Meet the DEAL Community

Cadiz, Andalucía, Spain

Carmen is a Research Scientist at the University of Cadiz where she is working on understanding the inputs, distribution and fate of plastics in the Global Ocean, and how it affect us all. Mum of two.

Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgium

Active Senior, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yannick Beaudoin is the Director-General for Ontario and Northern Canada with the David Suzuki Foundation. He brings an ‘economics for transition’ lens to the Foundation aimed at helping to enable a socially thriving and ecologically sustainable Canada. He applies art of change and participatory social processes to a variety of themes that include: adaptation to uncertain climate futures, embedding of local, traditional and indigenous knowledge in policy-, decision- and choice-making, promoting a transition to a sustainable relationship between society and Nature. From his decade with the United Nations to his return to Canada in 2018, he has been facilitating conversations around the world, highlighting various solution pathways towards a well-being centric, #beyondGDP economic system. Yannick holds a Phd in Marine Geology from the University of Toronto and an MA Economics for Transition from Schumacher College in the UK.

Long Hanborough, England, United Kingdom

Family Doctor/GP and Environmental Activist

Sitka, Alaska, United States of America

20 years of working for ecological sustainability, economic efficiency, and just distribution Based in Sitka, Alaska and Arendal, Norway

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

I am interested in teaching and learning at the intersection of evolution, behavior, and sustainability science. Working through collaborations across scientific institutions, international non-profits, and local classrooms, our projects use human social behavior as a conceptual lens for interdisciplinary education. Scientific perspectives on the causes and consequences of our everyday experiences can be leveraged into deeper understandings of the challenges and solutions to sustainable development at every level of society. Projects at www.GlobalESD.org and www.EvoLeipzig.de

São Paulo, Brasil

Marketing professional passionate by working with purpose. Trying to understand a way to make a complete sustainable business.

Gent, Vlaanderen, België

I strongly believe in the power of ideas. Our ecological crisis is also a crisis of imagination. We need a vision of a society that aims at a good life for all within planetary boundaries. In this, we realize our deep connectedness with each other and the living world. This is not only a matter of words, engaged citizens all over the world are already creating, in the real here and now, concrete projects that prefigure this socio-ecological society. These commons show that the future is already happening. As Co-Founder and Director of Oikos, the Flemish Think Tank for Socio-Ecological Change, and as Co-President of the Green European Foundation, I try to inspire, bring together thinkers and do-ers, build Europe wide connections and support movements. You can read about my core ideas in my essay ‘Freedom & Security in a Complex World’ . System thinking is key to me, and speaking in public always a pleasure.

Helsinki, Etelä-Suomi, Finland

Juha Leppänen is the Chief Executive of Demos Helsinki, leading independent Nordic think tank. Juha serves as an advisor for strategy, governance and innovation for governments and private institutions

Auckland, New Zealand

Kia ora! I am privileged to have worked with Māori scientist Teina Boasa-Dean to translate the doughnut into Te Reo Māori to provide the context for NZ's nascent circular economy. Teina reimagined the doughnut from an indigenous perspective, with the environment as foundation. Together with Priti Ambani I co-founded www.projectmoonshot.city - a podcast and blog exploring the big questions around creating resilient and regenerative cities. In collaboration with the Planetary Accounting Network (PAN) and others, Project Moonshot is creating NZ's first Regenerative Action Lab, drawing from DEAL. I am Sustainability Lead at energy co Vector. I chair the NZ Circular Economy Advisory Board and the Battery Industry Group, which is creating a circular product stewardship scheme for large batteries.

Sussex, England

I care deeply about healing the story of separation. Between humans and nature which is the root of our current ecological crisis. Between humans and humans; the divisions that hurt us through nationhood, race, religion, gender, culture. Healing the story of separation is a red thread that runs through all my work as a regenerative practitioner, bioregionalist, creative strategist and lover of all things Sussex.

