Meet the DEAL Community

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

teacher of middle school kids, writer, artist, musician, learner

Huntsville, Ontario, Canada

I work to build community.  Currently focused on housing - building sustainably with Tooketree Passive Homes and our SEED Building Solutions, and the Muskoka Community Land Trust, building permanently affordable community led housing.  Please reach out!    

San José, Provincia San José, Costa Rica

I am a social anthropologist and climate activist currently living in Costa Rica. My interests range from food to climate change. I am also interested in agroecology and risk perception.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Philippe Guichard is an award-winning, international Industrial Designer, with over 25 years of experience in the industry. He has launched numerous successful products – a feat, which is also helped by his background in mechanical engineering. In 2013 he founded his Melbourne design studio, D2 Design and Development. Philippe is also the founder of Cablestop, a cable management device, which was successfully funded on Kickstarter. Overall, Philippe’s designs have helped reached over $200Millions in revenue. Philippe’s vision is to help change the way we produce and consume “things” by designing purposeful products and companies, ultimately for the triple bottom line: profitability, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. Philippe is passionate about making a positive difference to the world through his work as a designer and through sharing his ideas as a professional speaker. On a personal side, Philippe has been practicing meditation for over 25 years. He attended

New Quay, Wales, United Kingdom

Taupō

I am a father of three girls and a boy and have two grandchildren. I have been an educator much of my life and think that Doughnut Economics provides a useful framework in which to approach the two most pressing issues facing humanity: climate change and inequality. I regularly refer to doughnut economics with the business clients, principals and educators I mentor. My wife and I together run a successful home-hosted accommodation lodge in Taupō and are actively involved in the tourism industry.

Herent, Vlaanderen, Belgique

Passionate about science. Interest in economics. I want to learn about alternative economic models that are more respectful of human beings and the environment. Above all, I want to talk about them enthusiastically around me.

Eswatini

Lecturer of Geography, Environmental Science and Planning at the University of Eswatini.

Scheveningen, South Holland, Nederland

I am working in innovation for two decades. Love to develop new concepts with nice people. driven by results.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil

I am a medical doctor with a focus on transdisciplinary partnerships for promoting planetary health. The critical factor is healthy people promoting a healthy economy.

Bonn, Germany

I am the Founder and Executive Director of One Resilient Earth (www.oneresilientearth.org), a young international non-profit organization empowering people to grow their resilience to the climate and environmental crises through transdisciplinary projects that regenerate communities and ecosystems. So far, we have facilitated community dialogues on long-term resilience in Atlantic Canada; organized virtual poetry readings and film screenings on human connection to nature; have been holding climate workers circle on a weekly basis; and are supporting an innovative art-science lecture series with the University of Bonn. In addition, our Tero magazine aims to open up minds through art, futures literacy, and bold dialogues. When I am not working on this new project I love after years at the UN, I have fun in nature with my kids or spend time by the sea in France.

Monterey, California, United States of America

Software engineer interested in agent-based computational economics.

London Borough of Hounslow

A former politician I have been writing (e.g. 'The Company Citizen') and consulting on 'using the tools of business to create public good' since 2010.

Rossbrin, West Cork, Munster, Ireland

One of the co-founders (with Alice Glendinning) and active members of the West Cork Doughnut Economy Network, writer/journalist/translator, originally from Amsterdam but now striving to doughnut-proof the future in West Cork

Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

A passionate advocate for Love at Work in our lives, for human potential and global consciousness, I have a rich leadership and transformation ethos, absorbed and refined from my training, research and time spent with some of the world's top thinkers. For several years, I have conducted extensive research into the meaning of Love in organisations, exploring Love at work, and Love working. This comprehensive study includes over 70 leaders, hundreds of workers, students, coaches and other stakeholders in many different environments from prisons to universities, global corporations to politics and local charities. My research has revealed that whether the word 'Love' is acceptable terminology or not, it is undeniably present in successful workplaces with happy, engaged employees and supporters. In fact, it's a powerful presence in every aspect of our lives, and it is the readily available fuel that can fire transformation to a world where there is balance, happiness and fulfillment.

Amsterdam, Europe

Philosopher and IT entrepeneur

Grass Valley, Nevada County, CA 95945

I am a retired Architectural Designer, General Contractor, Project Manager, and Construction Estimator. I have a degree in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley. During my college years I developed a keen interest in Ecological Economics. I am interested in applying all that I've learned to my City and or County. I would be interested in talking to other local people with similar interests.

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

I am a chef and restaurateur dedicated to challenging restaurants to do more for the community, the planet and pollinators. At our restaurants; Sleepy Bee Cafe we mindfully source, audit our energy, manage our waste and empower our stakeholders. I am interested in connecting with other small businesses using the doughnut model to change the way they do business.

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Professional visual communicator, passionate about design and the role it plays in informing and supporting society. I have a wide experience across print and digital, and have worked on campaigns, magazines, product packaging, marketing, social media, motion graphics and art direction.

La Paz, Bolivia

Innovative sustainable development-based policy solutions - drug policy - citizen security - social economy - rural/local development

Budapest, Közép-Magyarország, Hungary

Founder - Holis | Partner - Liminal | Co-founder - Hello Wood | Researching interdisciplinary collaboration | Collective intelligence | Intersection of art, business, design, science, technology | Social innovation | Permanent beta

Steinstø, Hordaland, Norway

I make furniture from only reclaimed material. We are about to start a wood recycling production in cooperation with a sheltered workplace. Our starting point is finding durable non polluting solutions for furniture production.