Meet the DEAL Community

Venezuela

A computational Logician and Agent-oriented simulations engineer

Edventure Frome

I am CEO of Edventure, a Community Interest Company in Frome UK. We work to listen to what our community needs to be more resilient, and then support groups to develop organisations or interventions to meet the need. We started the first community fridge and Share Shop in the UK and are currently looking at how we can find ways to address individual and planet health. Working in partnership with our local council and health clinic we are launching and running a range of activities from building retrofit, to clothes swapping events. 

South West, UK

Purpose-driven professional with 10+ years experience in client-facing roles and a passion for community empowerment, participative storytelling and inclusive collaboration.  Masters graduate, qualified in Sustainability and Behaviour Change. Recognised with distinction and awarded for creative research design, analysis and writing.  Shares a vision for empowering organisations and individuals alike, to foster an equitable and nature-connected future for all.            

London

A Digital & Data Leader with a focus on creating more equitable, inclusive and sustainable places and cities.

Chapecó, SC, Brazil

Product designer from Brazil. I've been working with UX/Product design through the last 20 years and now I am on a movement to reinvent myself, trying to understand how my skills can help to design a better world.

Chicago, IL

Southside Chicago native with a passion for leveraging education, cross-cultural collaboration, and social innovation to enhance sustainable development on a local and global scale. Currently studying Global Wealth and Poverty part-time at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), while working full-time as a Senior ESG Analyst at Nasdaq on the Corporate ESG Strategy and Reporting team. During my studies at UIUC, I have gained sustainable development practitioner experience through participating in four international programs in three countries on the African continent. These programs included conducting research on gender-based violence at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 2018, working as a micro-enterprise consultant in Cape Town, South Africa and Arusha, Tanzania in 2019, and spending a semester taking courses in International Development and Kiswahili at the University of Nairobi in Kenya in 2020. I take pride in continuing to leverage these bottom-up/local engagement experiences to inform potential macro-impact strategies in the private sector.

Singapore

Menjez Lebanon

Georges Youssef, Physical Therapist, Mayor of the municipality of Menjez since its creation in 2012 Certified in sustainable development and social innovation The municipality of Menjez has implemented in Menjez a several projects in sustainable development and climate resilience

Cheltenham

I am a student who is studying A level economics and recently read doughnut economics.  I have a particular interest in government policy and doughnut economics really made me realise how influential it can be, not only on the economy but on society as a whole. We have the potential to reshape the world and solve global issues through doughnut economics, and i would like to do what i can to make that become reality.

Glasgow

I am a recent MSc Sustainability and Environmental Studies graduate from The University of Strathclyde Glasgow. I have written my dissertation on doughnut economics and other post-growth models, how they are being used by existing economies and what attitudes students have towards these ideas. I am a freelance environmental campaigner and educator and one of my main goals is to promote better, more sustainable and inclusive initiatives.

KOREA, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do

I am a community researcher on the topic of sustainability.

São Paulo - Brasil

I am a Brazilian woman, mother of two grown ups (25 and 27) interested in making better choices and helping a better future world. 

Switzerland

I like to explore how we can drive systemic change and support people to act as local catalysts. My work often explores cutting edge topics and their intersection in the education space.  • I help organizations engage educators and youth in critical topics like futures literacy, green skills, regenerative economics, and civic engagement.    • I work with schools and organizations to make bold new ideas tangible and spark pathways to action • I design experiences and learning opportunities that facilitate the implementation of new ideas.  Bio: Michelle is an educational consultant that helps schools and organizations unlock opportunities to activate changemakers and drive meaningful change. After teaching social studies in both the U.S. and Switzerland, she founded the Educators’ Lab, which infuses startup strategies into professional learning so that teachers are empowered to bring changemaking, social innovation, and SDGs into their work. Michelle is the co-author of The Startup Teacher Playbook, and Preventing Polarization (2023). She has worked with organizations like Center for Curriculum Redesign, PBS Education, and Ashoka, and occasionally blogs for Edutopia. A graduate of IE University in Madrid, she is a part of the Global Shaper Community of the World Economic Forum and has presented at numerous events, including SXSWedu and TEDxLausanne. Her focus - helping teachers and students use their agency for social good.

Cieszyn, Poland

I am the social economy activist/ expert in social politics, most of my work experiences are focused on the reintegration of the most vulnerable groups, with especial scope on homelessness. I m developing cross regional project aiming to rise social inclusion and socialenertproneurship. Another area of my working and research interest are social services (research, grassroots analysis, developing new pathways, methodology, evaluation of the services provided). Day to day I m managing director of the NGO which is the helping institution delivering help to more then 2000 people annually in my family town Cieszyn, south Poland.                       

