Meet the DEAL Community

Italy

I am currently living in my country after 20 years in China and around the world. My expertise is about sustainability in tourism and a new model of economy.

Nairobi, Kenya

I'm excited by the Doughnut Economics concepts, change of focus (for a greener, kinder more sustainable way of living) and way of working (new pictures to help us think differently) . I’d love to be part of the DEAL process and am happy to lend my skills either in Nairobi, where I’m currently based, or in my hometown of Oxford. I create whiteboard animations and infographics to support communication and thinking, mainly in the environmental and economic development sectors. My background is in Social Anthropology (and some economics!), Agriculture and I’ve worked in agricultural research, innovation systems and project evaluation in Asia and Africa for many years.

Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Dr Jade Berman is the acting ClimateNI Manager and working on the Transboundary Adaptation Learning Exchange project (TalX) as a Climate Resilience Researcher. She is based at Climate NI (Northern Ireland Environment Link) working in partnership with SNIFFER Scotland and MAREI Institute University of Cork. Jade has almost ten years’ experience working in Northern Ireland previously working at Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Ulster Wildlife, as an honorary lecturer in Marine Policy at Queens University and sitting as a Committee Member for CNCC and JNCC advising Government Departments. Previously Jade has worked all over the world from New Zealand and Antarctica to Panama and Hawaii above and below the sea and is looking forward to getting up to speed with international climate adaptation best practice and the best ways to share with others...

Munich, Bayern, Germany

Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

I catalyze change through understanding and connection. How? By delivering engaging, informative, and interactive workshops. Topics include climate science, global climate policy solutions, and doughnut economics. 

Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland

I'm a South African who was transplanted in Ireland 8 years ago. I'm still trying to put down a proper root system and adapt to the different climate! Who turned the sun down? I have 2 young kids and worry a lot about their future. I have made a commitment to doing as much as I possibly can to raise awareness of and help implement more regenerative ways of living on our Earth. Our communities will be our lifeboats going forward and they will need to be resilient, self-sustaining and well-prepared. Community preparation and community led change is where it's at for me. Tools like the Doughnut are so valuable for illustrating where we're at and helping us strategise a way forward - the Doughnut is simple, accessible and packs a powerful punch!

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

American immigrant, now an Irish citizen. Former AMZN, now a co-founder at Caselden Consulting.

London Borough of Lambeth, England, United Kingdom

I am a paper conservator looking at the materials we use to care for art work and how we can close the loop on this system

London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

London organiser for the Long Now Foundation. Cultural designer. Creating adaptable and interative places to help people and organisations make better stories. In theatres, on farms, at festivals. For dance, theatre, words, moving image, philosophy, art. Exploring potential, devising strategies, building the right team. Making work that is sustainable now and for the long-term.

Hong Kong, Central and Western, Hong Kong

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Leadership consultant, inclusion campaigner, award-winning former financial journalist (Irish Times, Sunday Times, Newstalk) with an interest in economics. Regular contributor during financial crisis on economics, business and finance for Kilkenomics, Mindfield at Electric Picnic, TV3s Tonight with Vincent Browne, RTÉ's PrimeTime, BBC, NPR & BBC

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

I work on sustainable food system for a global research org called the World Resources Institute, I am a naturally curious person and interested in Doughnut Economics after seeing it presented at the Southbank Centre a few years ago

UK

I am a Canadian working to build from below and beyond borders.  Consultant: Future Risks; Human Security; Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding; Environment; Justice.  Board Member: IHSA, Feel Good Factor & Open Briefing

Singapore, Singapore

Founder, Positive Human Diversity Ventures / Living Ecosystems Lab

Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

I am a passionate woman working with others women to regenerate our territories

Ptuj, Podravska, Slovenia

I specialise in supporting communities to develop and deliver transformational social, economic and environmental change initiatives. I help communities to identify an ambitious collective aspiration, turn this into a 'mission', and then to work together towards achieving it.

Bewdley, England, United Kingdom

Worked in Youth & Community Development for 30 years. Chief Executive of Bewdley Development Trust for 5 years. Joint founder and current member of Transition Bewdley. Volunteer with the Wyre Comunity Land Trust and Community Transport.

Pirkanmaa, Finland

Manager in ecological transition projects and networks. Working with municipalities, change agents, civil society and researchers.

Milano, Lombardia, Italia

Project Manager in sustainability Project Manager in anticorruption and lawfulness Consultant of the Parlamentary Antimafia Commission

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Danmark

I'm a Sensory Scientist, working as Associate Professor in Food Sensory Innovation.  As a scientist my main research drive is to understand what good food is, and how we enjoy it as part of our daily life. With this knowledge we can create new and innovative foods that change the way the world eats in favour of diversity and sustainability. As an educator I am keen on training future generations of food innovators to make healthy food more tasty and satisfying. 

Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

Eric Benson was born in Arizona and raised in Mid-Michigan where he later received his BFA in graphic and industrial design from the University of Michigan in 1998. He worked professionally as a UI/UX designer at Razorfish and Texas Instruments before he received his MFA in design from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. His MFA thesis became the internationally recognized and award-winning sustainable design website www.re-nourish.org. His work with Re-nourish translated into an academic career where he currently is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching at Illinois laid the foundation to create the Fresh Press Agri-Fiber Paper Lab. Fresh Press explores the potential of papermaking to be zero waste, environmentally sustainable, and a catalyst for a thriving local economy. Benson has published and lectured internationally on the importance of sustainable design.

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

We're a collective of recruiters, consultants and coaches trying to put people back at the heart of work and social initiatives.

Belfast, Ireland/Northern Ireland

I'm an artist, designer, creator, mostly working in the medium of wearable woven textiles that tell a story of the captivating dance of water, light and landscape, particularly in Ireland. Currently studying an MSc in Leadership for Sustainable Development at Queen's University Belfast.

Nomadic

Sydney co-leads the Catalytic Impact Investing program at Tiedemann Advisors, investing patient, flexible and creative capital that centers impact and seeks an appropriate financial return to achieve the intended impact. She is an Integrated Capital Institute Fellow at RSF Social Finance, a community of financial activists focused on leveraging capital as a tool for long-term, positive social and environmental change. Curious about and seeking to ground my work in the history of economics, philosophy and sociology. Exploring community capital, restorative and regenerative economics, alternative economic and enterprise models, biomimicry and nature-based solutions to climate change.