Meet the DEAL Community

Mérida

Mother of two, I believe in the possibilities of collective intelligence to build a better world. My professional background is linked to entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship policies/programmes, creativity, public innovation and always, cooperation and work with other peers at international level,  #impacteducation #internationalnetwork #buildingbridges #collaborationprojects #values #ruralterritories

Barcelona, Spain

I work as an architect  for companies. I have been studying at University of Barcelona  since september 2023  "Master in  Environmental Management in private Companies and the Public Adminsitration. Resources, Communication and Change."

Alepochori, Arkadia, Greece

We are a family (Athena Lamberis (Lampiri) & Christopher D.Z. Mason based in Arkadia, Greece within a chestnut, pine & oak forest and acting as stewards on land we are regenerating - applying food forest and permacultural practices as an educational farm and area to further the education of ecology and our human-nature connection in innovative and creative ways.   My husband, Chris and I come from educational, film and creative writing backgrounds with experience in living on the fringe of wild spaces, such as the ocean coastal river mouths in Nicaragua, the Cape Point peninsula of South Africa and now in the ancestral land of my grandmother's village, Alepochori, Arkadia. We want to be a part of a network that considers social and environmental interconnectivity for a more thriving and inspiring future for generations to come. We have a 5 year old daughter and want to help foster a community of young people who understand their actions and the impacts it has on a larger scale for living plants, creatures and natural resources on the planet.  

Gippsland, Australia

Hi 👋🏼 I'm Alex and I live with my young family including three cheeky chickens in a small town in Gippsland. I love spending time in nature, especially hiking at Wilson's Prom. In a previous life I taught corporate English in Spain and developed teaching material for books and an online language platform. Now, as the Community Lead @ Regen Gippsland I'm looking forward to connecting with the DEAL community 🍩 and putting Gippsland on the map 🌏

Berlin, Germany

I am Humboldt Fellow (Professor W-1) at Freie Universität Berlin, "Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2023" by Stanford University. I have published more than 40 papers, with three Highly Cited Papers and one Top Paper. I have a Google Scholar H-index of 21 and more than 2000 citations. I am Editorial Board Members of Environmental Technology & Innovation (SCI Q1), Sustainable Development (SSCI Q1) and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (SSCI Q1). Reseach in Environmental Economics, Climate Modelling, Doughnut Economics, etc. New Paper: Assessing the sustainability of socio-economic boundaries in China: a downscaled “safe and just space” framework (npj Climate Action) https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00062-5

I am a retail and operations expert with new PMP certification, having entered the Utilities sector as an IT analyst. I'd like to utilize my business background to move into am industry utilizing donut or circular economic frameworks. 

UK

A Responsible Leader, trying to do my bit, moving us towards a more just, sustainable, and peaceful future.

Mexico City

I am an student of 3th semester of PhD. on economics at the Economic Research Institute of National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). My research is about biophisical limits of mexican economy, but I have a strong interest to develop a doughnut economic model for Mexican economy. I would really love to receive guidance in this regard. I had worked on climate change since 2007, mostly on GHG mitigation actions and GHG inventories using GHG protocol and IPCC guidelines.     I worked for 8 yearsat the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC),   I  and I was part of the team that developed the Fourth and Fifth National Communications, and First BUR for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). But it was right after this job that I realized I had to know economics, and I did a master's degree in economics at the same institute. I believe that economics has led humanity in actions and thought, and if you want to make a proposal, it should go in that direction. I am also taking the second module of Common earth and I can contribute to this network everything I know about ecological footprints, carbon footprints, emissions inventories and systems thinking, as well as what will result from my research.  

London

I have been an Architect for over 25 years. Designing award-winning buildings built upon principles of immersive stakeholder engagement and evolving sustainability practice. Simultaneously managing, and ultimately selling, the business. Now I’m confronting the question of whether we should be constructing less, or even nothing, in the face of climate breakdown. In 2024 I aim to explore that question and establish whether a business based upon that mission is viable, whether for myself or a larger cooperative group.

Baltimore, MD, USA

   passive House, #biobased materials, # regenerative economics, #community ownership, #regenerative economic

A Coruña, Spain

Nací en Chantada, Lugo en un entorno rural precioso donde la naturaleza y el contacto con los animales ha sido mi día a día, durante muchos años de infancia y actualmente resido en A Coruña.  Tengo una trayectoria profesional de casi 20 años de experiencia como consultor en prevención de riesgos laborales, gestión de procesos de calidad y medio ambiente en varios sectores ( construcción, industrial, formación ..) pero hace 4 años  he tomado como principal  camino  el aprendizaje sobre la sostenibilidad, la salud mental y la colaboración con personas que tengan las mismas inquietudes acerca del profundo cambio de paradigma que se avecina. Muy recientemente me encuentro en un stand by profesional por cuestiones familiares pero me gustaria poner mi granito de arena dia a dia.