Altadena, CA

Video games can be more than bloodbaths or cute farms. The video games of the 21st century will make us think in new ways. We can capture the greatest thoughts and questions that humanity has to offer, and make video games a pastime of even the most sincere and dedicated persons. There are classic films, classic plays, classic novels: works preserved to show us what humanity can be. My work is in elevating video games as a medium to the level enjoyed by every other form of expression. If you think there is a way to showcase your own idea, through a video game or simulation, reach out, we probably have plenty to talk about. 

Buea, Cameroun

Développeur Territorial, Expert en conception et évaluation des politiques et DLI.

Mountain Home, AR, USA

Born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1949.  Immigrated 1957. Masters Degree & Teaching Assistant, Economics. Retired from Federal Gov't work, mostly in Computer Administration.

Escazú, Costa Rica

Luis has a master’s degree in management of natural resources, from INCAE, a postgraduate in business, and a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Costa Rica. He is also an instructor in “Transformative Leadership”, “Intercultural Communication and Mutualism”, “Circular Economy”, “Nonprofit-Management”, “Quality Management”, “Project Design” and “Evaluation of Socio-Economic Projects”. He is the director of the master’s program in Environmental Leadership and Management at the University for International Cooperation, UCI, where he integrates leadership with regenerative action. He was the Executive Director of a non-governmental organization for 18 years in the indigenous territories of Costa Rica. He has more than 25 years of experience in the entire life cycle of socio-environmental projects.  He has experience in projects in Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. He has been an entrepreneur in the industries of jewelry, gluten-free products, and natural honey in Costa Rica. Luis is the father of four youths. He likes cooking (in development), walking, and biking. He also dedicates service time to community development activities.

Buckinghamshire, England

I am not an Economist but have read a few books. I have partly read Doughnut book and It has knocked my socks off. I am 72. Tend to help others, mainly voluntary in Schools ( Governorship) and childrens' charities and Church. Would like Doughnut to be mainstream and willing to try and help. I intend to write a synopsis and share with people. Not a big time activist. Take care Alex

I leave in Santos city costal area of São Paulo state, Brazil.

I am a lawyer who works with ecological and environmental, urban and agrarian law. I worked for 15 years in the third sector combating industrial degradation, pollution and deforestation. Today I am dedicated to implementing carbon credit projects, including project development and environmental audits

University of Essex

PhD student at the University of Essex. Interested in narrative form, metaphor, subjectivity and emmersive experience.  Considering how to test sustainable living models in virtual environments to better understand interrelationships of the natural world, without real world consequences.

Perth, Western Australia

Hi everyone. My interest in this community stems from my work and in particular my experience with Toyota and their production system. Since being in WA (19 years) I've worked in many industries predominantly in the area of business improvement. Over this period I have become frustrated with the seeming lack of consciousness, around the devastating impacts on humanity and our planet, of a priority focus on delivering value to one stakeholder only, the shareholder, over all other equally important stakeholders. 

Strasbourg - France

More than 20 years in international purchases, supply chain and quality. I'm now Trained on eco-design and circular economics.

Hampshire, UK

I'm a Chartered Engineer and Certified Management Consultant, a Fellow of the UK Institute of Consulting, I'm a Board Member and Secretary of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI).  I've led teams developing the ICMCI Management Consultancy Standards and the Project Self-declaration Checklist for implementation of the ISO 20700 Standard – Guidelines for Management Consultancy Services. I'm a member of the Rogue Monkey Alliance - a collaborative group of management consultants who use the EFQM Model to help organisations develop and execute strategies that are centred on creating sustainable value and contribute to the achievement of the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals. I've been a consultant since 1990 and founded Keypath Ltd. a consultancy practice engaged in business transformation and performance improvement in a variety of sectors and with collaborations in East Europe and the Middle East. Before entering consultancy I followed a successful career in industry with Dunlop in the UK, India and Germany, before becoming a Director of companies in the packaging and security printing sector.   Alongside my consultancy work I'm a Director of the SCRATCH charity which provides furniture and household necessities for people in need in my home county of Hampshire as well as giving training and work experience for volunteers to enable them to enter employment.  I also undertake fund-raising for a Debt Advice charity. I'm married with two grown-up children and four grandsons.  My hobbies are playing golf and growing fruit and vegetables.