Meet the DEAL Community

Terrace, British Columbia, Canada

Teacher educator, interested in human security and ecocentric ethics

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I am a partner in Future Fit Cities. A design and investment venture that is focused on bringing Doughnut-friendly ventures and infrastructure to life and to global impact. I am also a co-founder of InceptionU which is working on transitioning people to the essential competencies required for thriving in the desirable future. We need to be on a path to a regenerative future.

Hackney Wick, London Borough of Hackney, England, United Kingdom

I'm a digital communicator from Australia, living in London and working in social media. Occasional writer, footballer, skier and guitar player. Constantly missing the beach.

Berlin, Germany

apparel/textile designer

Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Acupuncturtist, Meditation practitioner and Grandfather. Would like to help change the view of economics for future generations.

Whistler Municipal Hall, Whistler Resort Municipality, British Columbia, Canada

Hi, I'm the Environmental Stewardship Manager at the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Besides a deep personal interest and commitment to positive change in society, I'm in charge of delivering our climate strategy and other environmental programs.

York

I am passionate about building a global progressive movement of people who want to live in the doughnut.  This includes an A-level curriculum change for Economics. I am applying for Teach First and hope to be an A-level Economics Teacher in the next 3 years. I  hope to work with others to build the local doughnut movement in York where I currently live. Feel free to message me if you are interested in meeting locally or online to discuss initiatives. 

Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada

Economist, journalist, author, cooperative practitioner, teach graduate course in Cooperative Global Economics, Sobey School of Business, Cooperative Management Education program, Saint Mary's University, Halifax

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

 I'm a Sustainability consultant and founder of Gaea Collaboration Ltd. a platform that helps companies to integrate sustainability at the heart of what they do and to incorporate regenerative practices that can deliver positive results to business, to society and the planet. Finding that sweet spot is the kind of challenge that excite me, as well as spending time in nature and more recently, thanks to the lockdown, learning to play the piano.  www.gaeacollaboration.com 

Wandsworth, England, United Kingdom

My professional background is in marketing and communication and I am very interested in sustainability and circular economy. I volunteer for a grassroots climate action group called Parents For Future. We will soon be launching a project which aims to share with the public all the innovative ideas and solutions to social, environmental and climate crisis and invite them to imagine a better world.

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Interested in role/effects of democratic governance in getting to the doughnut. And everything else too.

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Head of Sustainability at Newcastle Hospitals

Las Condes, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

Ecological Economist & Businessman - Environmental Activist

Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

San José, Provincia San José, Costa Rica

Interesada en dejar un mundo mejor. Quisiera fomentar la economía circular en mi país.

Los Angeles, CA, US / Bilbao, Euskadi, ES

Aitor is a behavioral-ecological economist investigating demand-side solutions for climate change mitigation. His research interests lie in how citizens, both as economic agents and political subjects, interact with climate solutions. Aitor obtained his PhD in 2023 from the University of the Basque Country, where he focused on the limitations of information and economic incentives for promoting sustainable consumption. As a postdoctoral researcher at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability, he is developing a research agenda at the intersection of decision science, consumer research, and ecological economics. Specifically, he plans to use experimental economics and quantitative social science methods to examine how demand-side solutions for climate change mitigation influence the norms, beliefs, preferences, and structural factors that shape resource and energy demand. By focusing on the demand side of the equation, his research revolves around the following solutions: Reducing, shifting, or making consumption patterns more efficient; divesting from fossil fuels and investing to accelerate the energy transition; adopting low-carbon lifestyles; and building political support for pathways to a net-zero economy.

Athens, Greece

Adult educator, founder of VIOSIMI KINOTITA community, with a purpose to cultivate transformative ways for the environmental literature of citizens, locally, nationally and globally.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Hello! I am an independent consultant In the Tech industry currently supporting the Federal Government on a business transformation project. I am delighted support Island Women in Science and Technology as Board Chair with a focus on building a trusted community of women in STEM. I am an avid paddler, love photography, the outdoors, reading, coaching and learning from others. My areas of expertise include, Business Analysis, Performance Measurement, Policy, Strategic Planning and Project Management.

Auckland, New Zealand

I'm a business journalist, contributing weekly to Newsroom, Nine to Noon, and Newstalk ZB; a public speaker on deep sustainability, business, economics, and innovation; a member of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, which brings together people from here and abroad who seek to contribute to global change from Aotearoa; and I was a founding trustee of the Ākina Foundation, which helps social enterprises develop their business models in areas of sustainability.

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

I am the author of the book, "The Science Of Expectation: Happiness As Anticipation", in which, through a logical analysis of the phenomenon of anticipation, I have tried to answer the age-old question of the meaning of happines. I studied philosophy at the Pontifical Urbaniana Univeristy, Rome. The question of what happiness exactly means is of fundamental importance because, since it answers the question of what actually constitutes the good life or wellbeing, it has the role of driving a social and economic system – because every social or economic system is driven by an idea of what constitues wellbeing. Now, because the analysis shows happiness to mean inner peace, and because it shows inner peace to be something that is achieved by having few desires, or better put, by a modest lifestyle, the work is showing that the same measure that creates our happiness is the same measure that is needed for a sustainable planet. Herein lies the intersection with the Doughnut framework

Lisbon, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

I am passionate about teaching and learning and that’s why I am Associate Professor at Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa where I teach sustainability at the Dpt. of Architecture and Urbanism. My interests are materials environmental impact and multi-criteria selection of materials for a sustainable architecture. I am an architect with further academic education on civil engineering and business sustainability. I am global leader of QualEnv - Change the Climate, an EU Erasmus+ funded project about environmental management and educational strategies with 11 partners in Latin America an three partners in Europe. I had the opportunity of coordinating a wonderful team, as former Iscte’s Director of Sustainability, implementing an environmental management system at the university that is certified under ISO 14001. I am now part of the Sustainability Executive Group at Iscte.