Meet the DEAL Community

Riverside, California, United States of America

Social-Environmental Entrepreneur, Energy Risk Professional, Co-founder Riverside Food Systems Alliance

Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

Master's student in Environmental Management and Policy

Brussels

Freelance #stakeholder #citizenfacilitator #smartcity expert with passion for societal impact and transition Facilitating citizen collecitve intelligence in cooperatives and slow tourism Founder of @TOKVIL public innovation lab as a service Providing SDG advice to companies

Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

A Green "Evangelist", a commoner, a podcaster, a member of Climate Reality Leader Corps, an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador, a promotor of system thinking and complexity theory, a scientifically-trained independent professional of natural resource, environmental and climate change policy analysis and an enthusiast in promoting social innovation and movement for better society.

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

Hello! I am passionate about new forms of learning, work, wellbeing, cognitive diversity, and helping young people make sense of future possibilities. I am Co-Founder of the Latitude Project which was born in response to our growing social challenges. Our project’s mission is to use our common issues as shared learning opportunities to experiment and imagine new ways to live, learn, and work which enable everyone to thrive. We're developing a prosperity-generating ecosystem of products, tools, services, and other touch points which unites young people, communities, social entrepreneurs, and investors alongside a common purpose. The Latitude team is developing a social innovation framework, accelerator programme, courses, community and some pioneering work around the creation of social products.

Cannock Chase, England, United Kingdom

Hi I'm Richard. Coordinator of Cannock Chase Green Party. Currently feeding in to a project called Zero Carbon Rugeley (funded by an energy company) which seeks to imagine what a Zero Carbon Town will look like. It focuses on the closure of the coal fired power plant and solutions for a Smart Local Energy System (SLES), but also hopes to lead on retrofitting buildings, better transport, economic regeneration etc. Hopefully the idea and solutions proposed will be scaleable and transferable to other areas. http://www.rugeleypower.com/zero-carbon-rugeley-project/?LMCL=w1RzRP

Oslo, Norge

Ole Pedersen is a social entrepreneur running his own social enterprise Nedenfra / From below. From below aims at creating opportunities for and enhancing democratic participation in urban development. Pedersen has an evolutionary approach and his work is focused on local contexts, while keeping an eye on European and international movements, policies and development across disciplines. He is behind the Tøyen Boligkonferanse, turned festival in 2020, putting cooperative and collaborative housing on the Norwegian public agenda. He has also been a driving force establishing Tøyen boligbyggelag (Tøyen Housing Construction Cooperative). Ole holds an interdisciplinary master degree in innovation from ESST – Society, Science and Technology in Europe.

Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

I am a South African and have been living in France for nearly 20 years. Coming from a corporate background, I retrained as a business coach. With my coaching, I’d love being part of the change much needed in our societies and organisations. 

St Albans, England, United Kingdom

Marseilles, France

Born in 1937 in Paris. Former airline pilot and trade unionist. About 40 years of study and researches in economics. Author of a book on artificial intelligence ("Décrochage", 2020)

München, Bayern, Deutschland

I am a motivated change maker striving to catalyze good disruption. My mission is to support creation of stakeholder ecosystems for thriving local economies, communities and natural ecosystems in harmony with the interconnected global web of life. I currently support the formation of Circular Munich Community and prepare to bring best practices and drive change in Colorado.

St. James Barbados

I am a Certified Professional Facilitator and Certified Mediator

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

PhD researcher looking at social enterprise sustainability. Currently doing an amazing piece of industry research alongside my PhD that looks at the characteristics of rural social enterprises in Scotland. This led me to Doughnut Economics & it now underpins my research. Exciting.

Munich, Bayern, Germany

I am passionate about learning more on how we can transform society and its systems to become more sustainable while benefiting all.

New Forest, England, United Kingdom

An academic/entrepreneur - founder and CEO of 'Alexandra's Africa EcoCultural Safaris and Retreats' a tour operating company with bases in South Africa and UK. A passionate conservationist, degrowth enthusiast, keen photographer and ex-marathon runner. Applying 20 years of IT global transformational programme experience and knowledge of Southern Africa to contribute to the sustainable transformation of the tourism industry. A PhD student at Winchester University.

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

I am a consultant and advocate focused on strengthening our resilience - capacity to thrive, regenerate, connect - in this age of climate and ecological crisis.

Horsell, England, United Kingdom

Niraj is a sustainability and innovation leader with 28 years’ experience of strategy and policy development, and programme management across public, private, and voluntary sector organisations in the UK and internationally. He currently works at Innovate UK, the Government’s innovation agency, where he first spent four years driving and supporting innovation to enable the long-term sustainability of cities, and now works on partnering British innovation with the needs of a number of middle income countries to help them meet their development goals.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

I am a communications and business development specialist. While running my own business I learned about B Corp and how there was an effective framework for businesses to operate in a way which put people and planet first (but not at the expense of profit). This re-lit and existing interest in sustainability and desire to leave the world in a better place than I found it. Through my journey (which has only just begun) of discovery, I learnt about Doughnut Economics and realised that this is one of the most powerful approaches for making a positive impact.

#actuallyAutistic, academic-practitioner. Interested in the application of aesthetics to management and organisational practice, including its extension to the management and organisation of the economy (capitalism), and society (work and enterprise). Currently writing a book with the working title: An Inspector Calls: An Inquiry into Capitalism, Work and Enterprise.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Placemaking consultant with particular interest in purposeful, sustainable places.

South Devon Bioregion

I am a co-founder of the Bioregional Learning Centre for South Devon. We have been going for four years now working on whole-systems change for climate resilience in our bioregion. Our website is: https://bioregion.org.uk/

Oxford, United Kingdom

I am CEO and Founder of THIRST - The International Roundtable for Sustainable Tea, a platform for civil society actors working to defend the rights of tea workers, farmers and their representatives.

South Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Writer, #meme 🎩 🧐 connoisseur & Hacktivist based in LA. Founder of food justice restaurant 🍕 + platform Food Tribe. I help hospitality professionals connect with foodies + grow 🔝

Austin, Texas, USA

I am a social entrepreneur, Founder and Chief Facilitator at Suraksha, an all-volunteer organization. I am offering support with mentoring, training programs, software for protecting the environment, and achieving sustainability.  My mission is to safeguard the environment, current/future generations, and biodiversity. I am involved in the innovation, technology commercialization of products and services including bioremediation using renewable resources.