Meet the DEAL Community

Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Hi, my name is Tom and I live in Worcester, UK. I've been involved with the local Green Party for several years trying to promote policies that do not take people, natural environment and our future for granted. I'm also active with Green Christian UK which gathers fellow Christians who act locally but think about global challenges posed by the Climate Crisis and inadequate economic policies. I hope for a better future.

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

UX designer, storyteller, art lover, culture-jammer, recovering techie in Cambridge, UK. Determined to be a good ancestor.  Masters in Regenerative Economics from Schumacher College 2021-2022. Gets excited about water, rivers, ecology, rights of nature, alternative currencies, degrowth. 

San Remigio, Cebu, Philippines

cognitive scientist, HR consultant, management consultant and volunteer worker

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

I am a researcher in urban sustainability based at the University of Sheffield, UK. My current work focuses upon models of sustainability and their translation to the urban context.

Berlin, Deutschland

Father, husband and systems thinker.

Oslo, Norway

I am an independent communications professional, specialising in sustainability and circularity. My experience spans from culture and media work to NGO activism and international politics. My approach is combining the cross sectoral with the practical. I work with companies in different fields from interior design, digitisation with open standards to a sustainable bakery and green cabin developers.

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Join coordinator of Cardiff Friends of the Earth and Divest Parliament campaigner. I've been continually inspired by the vision of the Doughnut economic theory and would like to see it implemented in the Cardiff Capital Region and beyond.

Macau, 澳門 Macau, People's Republic of China

Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a physically finite planet is either mad, or an economist. – Sir David Attenborough

Founder of Biomimicry Innovation Lab. Keynote speaker, Workshop faciltator, Designer, Urbanist, Behavioural economics, Systems-thinking, Complexity Science. Richard loves to explore fresh ideas and concepts and is ever curious about the environment around him. He is an award-winning designer and has worked around the world in cities, manufacturing, food systems and product design. Richard’s passion is developing new models of innovation to reduce costs, improve efficiency and resilience in the design and manufacturing process. He taught at some of the top design schools in the world: from The Royal College of Art (UK); The Pratt Institute (USA); Vellore Institute of Technology (India); and the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary). Richard is also the founder of the non-profit Biomimicry UK, and the CEO of an equine technology startup, Smart Stable Limited. He combines this with extensive research development with international collaborators.

Tokyo, Japan

Program Coordinator and Strategic Communications lead for the More Jobs Better Lives Foundation, located in Japan. I am thrilled for the opportunity to connect with others who are looking to implement the Doughnut, whether it be on a small are large scale.

Oslo, Norway

Excited about how the Doughnut model can transform what it means to be a successful city. Looking forward to learning, networking & contributing with people also passionate about this mission. My background is a blend of capital projects (arch,eng,constr), smart cities and data science/ visualization. I'm currently the Founder of FutureDistributed.org. Future Distributed is the global knowledge-sharing platform on a mission to transition the Built Environment sector, so that it supports thriving citizens and a thriving planet.

London Borough of Barnet and South West France

Composer, pianist and founder of ClimateKeys; an initiative to increase climate engagement via conversations with concert audiences - now transforming to a post-COVID model. Culture needs to be at the forefront of social change. I'm investigating using the ClimateKeys platform to engage local councils in Doughnut Economics as a device to transform away from locally-based carbon-intensive, harmful projects and replace them with projects in which the community can "thrive".

Kildare, Leinster, Ireland

A committed sustainability advocate, Ali is passionate about driving the transition towards a zero-carbon world and is dedicated to supporting business and society in their roles as change agents. She has worked in sustainability for over 17 years across the private, public and NGO sectors in Ireland as well as the UK and Netherlands.  Her professional work has seen her design and deliver leading sustainability strategies, inform policy, and drive innovation across a range of sectors in Ireland and internationally.

Kopenhagen, Region Hovedstaden, Dänemark

I am a master student in social entrepreneurship and interested in a transition to a resilient, green and social economy.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Advising on ecosystem intent, flow & collaboration for a regenerative economy.

I am an associatie professor of European Private Law and Sustainability, based at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. My research focuses on sustainable land ownership and land use and investigates the reframing and revaluing of our current law of property.

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Omar is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cropper Foundation, a nonprofit organization working towards sustainability in the Caribbean. I'm driven by the ways in which we can all work together to bring our histories, experiences and lives to bear in making our future sustainable. Fascinated by tech, natural capital financing and collaboration theory. Currently researching millennial civil society climate leadership at Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (MSt).

Amman, Jordan

An experienced professional in environment and sustainability advisory, with diverse leadership experience in public and private contexts within Jordan and MENA. Passionate about building partnerships for impact and sustainable development.

Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Managing Director at ZOE-Institute for future-fit economies. Engaged with translating the Doughnut into EU Policy. Previous engagements with rethinking economics Germany. Member of the Think Tank 30 of the Club of Rome Germany and the scientific working group on sustainable money.

I'm an Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics and Low Carbon Transitions at the Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds. My work focuses on sustainable welfare, which is closely related to ideas of 'doughnut economics'. In May we published '10 Principles for Building Back Better' post Covid-19 with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance which was also strongly inspired by the 'doughnut' https://wellbeingeconomy.org/ten-principles-for-building-back-better-to-create-wellbeing-economies-post-covid

Paris, France

I am lead analyst at BASIC, a cooperative founded in 2013 that analyzes the impacts of production and consumption patterns on society and the environment, particularly in food and agriculture. Our methodological framework builds on the Doughnut, it is rooted in strong sustainability and system thinking. Previously, I acted as project lead for the "Brussels Donut" initiative.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Hi! My name is Ryan Punamiya and I am studying the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Oberoi International School, Mumbai, India. I love to play the piano and am passionate about math, physics, computer science and economics. 

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

I’m Pauline Westendorp, representing the energy community movement in Amsterdam. (Just like you, in Amsterdam or in your own region?) Today, we turn shared energy goals developed by politicians, big industry, academics and the disruptive ideas from communities into practical solutions. They appeal to anyone who seeks change. Energy collectives aren’t new. We’ve been active since 1980’s. But they are gaining public awareness now because of three developments - and one big mistake.......(Please read more in my linkedin ....)

Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Independent and experienced activist, board member, advisor and expert on public affairs, from local to global. Active in various movements advocating i.a.: better democracy, monetary reform, education, gender, time use and a fair and healthy economy, all from an integral perspective. At the same time involved in connecting these movements to effect system changes through concretel projects, all fitting smoothly in the values and goals of the doughnut economy. Real projects that aim for a redesign of the underlying systems, like the obsolete political and voting system, the unfair and unsafe monetary system, but also projects that are producing proper educational material, publishing position papers, promoting health and environmental measures and will scaling down the negative impact of financialization, globalization and digitalization. Always with a focus on implementing the Human, Women’s and Children’s Rights and the SDG’s.