Meet the DEAL Community

Cheshire

Director of Wild Rumpus a community interest company working at the intersection of arts and nature. We produce large scale festivals and events, often camping, always with a connection to nature and environment, taking audiences outdoors to change the way they look at and imagine the world. We believe that arts and culture have a unique role to play in helping people to gain new perspectives on the existential threat posed to civilisation by the loss of biodiversity on a level never witnessed before.

Stromness, Orkney

Retired to Orkney where my wife is from. Keen to live in the doughnut in this beautiful place.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

We work with people who have half an idea, or maybe a whole one, and who don’t really consider themselves business material. We don’t work with the usual suspects. We go to where the businesses are, so we’re a little bit nomadic.

Skipton, England, United Kingdom

I'm currently the Lead Officer for the Climate Emergency at Craven District Council, in the Yorkshire Dales, UK.

Hull, England, United Kingdom

Irene Sotiropoulou is a heterodox economist based at the University of Hull, at the Energy and Environment Institute. She specialises in ecological, feminist, solidarity and non-capitalist economics, heterodox theories and practices about money and finance, non-monetary economics and sharing modes. For analysing everyday and folk culture with reference to grassroots economic knowledge, she has been awarded, along with Dr Ferda Dönmez-Atbaşı (Ankara University), a Newton Mobility Grant by the British Academy. She is a Fellow of the GEM-IWG/GEM-Europe and World Social Science Fellowship programs, and a Fellow of the Monetary Research Center (UNWE) at Sofia. At the Energy and Environment Institute, she works for the THYME project and her research is focusing on the existing bioeconomy in East Yorkshire with a special emphasis on farmers’ markets.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

I'm a regenerative designer working with businesses to understand how doughnut economics relates to their work, with a particular emphasis on bringing it to life through collective imagination and emotional intelligence - the essential inner work we need to get to grips with the possibilities the doughnut suggests. The good thing is, these are some of the most accessible elements.

Lautertal, Hessen, Deutschland

I'm 53 years old and after a long hiatus now again active for envirionment and the natural world. What is lying ahead of us is scaring me and therefore I decided to do what I can to help shape a better future.

York, England, United Kingdom

I'm convinced we can use two levers - entrepreneurship and technology - to make agriculture more profitable, productive and sustainable. Farming is complex, and entrepreneurship is complex. Neither is remotely easy! Nonetheless I'm sure there are many ways growing exciting new businesses, can help to move the needle on less damaging farming practices, improving food security and environmental impact as a result. I'm probably the only person who's ever been both a Stanford MBA and a Nuffield Farming Scholar, which gives me a unique combination of perspectives, all accompanied by endless curiosity.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Thanks very much for the Action Lab. I am currently exploring how to integrate the Doughnut and Embedded Economy models within the following areas in Business:  * the Business Case for Programmes and Projects (e.g. UK Green Book)?  * Integrated Management Systems with ISO 9001 related standards?  * Sustainable Community based upon ISO 37101 and relation to the doughnut * the EFQM Model?  * B-Corporation Certifications?  * Systems engineering related areas.  The people working with these models and standards already have an understanding of models and have their own internal audiences within organizations. I'm interested in collaborating with any people also looking at these areas.

Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Working in international cooperation and development, international relations and cultural cooperation

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

Founder of Postfuturear, an agency based on advanced strategic foresight aiming to help SMEs and public local sector to think, embrace and plan toward better futures than the official

Florence, Toscana, Italy

Futures; Sustainable Economics; Participatory Development

Durham, England, United Kingdom

Hello! muddy boots sky gazer. does stuff with sticks and earth. Maker of common space. Here through curiosity and willingness to coordinate with others on macro-economic strategies. Thinking this will help me focus and articulate.

Brussels, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium

Tech facilitator and startup enthusiast. I strive for better techoglgy to support the ecological transition.

Berlin, Deutschland

My work is all about Energy Literacy and sense-making. I graduated from a Masters Programme for Media and Arts. As a producer and independent consultant I have been working for 25+ years mostly with creative businesses, international corporations and non-profits on projects focussing on whole systems change. I am trained in organisational development, large group facilitation and cross-cultural communications. My passion is shifting mental maps and assumptions that make up our daily routines and collective practices by utilising state of the art sense-making methods.

Chiang Mai, จังหวัดเชียงใหม่, Thailand

I am a development practitioner. I have lived and worked in Asia-Pacific for 20 years.

London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

Urban climate adaptation practitioner passionate about systems change for climate justice.

Hofors kommun, Gävleborgs län, Sverige

Transitioner, Eco-villager, interested in economics, commons and sustainability.

York, England, United Kingdom

Hi - I'm Andy. I'm a (retired) researcher in participatory design and ICT for socio-economic development (ICTD). I'm really interested by how we configure and run projects that aim to use ICT to support socio-economic development - whether that's in the UK or in 'The global South'. I think that the outcomes we get often depend on the way we configure projects to begin with. Who gets to make the decisions?

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

I am a sustainability engineering and post-growth economics senior expert with over 15 years of experience driving systemic change across the globe. Recently returned to my native Greece, I run my own consulting studio while serving as the Sectors Lead for the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) . My work spans large-scale sustainability projects in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia, collaborating with the European Commission, the United Nations, Ministries of Environment, and over 100 cities globally. I am particularly proud for my contributions to the Amsterdam City Doughnut project and the city's circular economy strategy, initiatives that have gathered media attention from outlets like the BBC, Time Magazine, and The Guardian. I love giving key note speeches, facilitating workshops, and designing participatory decision making processes. I often teach at educational institutions around the world, and I am currently partnering with Schumacher College to develop a new school for the next generation of leaders.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Creative director, producer, curator, writer, interested in exploring the in between spaces of art and science and culture.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I admire creative thinkers, inclusive practices and thoughtful policy. As an independent consultant, I would like more organisations to implement social impact outcome and realise the value of measuring the intangible. Happy to connect with like-minded peeps via linkedin, etc.

Whitefield, Bangalore, India

Seeker of truth through the lens of Ecology, Economy & Self. Founder of Feel Economics Movement (www.feeleconomics.org). Masters candidate in Political Ecology & Environmental Justice at ICTA-UAB (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona).

Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Here to learn and to change the world! I admire Kate since the very first time I listened to her. My world is marketing and ideas, preferably good ideas. Please feel free to contact me. Best, Rodrigo