Meet the DEAL Community

Glenrothes, Scotland, United Kingdom

I work in climate change and energy for a local council. Interest in how to bridge the gap between high level policy and on the ground action. Have a look at our Climate Fife plan, Burntilsand local energy masterplan methodology, Scotland heat map to show areas of work.

Holzminden, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

I work as a systemic coach for complexity competence and new economic thinking. My passion is to support and enable political and economic leaders to develop new logics and principles for their decision to contribute to a fair, save and sustainable society.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Hello I am living and working in Bristol. I have a background in inclusion and community cohesion. I work for Bristol City Council as a Community Development Practitioner. I am new to economics in general but learning about DEAL and its ethos and reading and listening about DE has made me hopeful for the future. I would love to learn more about how to harness this and bring it to our communities and create action with others.

Northridge, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

I'm a retired software developer, focusing these days on sustainability issues (in the whole systems sense). I'm a former board member of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance, and a currently active member of the California Doughnut Economics Coalition (CalDEC).

Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia

I am an economist, a farmer, a writer and also, a musician, entrepreneur, creative. In 2000 we developed "Fantastic Phonics", a free reading program for developing communities - so far, 11 million children have learnt to read using Fantastic Phonics. I have long argued that the climate will force deep adaptions; in economics, society, and human civilisation. Capitalism will not survive in its current form; I argue that economic collapse (to rival 1929) is nearby; and that collapse will create a new econ paradigm (neo-liberalism is dead) and that paradigm will initiate a morphing of capitalism to a system that incorporates Nature, Economy, Equality and Spirituality. But not without significant chaos first - to facilitate a re-draft of the New Deal for the climate. 1933 repeated, improved.

Delhi, India

I am a Ph.D Student at Tata Institute of Social Sciences. I am presently serving as India Lead at international non-profit, Climate Healers founded by Dr. Sailesh Rao, one of the original engineers of the internet. Working on creating a dashboard of data + actionable steps for Indian corporates to function in the Doughnut Framework.

Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada

Hi Everyone, I am a candidate BA of Interior Design student at Yorkville University. In the past I have worked in construction, construction materials sales, start-ups, run an exterior painting franchise, and worked in retail design. I care about the end users in the spaces I design and oversee the construction of. I believe that design (be it urban or Architectural) and business have the ability to create community. The kind of solidarity that we all feel we need in today's world. I'm always interested in big ideals and pulling them off so let me know if you need someone to help with your project.

2321 West 54th Street, Los Angeles, California 90043, United States

ICT ERP digital divide for California

Totnes, England, United Kingdom

I'm a Moroccan-German environmental engineer who worked 18 years in different countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America on climate change, disaster risk management, humanitarian response putting ecosystems and human rights at the core. I'm fascinated by multi-level governance and spent a lot of time linking actors and processes in cities with regional, national and global ones. I studied regenerative economics at Schumacher college and am currently a doctoral student, a visiting lecturer, a consultant and a doula :)

Maastricht, Limburg, Paesi Bassi

Hi there, I'm Samuel, 24 years old and originally from Austria. I've completed several internships in Austria, Italy and the Netherlands, and am now looking to be part of initiatives based on the Doughnut. Initially, I studied International Business in English and Italian but became more and more critical of the theories spread at my University. Hence, I specialised on Public Governance and Nonprofit Management. Currently, I'm doing a master on European Studies on Science, Society and Technology, which I will finish this summer. I plan doing my thesis on DEAL and how the Doughnut gets implemented in Amsterdam. In my freetime I love taking pictures, hiking and walking my dog.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Living in the uk I have earned my living working for the NHS, local government and freelance consultancy. People and communities are at the heart of my work whether that be improving places and their environment or working in the health field. I have always been concerned about our impact on our planet and how unsustainable our current way of life really is. But also, over the years, I have been heartened by seeing that we can act to improve matters.

Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

Urban Planner, Policy Analyst, Changemaker

Israel

I'm the Director of the Center for Sustainability Studies at The Heschel Center for Sustainability, Israel

San Cristóbal, Chiapas, México

Hi, Im Chepe, a funny and especial human being. I'm an urban farmer, work with Regenerative Agriculture, Permaculture practitioner and salsa dancer. I love working with people and nature :)

Austin, Texas, United States of America

i appreciate thoughtful, sustainable, and apolitical approaches and solutions to the the earth's problems

Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Currently a student at Gaia Education (GEDS online course), interested in all things regenerative. My background is media design, but I am a poet and writer now.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Currently works with developing sustainability strategies and takes a MBA with focus on Circular Economy. Entrepreneurial background driven by concern for environment and society.

I've worked in capital markets for over 25 years and founded Sustainix in 2016 focusing on sustainable investment advisory services to financial institutions. For most of my career I have struggled to accept the incumbent economic model, but my pea brain couldn't conceptualise workable alternatives. Thankfully way more intelligent people than me have! I hope I can help in some small way to augment their thinking with necessary action through my work in financial markets.

El Cerrito, California, United States of America

I’m a communications professional (former PBS documentary filmmaker), former ED of Fossil Free California, longtime climate solutions advocate passionate about economics, equity and policy. I'm endorsed by the Progressive Talent Pipeline and a member of the Emerge California Class of 2021.

Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

As a baker and observer of declin of my planet, I know it's time to change. And more, it's time to act.

London Borough of Lambeth, England, United Kingdom

Hi, my name is Marcus and I'm here to further my interest in Doughnut Economics and collaborate on some projects. The company I run, Loqiva, has developed digital town hub software to address local challenges around information sharing, data ownership, place intelligence and local economic growth.

Belgrade, Централна Србија, Serbia

I am a real utopist, activist and researcher. I work as an interdisciplinary researcher at Institute of economic sciences in Belgrade, and also at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, where I did my PhD. My educational base is Economy. In my research, I use triangle framework involving theories from political economy, political ecology and cultural (critical) studies. I also merge decolonial studies, anthropology approaches sociological regard to innovate the methodological approaches with the aim to better understand the phenomenon(s). Theories of development, Degrowth, Doughnut economics, eco-socialism, Theories of Commons etc.

Shropshire, England, UK

A founder of Telford Friends of the Earth (30 years ago), who was inspired only by the environmental bit of economics, as it explained so much of what I saw as wrong in the world. I have worked mostly with marginal communities, in the middle of the doughnut, and I now work with rural microbusinesses in the UK and teach at a land-based university. 

Engagement and Content Lead at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.