Meet the DEAL Community

Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Service Design Strategist, City of Gainesville, FL My purpose is to bring people together and build community. I apply design thinking principles to create usable interfaces, improve service experiences and rethink systemic issues.

Middlebrook, Virginia, United States of America

I teach middle school science, and am passionate about sustainable gardening and farming practices.

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

City of London, England, United Kingdom

I am a Product Designer based in London. The focus of my work is to make people's lives a little better and a little easier, bit by bit, and I do this by paying attention to the problems people and businesses face day-to-day.

Norwich, England, United Kingdom

Architectural professional. Former City Councillor for Mancroft Ward. Now campaigner with a particular focus on urbanism, sustainability, community. Involved in Green New Deal Norwich.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

I'm a communications practitioner with a hands-on background in international affairs, social psychology, and behavioural science, and a passion for doughnuts.

Southwark, London, United Kingdom

Hi, I'm George! I co-manage a community garden in a little corner of Peckham and am thinking a lot about how to build this into new initiatives for a Doughnut neighbourhood. For work I'm a data scientist at a large UK foundation, researching how data can be a part of solutions to environmental and social challenges. When I'm not doing either of those you'll probably find me tinkering with bicycles or baking.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Doctoral Researcher - Biomedical Materials (with previous in Sport Science) Community worker in Winson Green Director of Red Letter Christians UK, helping Christians and their communities do justice.

Barrie, Ontario CANADA

I'm a 78 year old retired Employee Relations consultant interested in sustainability of a nation's economy that supports and protects all its citizens.

Zambia

Lawyer, passionate about issues at the nexus of law, governance, public policy and agriculture.

Deptford, London Borough of Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Experienced nanofabrication engineer now studying Global Prosperity. Also something of a musician. Also sit on the board of a nation-wide urban agriculture industry body.

Preston, England, United Kingdom [work] Manchester, England, United Kingdom [home]

I'm passionate about changing the world in ways that secure the wellbeing of people, places and the planet. In work, I am Professor in Health & Sustainability at the University of Central Lancashire, with a background in public health, environmental policy and community development.

Bruxelles - Brussel, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België - Belgique - Belgien

Holding master's degree in political science I have been working on the topic of local and regional governments and their development for the last 20 years. Representing the Latvian Association of Local and Regional Governments in Brussels and working with the Latvian delegation to the European Committee of the Regions.

Arusha, Tanzania

A social Entrepreneur working with the environment.

Singapore, Singapore

Alex Hong has more than 20 years of professional experience in the education space (Executive, Tertiary Education) and has led cross-tertiary education teams in development, curation, faculty/programme management and business development in multiple education and eLearning projects. He is actively involved in the Climate/Biodiversity/ESG-related business matchmaking and conferences regionally. Alex is recognised as LinkedIn’s Top Voices (Green) in Singapore 2022. He part of Illuminen Voices (Thought Leadership) in ESG, Sustainable Finance and advocates sustainable business. Alex  represents the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) as the Ambassador of Southeast Asia. Alex is part of the Youth Networking Business Committee of Asia (YNBC) and was appointed the Chief Sustainable Coordinator, overseeing the development of sustainable activities in the network. He is also been recently appointed the 1st Global Ambassador in Singapore for Ideax Ventures, a global consulting firm for technology, innovation and finance. He actively contributes to his community by volunteering as a mentor for a Singapore-based start-up incubator.   LinkedIn: Contact Details

Saint Charles, Missouri, United States of America

Father, husband, retired chemical engineer, experienced in homeless outreach, cryptocurrency, practicing commercial real estate and environmental activism.

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Aloha from Honolulu! I'm Kamal Kapadia, co-founder of Terra.do, an online climate change school and community. We run a 12-week climate “bootcamp” that attracts a diverse group of mid-career professionals from all around the world. Our program is focused on transitioning skilled people into impactful climate “work” that can utilize their skills. We are currently developing a suite of more specialized climate-related program offerings for professional communities (architects, planners, software engineers, investors, journalists, etc.). We are HUGE fans of Doughnut Economics and teach about it in our core program. So many of our fellows find it inspiring and want to learn more! About me: Am originally from India, got my start eons ago doing solar-based rural electrification work in India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Then I got various degrees, spent some time as a research fellow at the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford, and now live in Hawaii with my family.

Tel Aviv, מחוז תל אביב, Israel

Hi, I am a renewable energy engineer and physicist by training, Among my activities, I write and translate scientific papers for children for the journal 'Frontiers for Young Minds' and I am a c-organizer of a series of multi-disciplinary conferences dealing with the strudy of consciousness, called "Perspectives on Consiousness". Lately, I have been gaining experience in the world of entrepreneurship.

Cascais, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

Past mid-age, but still wanting to make the world a better place. I love nature and marvel at its miracles every day, so I feel the need to care for it.

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Civil Engineer with extensive experience in bulilding, industrial and maritime works with more than thirty-four years of experience.

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

I am a transformation catalyst for living and working environments with social impact. 

Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom

Hi! I believe in the power of business as a force for good and that like sunflowers - we will grow taller and stronger and faster if we are motivated by things that are light and full of hope. One of my favourite quotes from Hamilton is 'scratch that this is not a moment, it's the movement'. I also think accountants will save the world.

Αθήνα, Αττική, Ελλάδα

I am Vernardos, a mathematician who now is studying philosophy. I am a father of two and we all live in Greece.