Meet the DEAL Community

Helston

 I am a mum of three, an architect, founder of Mycelium Studio and chairman of Helston Place Shaping Strategy Board. I am passionate about diversity and equality. I run Empathy Tours - workshops for anybody, particularly good for students, architects, designers and any interested soul that help to practice empathy and understand design requirements first hand.  I am passionate about place shaping. I think we all have an opportunity to make a difference and I believe in the power of community.  I want to explore how to be more doughnut.   

Portugal

I endeavour to be an active listener. Environmental, human rights, financial crime investigator. 

Cambridgeshire, UK

I am an Industrial Designer by training and keen design thinker. Over the 28 years I’ve been working my career has evolved to include training and workshops as well as coaching and mentoring. I was brought up living in the deep countryside by my two entrepreneurial parents who both ran eco-centric businesses and later studied for my Masters focussing on how to use design thinking to help SMEs overcome obstacles to embed sustainable practices within their businesses. Today I coach and train small business owners 1:1, offer group coaching and deliver training via workshops to help SMEs better understand the benefits of sustainable business practices.  This can be de-mystifying Net 0 or looking at more sustainable business models in order to start to measure your impacts, support a shift in business culture towards values led leadership.

Sweden

Currently offering strategic development and grant management services for EU based NGOs.  Passions: new economic thinking, financial regulation (fiscal, taxation, prudential, retail), permaculture systems and radical inclusion. Degrees: Masters in International Administration and Global Governance, Gothenburg University. 

Marseille, France

Graphic Facilitator, mediator, SuJok Therapist…

London, United Kingdom

Seasoned technology professional who hates waste and loves nature, the sea and the mountains - all things that are under threat due to our addiction to consumerism.  Has long believed that the goal we should be aiming for is balance, not continual  increase, whether in wealth, possessions or profit.  Launched Tipsi last year - a mobile app that enables payment of tips and charity donations via your smartphone - distributive by design. Our strapline: Tipping the balance back. 

Stockholm, Sweden

Surrey Hills National Landscape

I am the Director for the Surrey Hills National Landscape, one of the family of 44 National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England.    I lead on developing the statutory Management Plan for the Surrey Hills which sets out the vision and policy framework for the area.   This is adopted by government and all public bodies have a duty to further the purpose of the designation by helping to deliver the Plan. I am keen to use the principles and practices of Donut Economics as the basis for developing the Surrey Hills Management Plan with a 75 year vision (2025 - 2100)

Pengam

I am local councillor hoping to champion this economic strategy as a way of live.  I am active in the community and want to start a partnership that takes on local issues by building local resilance by investing in local sustainable projects. 

Marseille- France

My experience revolves around innovation and change practices particularly in the fields of human ressources applied to industry,in the field of training , teaching and in the one of occupationnal integration and citizenship. My actions aim to facilitate organizations transformations taking into account the social and ecological issues.They also have for goal to help people better understand how they work and to find their way.My work is based around sociologic,psychological,neuroscientific and therapeutic approach.I m involved in associations as "the shifters" and "fresque des nouveaux récits" I also work around the part of immersive technology and AI in pedagogical approaches to involve people .I lead a prospective VR project to know our affinity and resistances to change for a sustainable future.This experience could be integrated in transformation approaches integrating donnut methodology. With a member of the DEAL we would like to deploy the Donut approach in areéas of Marseille city. I'm especially interested about #educational systems in the world,#apprenticeship,#erasmus programs,#human ressources,#transformation of organizations,#health care,#immersive learning

Tucson

Former permaculture design business owner, now elementary teacher. Fostering integration of human and natural systems is an ongoing journey of wonder and discovery. It teaches me how to help kids be regenerative architects of the future. 

Surrey, UK

I'm work in a School as an LSA. I also play bass in a folk band called the Free Radicals (http://www.thefreeradicals.co.uk/).

Devizes, UK

I am a 60 year old holistic practitioner who works with horses and land. Following ten years in professional science, I lived in France for 20 years, then returned to the UK where I retrained in Reiki and Kinesiology. I subsequently founded my holistic practice in Wiltshire, working with horses, people, other animals and land. I am passionate about the environment. And have been convinced for some years that the present form of capitalism is one of the greatest threats to our, and our planet's safety. It was through the Great Simplification Podcast, Nate Hagens in conversation with Kate Raworth, that I discovered Doughnuts. And so here I am!  

Stirling

Joe Hall Hon Prof of Arts & Humanities, University of Stirling Director of Creative Stirling a City Centre arts agency for creative enterprise that promotes partnership working around principles of People Place and Planet

Denmark

Switzerland

Retired banker

Helsinki

I am a cultural producer and place-maker with roots in Belgium. I'm inspired by the change of mindset that doughnut economics promotes, and looking for ways to contribute.

Bath, UK

Recent finisher of Doughnut Economics. Work for a large food company and interested in all things circular and sustainable, and keen to expand current knowledge and learn from others.

Cape Town

Director of the earth is round, an ethical small African digital content agency. We specialise in digital design & communications for organisations working for the greater good. Our mission is to serve social & environmental justice NPOs and ethical businesses with excellent, fit-for-purpose communications, design, branding & digital content.

Roma, Rome, Italy

Stirling, Scotland

I feel called to help bring forth a more coherent and harmonious way of living for all.  Kate's teachings are energising and inspire me to use my skills to help on a practical level. I also follow Charles Eisenstein's work and am part of the New and Ancient Story (NaAS) community, a place where like-hearted people connect to share ideas on how we can remember our humanity to heal and build a better future together.  My professional background is in marketing, and until recently I have been developing behaviour change campaigns for public health and safety. Through that work, I have seen how fear directs our society and I think it's time to change that.  I am involved with a handful of community charities and projects, and see potential for change, but also the many roadblocks.  I am on the Board of Trustees for Creative Stirling, a creative network for the city of Stirling (Scotland), that asserts change through enterprise, arts and culture working with and for all of Stirling’s diverse communities.   Now I am signing up to DEAL to better understand how it works and how to bring positive change to Stirling via the networks that I have.  Pleasure to be here.

Sydney, Australia

Empathy, community and understanding. I'm a facilitator and trainer who helps people forge unbreakable bonds through learning the art of human connection. By stepping through the skills of human connection and regenerative leadership, we can build thriving communities. Places with strong networks, sharing and collaboration. Where members trust in each other and have the skills to build bloody beautiful things together. #empathy       

Guadalajara, Jalisco, México

Academic from ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara, with interest in alternative and solidarity economies, social movements and complex thinking.

Lausanne, Switzerland

Since 2021, I led the downscaling of the Doughnut to the transboundary area of the Greater Geneva (France, Switzerland) and to the University of Lausanne. I spent pretty much time working on the following issues : • how to downscale the Doughnut without loosing its deep ecology approach ? • which ecological indicators can we use at local and global scales ? • how to build a social basement based on the Theory of Human Needs approach (to ensure that a Safe and Just Space still exists) ? My colleague Cecilia Matasci, also from the University of Lausanne, created a method to evaluate the Global-Social impacts of the university, based on the imported modern slavery. I spent my less time on : • participative production of the downscaled Doughnut (we always did it between "experts") • transforming business models with Doughnut Economics • producing operationnal public policies driven by the Doughnut Model (on process with the Administration of the University of Lausanne, in 2024).