Blonay, Vaud, Switzerland

Carlo Giardinetti is an expert practitioner of self-organization principles and a certified Leadership coach. After a career as a professional soccer player in Italy, Carlo moved into a fast-advancing career in the hospitality industry managing hotels and resorts in Italy, Tanzania, Kenya, Maldives, Egypt, and Ukraine. Now "living his third professional life," he works in the education management space as Dean of Executive Education and Global Outreach at the Franklin University Switzerland. He is also an Instructor at Harvard Division of Continuing Education teaching the course “Collaborative Leadership: Building the Organization of the Future. Carlo, as of September 2020, also works as Senior Advisor for Deloitte Human Capital Consulting. Carlo collaborates with global networks such as the Economy of Francesco, UNPRME and #goodaftercovid19 to pursue his dream to become the best FOR the world.

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

Architect by formation, with particular interest in the social complexity of the city. Brussels-based, working on participatory processes, among which the #BrusselsDonut

East Sussex, UK

Change maker; believes relentlessly in people power; optimist that community action can drive global change. Mum. Beach enthusiast.

Boulder, Colorado, USA

I was born in the throes of a democratic revolution. My parents survived a war to have me. My country survived 200 years of colonization and then a genocide to achieve freedom. And my parents made sure I learned the tools to use that freedom. Within a year of my birth, 100,000 people perished in a cyclone. Near annual floods and cyclones have taken countless lives since. My city, Dhaka, changed before my eyes, swelling with climate refugees. And I realized -- the only path to collective liberation is through collective action. Everything I do is in the pursuit of that. Because I want everyone to be able to live fully. Not captured by the whims of the few, but held by the generosity of the many.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Helping create a life of freedom, equal opportunity and a shared responsibility for our planet is at the heart of my why. This has led to choosing social entrepreneurship, working on the transition to the doughnut economy. The doughnut economy feels like home to me. It is the world I want to live in. I have not encountered any other metaphor, framework or model that - to me - feels so complete. Within it everything I find important fits. 

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Co - Founder and Director of CIVIC SQUARE. CIVIC SQUARE is a public square, neighbourhood lab, and creative + participatory platform focused on regenerative civic and social infrastructure within neighbourhoods.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Ruurd is a systems thinker/doer, designer and a social entrepreneur, with many years in digital design, marketing, innovation and strategy. He is co-founder and strategist of Groundforce Studio, partner in the development of the Doughnut Economics Action Lab website . Ruurd is co-founder and former chair of the Amsterdam Donut Coalitie, co-founder and board member of Climate Cleanup, and a former Research Fellow at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science – where he also led the sustainability program Re-set. Currently, Ruurd is mainly active as a designer for DEAL and as a lecturer for the School for Change and the Bio Leadership Fellowship. Ruurd's favourite motto is from Charles Eames: 'eventually everything connects'.

Totnes, England, United Kingdom

Director at Leaders' Quest and Future Stewards. Business activist by day, kung fu enthusiast my night.

Europe

I am a public philosopher and author of books including The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World www.romankrznaric.com

Abcoude, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Builder of digital platforms for the common good. Co-founder of Groundforce Studio and Sumowala.com

Cádiz, Spain

Data Analysis & Research Lead at DEAL.  I'm interested in ways to 'translate' the global Doughnut to smaller scales, from neighbourhood to nation (and beyond).  Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Leeds.  Contact me by going to the DEAL contact form, and select 'Research & Data Analysis'.

London, England, United Kingdom

Communities & Art Lead at DEAL | Steward of the global community of grassroots organisers using Doughnut Economics | Workshop facilitator | DEAL Team tool designer | Collective imagination practitioner | Game designer | Musician

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

I wrote Doughnut Economics as the book that I wished I could have read when I was an economics student at university. It had far more traction than I could of imagined so I spent two years giving talks about it. Then I thought, OK, enough talk: who actually wants to do this? Because every day I was getting messages from teachers, community makers, city planners, entrepreneurs, civil servants - all of whom were starting to turn the ideas of Doughnut Economics into practice. I'm a big believer in the power of peer-to-peer inspiration. So often, the most inspiring person is someone like yourself - a fellow teacher, or mayor, or community leader - who is already doing that thing that you thought was impossible. So I cannot wait to see what happens in this community. Here's to the change-makers who just start doing it. Let's co-create the tools for a regenerative and distributive future. Let's share our stories of what we did and how - because that is what will inspire us all.