Birmingham, UK

I am a neurobiologist turned data engineer, who wants to bring my analytical/tech skills and biological background to drive the world towards a sustainable and socially progressive future. After reading Doughnut Economics, my tabula rasa was scrawled with ideas of what a sustainable economy could be. And I want to be part of creating it.  

zaragoza

PhD en Sociología.Project Manager y Big Data. Agile Human Talent.Especialista en Innovación Social Promotora ODS certificada por Naciones Unidas y coordinadora del área de innovación de la Red de Promotores/as ODS España. Acompaño entidades en implementación de la Agenda 2030, alineación y medición de impacto. Formadora sobre Agenda 2030 con entidades como Fundación La Caixa, Ecoherencia, La Noria, Univ Granada, Social Climate, entre otras Con amplia experiencia en laboratorios de innovación ciudadana. Soy Confundadora de GennInnLab Lab de innovación con Perspectiva de Genero. He sido Coordinadora del área de Innovación Social del "Circular Society Labs" de la Univ Zaragoza. Directora de"Zarainnova Mobilty Lab" laboratorio de movilidad urbana. Colaboro en el Laboratorio de Aragón Gobierno Abierto (LAAAB)Certificada en incidencia colaborativa de políticas públicas y Labs Cívicos (Fundación Ciudadanía Inteligente,Chile). He participado en labs de innovación internacionales como LABICAR (Argentin, 2018), Participab (Colombia, 2022) obteniendo reconocmiento a mentoría de proyectos.He participado en licitaciones de labs de innovación como Cartuja Qanat (Sevilla) y proyectos europeos He colaborado con laboratorios como Open Urban Lab (Ayto. de Zaragoza) CreativeLab y Particilab (Colombia) entre otros Especialista en ciudades y territorios inteligentes (Smart City&Smart Regions) bajo el prisma de las ciudades sostenibles, SBN, ciudades de 15 minutos. pobreza energética con perspectiva de género. Movilidad urbana con perspectiva de género, Economia Circular, Innovación  socioeologíca Especialista en diseño y dinamización de procesos participativos, bajo metodologías participativas. Con experiencia en Diseño Cívico,técnicas de gamificación y Lego serious play, Design Thinking, Critical Thinking y Thinking&Action; Feeling Methodologies, Transition Methodologies, Future Thinking, Orange Methodologies,Music Design, Mapeado Colaborativo.  Agente de igualdad de Género. Especialista en diseño de planes de igualdad, formadora en materia de igualdad de oportunidades en Másters y certificados de igualdad de género. Con experiencia en innovación socioecológica con perspectiva de género, movilidad y análisis de datos. Colaboro con ASPASIA para la promover la participación ciudadana y política con perspectiva de género del Gob. de Aragón. Cotutora internacional en la línea del pensamiento sistémico, pensamiento complejo y Democracia Cognitiva (Edgard Morin)  Experiencia en proyectos de emprendimiento social bajo iniciativas entidades como Ashoka, Bridge for Billions, Creative Lab, AFP Integra. Red2Red

Abidjan Cocody

Je suis Ivoirien, marié, père de deux (2) enfants, Certifié Expert en Financements des Contributions Déterminées au niveau National (CDN) de la Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Certifié UCL et l'Initiative Transforming Urban Mobility en « Transformation de la mobilité urbaine : composantes de la planification des transports pour des villes durables » du e-learning Banque Mondiale ; Titulaire d'un Master 2 Ethique Economique et Développement Durable et d'un Master Marketing et Vente. Focal Point Convention des Maires Pour l’Afrique Subsaharienne (CoM SSA) / Pacte mondial des maires pour le climat et l’énergie pour la Mairie de Cocody ; Point focal Reporting Data Climatique CDP et ICLEI-Gouvernements locaux pour la durabilité ; Membre du RASEP (Réseau des acteurs au service de la population de la commune de Cocody) Membre du Comité de Pilotage pour l'élaboration du Plan de Mobilité Urbaine Durable (SUMP) du District Autonome d'Abidjan. Membre du Comité de Pilotage pour l'élaboration de la Feuille de Route pour la Mobilité Durable en Côte d'Ivoire. Participé : À une convocation de la Convention Mondiale des Maires pour apporter notre contribution la Réunion régionale SUP du GIEC pour l'Afrique, un Résumé à l'intention des décideurs urbains (SUP) du sixième rapport d'évaluation du GIEC (AR6) à Kisumu au Kenya en Mai 2022 ; Au Sommet Africités 9, neuvième édition des journées panafricaines des collectivités territoriales à Kisumu, Kenya, du 20 au 24 novembre 2018. Atelier sur l'accès à l'énergie durable et le plan d'action climatique pour le développement urbain en Afrique subsaharienne, Nairobi, Kenya du 3 au 6 juin 2019 ; Au Sommet Africités 8, huitième édition des journées panafricaines des collectivités territoriales à Marrakech, Maroc, du 17 au 21 Mai 2022. Au Sommet Climate Chance Afrique les 28 et 29 juin 2018 à Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire ; À la 23e Convention cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques à Bonn.

