the Guiding Success Program – a kindergarten to college pathway initiative for preschool students developed to encourage literacy through entrepreneurship and the arts. Through Guiding Success, he teaches children to play violin and piano while in kindergarten with the goal of developing the parent as the child’s first teacher and best mentor.  As a venture capitalist, Richard is Chief Visionary Dude at Blossom Ridge Venture Capital Partners, a company that unites investors, entrepreneurs, community financial institutions and other community partners through the ConcinTel Mobile Cultural Capital Marketplace® to ensure growth capital is made available to propel innovation, create jobs and provide investment opportunities for everyone.

Armenia, Quindío, Colombia

Arquitecto por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1997), con Maestría en Project Management por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España (UPC, 2009) Y Maestría en Planeamiento Urbano (UPC (2003). Consultor en ordenamiento y prospectiva territorial. Estudios en creación y administración de empresas. Su experiencia abarca diversos contextos como España, Portugal, Colombia, en temas que abarcan desde el diseño industrial, construcción de equipamientos y viviendas hasta la investigación y formulación de planes urbanísticos y de ordenamiento territorial para entidades publicas y privadas. Ha recibido el reconocimiento como Egresado Distinguido por la Universidad Nacional de Colombia en el año 2019.

Berlin, Deutschland

To have meaning, a true purpose, and also help others to find theirs is my core element of having a happy and healthy life. As a coworking manager, I learned how to manage a multi-layered working environment, but also how to support people and businesses in their growth.  The professional scrum training I got 2019/2020 helps me to face and run different projects in diverse fields. 

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

Co Founder B-Ecosystem | Blockchain + DeFI Entrepreneur | Innovation & Business Advisor. Communication & Crisis Management

Zabrze, województwo śląskie, Polska

Event Manager and man for special tasks. The power of calm and professionalism. Passionate about continuous development, a social media ninja, a good trainer and a keen marketer. Rumour has it that he is a great cook! His main interests lie in the area of conent marketing, storytelling, gamification and experience marketing. He organizes games and development trainings with an emphasis on tangible feedback for their participants. He improves marketing and sales activities. In his work, he uses design thinking, gamification, storytelling and content marketing.

London Borough of Southwark, England, United Kingdom

Hi DEAL community. I live in London, studied Town Planning and became a central government policy maker. I care about creating equitable and sustainable process and places. I love to challenge gender norms, am a massive Sci-Fi Nerd and love a good swim.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Storyteller, screenwriter, translator, film pedagogue, feminist

London, Ontario, Canada

A natural scientist with a passions for politics, economies, ecology, living sustainably and living equitably.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

I am Sven and I love to build, improve and pioneer from scratch. Lot's of experience in: #innovation #communitycurrencies #impactrewards for consumers #sustainbility & consumer products-services #IT #agile #data #sustainable finance. I strongly believe that many solutions are already there, but they have not scaled yet, or are used with not the right rules. How might it be when we change te rules, make them as we go experiment, learn, fail and success (fast;). What thrives me is creating this better place for me and all people, animals and our homeplanet Earth. #banking - @Triodos a sustainable bank: IT, business customers, innovation. I learned that money is all about giving it direction towards what needs attention. And that money itself can be re-invented (community currencies)  #Love: photography, cooking, building blocks (KAPLA), hiking, Theory U

Bergen, Hordaland, Norge

True Sustainable Strategy Advisor at Skogland.com. Visiting Lecturer at NHH and Falmouth University. Chairman of Blue Ocean Norway

Berlin, Deutschland

Nicolas Rode holds a French-German diploma in European policy from the IEP Lille and the University of Münster. His research focused on the Europeanisation of trade unions and migrant workers. In order to add a broader international aspect to his research, he moved to Canada and joined the master program “Immigration and Settlement Studies” at the Ryerson University, Toronto. He wrote his M.A. thesis on international human mobility. Back in Europe in 2009, Nicolas worked as a consultant in European industrial relations for six years, focusing on restructuring processes and HR development. Since 2016, he has been working at the University of Potsdam as a transfer advisor. Currently he manages the Potsdam Transfer project Inno-UP, short for “Innovative University Potsdam”.