Meet the DEAL Community

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States of America

I am a professor at Muhlenberg College where I direct an interdisciplinary academic program in Sustainability Studies. I am the author of Sustainable Solutions: Problem Solving for Current and Future Generations (Oxford University Press). My current book project focuses on global stories on effective sustainability change-makers, and how they have successfully brought their ideas and energy into action.

Forgebank Walk, Halton, England, United Kingdom

I'm Deputy Leader of Lancaster City Council with a portfolio for the Climate Emergency and Rural Affairs.

Rochester, New York, United States of America

Relationship Artist and Social Justice Activist

City of London, England, United Kingdom

London

Dutch economist, monetary reformer, teacher Working for Stichting Ons Geld  and 21stEconomics

Eggersriet, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

Learned in real economy - then learned theory of economy - learned that there is a large gap between theory (virtual reality) and real reality - redesigned economic theory from the viewpoint of an engineer.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

I am the Founder and Managing Director of Seawolf Sustainability Consulting. For background, I studied for a Masters at the University of Cambridge, Centre of Sustainability Leadership and I am a chartered accountant. My prior role was CFO of sustainable finance at HSBC.

Tarentum, Pennsylvania, United States of America

I've tried my best to advance the vision of Doughnut Economics via Climate Reality, Global Citizen, the SDG Academy, Amnesty International, and the WWF.

London Borough of Lewisham, England, United Kingdom

Transformation expert, helping purpose-led organisations design & achieve positive social impact

Vienna, Wien, Austria

I am an independent consultant focusing on organization design & strategy, working primarily with organizations for which food & sustainable food practices play an integral role. I pursue my interest in urban food systems & stratgies through my civil society engagement with the Vienna Food Policy Council and through my consulting practice. In addition, I research & write on practices of cultural production & consumption in Turkey & South-Eastern Europe. At present I divide my time between Istanbul & Vienna.

Lima, Pérou

I am a pharmacist, PhD from the University of Paris-Saclay, director of research at the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), member of PharmaDev associating IRD with the University of Toulouse. For 39 years, I have been conducting research on natural substances isolated from Amazonian biodiversity (plants and insects), active against infectious agents (Helicobacter, Salmonella, Staphyloccocus, Aeromonas) and parasites (Leishmania, Plasmodium). My job as a researcher has led me to be interested in the future of wild biodiversity, especially in the Amazon, and in the human societies that live there. I wish to contribute to the reflections which allow to integrate its needs in a sustainable world economy based on the respect of our mother earth and the social rights of the underprivileged.

Northwich, England, United Kingdom

A background in software engineering, my primary focus is data science and machine learning. Broader interests include AI, the future of work, and lifelong learning.

Coimbra, Centro, Portugal

I am a writer, mother and mentor working in Arts for Systems Change.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

recognised and strategic creative thinker who has the passion and determination to inspire change, drive measurable business impact and foster a partnership environment. Excels in building long term relationships to create positive impact with a purpose.

Lausanne, Vaud, Suisse

I am a Managing partner of Strategos SA, a boutique consulting firm supporting positive change and transformation in organisations. Founded in 1997 in Lausanne, our company is mainly active in Western Switzerland and is very well networked there. I draw from a rich career spanning 30 years in government, international organisations, non-profits and the private sector. I am trained and skilled in project design & management, strategy development & execution, change management, organisational development & governance and participatory leadership. First trained as an economist (HEC UNIL), I completed an Executive Master in Management of Technology (EPFL) in 2001 and a Master in Business Administration – Marketing & change management (Michigan State University, USA) in 2007.

Oslo, Norge

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Hi, I’m a co-convenor of Regen Sydney, a cross-sector movement to get Sydney inside the Doughnut. In my work as a Strategic Innovation consultant, I help teams & communities bring good ideas to life. I’m passionate about building resilience in the face of Climate Emergency and 100% committed to stoking the best of our humanity (imagination, curiosity, empathy, compassion, intelligence) to facilitate a just transition to a low-carbon future. 

Belgium

Interested in efficient politics and block-chain based participation.

Araçatuba, São Paulo, Brazil

A normal guy who was born in São Paulo state countryside, who has been a multidisciplinary leaner over the years and understands that life's sintropy is important to us all. The latest day to day project I've been contributing is Estante dos Comuns, a Commons Cupboard, where my family and I have been commoning while we distribuite compost made out of organic waste of our restaurant neighbour, giving it away in recycled containers through an upcycled cupboard hung in our house's wall. It is important to say that we hang the cupboard in the morning and go back to our working duties, leaving it alone and giving the walkers the autonomy to interact with it by themselves.

Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Salisbury, England, United Kingdom

Pioneering systems solutions for shipping. Working collaboratively across the whole shipping eco-system. Solutions rooted in new economic dynamics of deploying (free) wind power, harnessed with recyclable, automated, intelligent wingsails to underpin new financial, leasing solutions.

Exeter, England, United Kingdom

In my voluntary capacity as Director of ESSENCE, the Exeter Social Enterprise Network I am a keen advocate of the social enterprise business model and champion for the incredibly significant benefit being delivered by social entrepreneurs at all levels of society. Using my informatics and analytical skills I have developed tangible social value measures that qualify opportunity for £10’s of millions of social and economic benefits to be gained from collaborative, early intervention / prevention and community focused wellbeing development. I see endless opportunities for those Public Sector, Charitable and Voluntary Sector / Social Enterprises seeking ways to digitally develop and enhance the benefits of the services they provide and for start-ups bringing to market smart work / life digital innovations and wellbeing development solutions.

Rhoon, Albrandswaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

I'm a man with a mission, I want to bring People and Possibilities together, by sharing knowledge in and arround my American schoolbus. I Believe that "The Unknown is the source of our Fears" DriveToConnect is the name of my Not For Profit Only company by which I want to build with others a better World. My compass are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. After reading her book "The Doughnut Economy" in 2018, I become verry enthusiastic about her ideas and see this platform as an opportunity to speed up the SDG's

London Borough of Islington, England, United Kingdom

I’m an independent public interest practitioner in planning & housing development, advising central & local government, developers, community housing & land ownership groups. My advocacy of co-production & community ownership began in 1976, supporting a self-commissioned tenant management cooperative new build housing development for a London council, working with Tony Gibson, inventor of ‘Planning for Real’. In 2014/17, I visited the USA & Canada as a Churchill Fellow to examine different approaches to the co-production by the ‘state’ & citizens of housing & neighbourhood development, using community organising through Community Land Trusts (CLTs) to advocate for better housing & increased democratic participation in local decision-making. I write about all this at http://stephenhillfutureplanning.blogspot.com/. I’m an associate of the international Center for CLT Innovation https://cltweb.org/about/ We are keen to use its resources to help more communities democratise land ownership.