Leigh Woods, Bristol

Occupational Physiologist focussed on health and wellbeing, with an emerging interest in sustainability, environment, biodiversity; keen to make an impact on people and planet.

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

My foremost passion is organising people for power, reviving grassroots democracy. I firmly believe this issue is at the heart of most challenges facing society today. I’m a former Mechanical Engineer with Project Management experience. I’ve worked with national and local campaigns on issues of global and social justice on a variety of issues. My recent focus has been community organising on social housing estates in South London and now co-ordinating communities and campaigns in developing genuinely affordable community-led housing throughout the city.

Copenhagen

Sustainable Lead Consultant at Is it a bird, Copenhagen. Working to integrate the doughnut methodology into our design thinking framework and processes, and take a more holistic approach to how we help our clients approach sustainability. 

Mexico

I am 47 years old, studied business administration in Mexico, then studied an MBA in Barcelona, and worked for over 20 years in things that I hated, just maximizing profit. In 2018 my life came to a turning point, probably the midlife crisis, and I started questioning everything. Why am I working here? Why am I living here? What is my purpose in life? Is this the life I want? Is making money my only purpose in life? One thing lead to another and all this questions made me aware of the planetary crisis we are in. I decided that was something I really wanted to get involved in. I made that my purpose in life. But when I started exploring it, a whole universe opened. I had no idea what I wanted to do. So I started studying, reading and experimenting a lot of new things. Permaculture, agro ecology, bio construction, systems thinking, community resilience, I worked in a couple of NGO’s looking for something that I really loved, believed in and wanted to put my life into. Then I found the transition movement, started reading Rob Hopkins, took the transition facilitators training program, and that really resonated with me. I feel that at the core of our multi crisis there is a lack of imagination from our end (the majority), and a necessity of maintaining the status quo for a minuscule minority. I also feel that other main issue we need to work on is our disconnection with Nature. I LOVE Nature. I am Nature. We are Nature. So that is other issue I am getting involved in. Reconnecting myself to Nature and being of service to others to reconnect with Gaia. So, at the moment I am taking an online course with Gaia Education and in march I am taking other two “in person” programs. My intention is to become a trainer and be of service to others in feeling and re connecting to our Mother Earth. I will be collaborating with a community in San Cristobal to hold space for these re integration with Nature process. I also feel a profound calling to imagination, to re imagine new worldviews. As Albert Einstein once said, in times of crisis imagination is more important than intellect. So I started reading a lot in the subject of imagination, collective imagination, futures thinking and participatory futures (IFTF), social imagination, Rudolf Steiner, Michael Meade, Ken Robinson, Octavia Butler… I would love to learn, to imagine together, to be of service, to imagine a future for every living being with no one left out. Let me share with you what I have been imagining, visualizing and feeling is needed. I feel we need physical, local, safe spaces to create community to practice our collective imagination and futures thinking. Not only a temporal workshop or gathering. Most of our “third places” have been displaced by shopping malls and consumerism. We need to create spaces where imagination is practiced, where we can create community, art, myth, share our visions and our grief. Play, imagine and create together. At the same time we need to be connected to all that is going on around the planet. To all the imagination, the creativity and visions of the future. To share our knowledge so we can create collective wisdom. I feel we need to create physical local spaces all around the world with interconnected sharing of all that is learned and of all the possibilities being imagined and created. What worked, what did not, methodologies, reading material, personal and group learnings (gold), visions of the future, signals and drivers…

Ankara

Independent Consultant Degrowth, Integral Politics, Gift Economy, Shared Resources

Didcot

Student of Sustainability & Ecology at the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales. Long time fan of the Doughnut. Previous career in the Humanitarian and Development, specialized in Shelter and Housing. Keen to work on applying the Doughnut in that sector, but also locally in Oxfordshire.

Okotoks

Rochester NY

I'm an avid reader and only recently discovered Doughnut Economics. It's a remarkable book and gives me more hope than I've had in a long time for the future of humanity and our planet.

Seattle, WA

Senior executive with 25 years of hands-on strategic planning, non-traditional HR, business development, P&L responsibility and execution experience focusing on great outcomes for business and for the people running them. Leads and manages as a catalyst with a growth and agile mindset to find creative solutions to problems. Natural learner with high intellectual curiosity for new possibilities. Broad experiences within start-ups, small and mid-sized private companies and larger publicly traded companies. M&A due diligence and integration experience. Non Sibi.

London

Certified in Climate risk, I creatively collaborate to help financial services & banking clients transform end to end wholesale lending by digitally transforming their processes, policies, systems and people.