Meet the DEAL Community

Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

I’m a strategic consultant, learning designer, and gamification expert with over 20 years of experience helping organisations drive social and environmental impact through experiential learning. I've had the privilege of working with over 40 organisations and training more than 2,000 individuals across three continents, creating transformative learning experiences that build 21st-century skills. My work bridges gamification with sustainability, equipping purpose-driven organisations to achieve measurable impact through playful and experiential approaches. I’m passionate about fostering a world of equal rights and opportunities where diverse, active citizens work towards an inclusive, innovative, and sustainable future. If you’re a purpose-driven organisation, an educator, or a changemaker seeking to amplify your impact and cultivate future-ready skills, let’s explore how we can make a difference together. I’m ready to collaborate and bring lasting change. Let’s change the world together!

Brazil

I'm part of the Donut Brasil network, and together we are experiencing the tools and knowledge of the Doughnut Economics in many projects and in the Latin America and Brazil contexts. I describe myself as a XXI century economist, who adopts systemic and transdisciplinary thinking, and understands the world as a complex socio-ecological system.  My goal is to work with regenerative projects for the development of inclusive, intelligent, and sustainable cities and communities. I have been particularly interested in applying the Doughnut economy model for cities, business and organisations.  I have experience with projects planning and management, structuration and implementation of new governance models, and group's facilitation collaborative methods to co-create more effective and sustainable solutions for social problems.

Mexico City

World Citizen, Food Forester, Community Organizer, Coach, Musician, Possibilities Explorer

Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profesionally (and personnaly) involved in the systemic shift towards an economy (and associated ways of living) aligned with the 21st century's challenges and which improves collective resilience. Specific knowledge and skills in : circular economy, public policy design towards sustainability, organisations'change management, global environmental challenges.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Hello! My name is Christiaan Maats, I am a Dutch product designer, entrepreneur and educator. In 2008 I created OAT Shoes, the world’s first 100% biodegradable shoes that bloom. After 7 years of pioneering the field of sustainable footwear, I now help entrepreneurs and businesses accelerate sustainable innovation. I'm currently Sustainability Director at DFNS care products and work closely with open-innovation agency Noorderwind and circular business kickstarter CIRCO here in the Netherlands. I also teach entrepreneurship at the Global School for Entrepreneurship and design at the Technical University Delft.

Spring Lake, New Jersey

We can, and must, find ways to make a difference

New Berlin, Pennsylvania, United States of America

I am a nature and evidence-based early childhood educator. I'm on a small "Envisioning" team organized by George Lakey (author of Viking Economics and How We Win).

City de Londres, England, Reino Unido

Former environment lawyer turned new economy builder focused on social infrastructure and community wealth building. Kiwi. Recent Masters Graduate in Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College. Product developer at The Social Experiment Online and Curator of Moonshot City Regenerative Business Map (NZ based).

São Paulo, Brazil

I studied economics and quantitative methods in Geneva, got a masters degree from Stanford University in Management Science and Engineering and obtained a doctorate at the Department of Econometrics of the University of Geneva in 1995. I was a visiting fellow at Stanford and then at Yale University. I currently work as head of foresight, strategy and innovation at SIG, a public utilities company active in the fields of energy, water, the environment and telecommunications. My role at SIG is to define the company strategy, foster innovation, and help its transformation. Interests: strategy, foresight, Design Thinking, sustainable innovation, facilitation, business models, biomimicry, environment, well-being and last but not least mindfulness.

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

motivated by people power

Santiago de Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

I am Alejandra Vásquez, a researcher in the field of behavioural and experimental economics. In the past three years, I have been working in Chile on challenging and interesting projects concerning adolescent behaviour, regenerative economics and socio-economic inequalities.

Malmo, Skåne län, Sweden

A changemaker on a mission to realize equitable food systems that honor the interconnectedness between healthy people, food quality, and environmental vitality.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

After 33 years split between environmental scientist, waste regulator, waste operations, consultancy and then education - my passion is in stakeholder engagement and education - taking complex concepts, technology and ideas and engaging through multiple audience lenses. Einstein said we cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used to create them. So true - I am passionate about systemic solutions, developing critical thinking skills, global creative problem solving and changing the way we educate - from nursery we should be embedding circular thinking, sharing and collaboration. We owe it to the next generation.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I’ve been a ‘Culture and Sustainability Specialist’ for the past 29 years of my 45+ year museum career. I am convinced that a sustainable future must be built on a new foundation - which means transforming the cultural footing for individuals, groups, organizations and social systems within countries around the world - as well as the cultural footing for humanity's global community. I approach culture as ‘how we live our lives’, which is very different from our cultural sectors.  I see great potential in the existing global network of museums to expand their function beyond the existing framework of providing edutainment experiences in the leisure time economy. If museums can embrace the role of being catalysts of cultural and adaptive change, then it is possible to achieve the structural changes contained with the Doughnut. Also, for the past 12 years, I’ve been a member of the Strongly Sustainable Business Model Group (previously SSBMG - renamed Community for Flourishing Enterprises), which has been developing tools to foster businesses that contribute to business, societal and environmental flourishing.

Lyon, France

CSR and Circular Economy Consultant and Facilitator

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Trish Hansen is the Founding Principal of Urban Mind Studio. As a strategist and systems designer in the fields of health, wellbeing, arts and culture, Trish works to enrich the creative and cultural life of places, neighbourhoods and cities. As a natural collaborator, complex systems thinker and regenerative practitioner, Trish has provoked, pioneered and managed social enterprises, projects, programs and quests in the tertiary adult and paediatric health, urban, arts and cultural sectors. Currently a Good Design Australia Ambassador, Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design, Board Director of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival as well as serving on other committees including the Good Design Australia COVID 19 Taskforce. www.urbanmind.studio www.thebeingcode.net

Lancashire UK

Sustainability Provocateur - decades of experience in built environment, advocating for and supporting organisations rethink sustainability towards a regenerative economy. Author FutuREstorative. VP Living Future Europe, VC COSTRestore, ILFI Hero 2018. Founder #ZoomRegenerative 2020

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

A woman on a mission to help cities and regions decarbonize!

Hartley Wintney, England, United Kingdom

Running a wealth management company with the minimum amount of impact we can manage.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Cultivating considered tech and design for life - through collaboration, creativity, community and questioning. Exploring what it means to be a design in a world that doesn't really need more stuff. Blending perspectives and disciplines, Ecodesign, permaculture, opensource, circularity, biomimicry, regenerative, wellbeing, engineering. Ever inspired and energised by and for nature.

City of London, England, United Kingdom

Qualified and EMCC accredited leadership coach at board and senior management levels, experienced change specialist, mentor. Coached more than 250 executives, senior managers and high potentials and their teams. Designed and delivered transformational leadership team coaching projects for public and private organisations. Supported many organisations to bring about significant shifts in direction, shape, culture, performance and behaviour. My passion is contributing to a future where business leaders step up to a challenging role in the world with confidence, awareness and bravery, and positively contribute both to their organisations and the wider society as a whole.

Lisboa, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

I am a documentary filmmaker and University Teacher in Lisbon. Degrowth and Resilience are the only way forward. I have completed the Think Resilience online course, and I am eager to practice what I have learned. Please get in touch, it would be great to connect with circular economics projects in the Lisbon region, but people from all other regions are equally welcome to connect.