Meet the DEAL Community

London, United Kingdom

I have 20 years plus experience as a City of London law firm partner. My practice has focused on the launch and operation of investment funds in the UK and elsewhere as well as advising on UK real estate transactions.  I maintain an active role in UK and European real estate industry associations, representing them on legal, regulatory and tax matters.  Current projects include campaigns with a levelling-up agenda to attract institutional capital.  I continue to be an enthusiastic supporter of real estate environmental, social and governance initiatives: https://melvillerodrigues.com/esg. This combines with my honorary roles for think tanks and social impact non-for-profit organisations.  

Enschede, Netherlands

Coming from Zagreb, Croatia, I am a bachelor student of Creative Technology at the University of Twente, Netherlands. Working as the Research & Education sustainability officer at GreenHub Twente. I have found out about DEAL through my job, and am dedicated to spreading the word about it around me, both in the Netherlands and Croatia. I have started by giving presentations about it at my university, but who knows where it will take me!    

Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil

I'm a user experience designer, researcher and strategist working with a mission of spreading the culture of experimentation and human centered design in organizations.  I was born in a mountainous area in Brazil and a daughter of an educator. Perhaps it influenced me to pursue a multidisciplinary career moved by curiosity and purpose.  I hold a Master's Degree in Educational Technology at San Diego State University, California and a BS in Occupational Therapy (minor in mental health) from Minas Gerais Federal University, Brazil.   I have worked and lived in San Diego, CA, USA, London, UK, São Paulo, SP and Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Hamburg, Germany

United Kingdom

Vocational training transforms lives and drives economic growth in developing countries. It equips individuals with the practical skills and knowledge needed to secure employment, start businesses, and contribute to their community’s development. Through our work, we constantly explore the significance of vocational training in developing countries and its positive impact on individuals, communities, and overall socio-economic progress. Our direction is genetic analysis testing verticals in Agriculture, Human Identification (Forensic DNA), and quality and safety testing (environmental, food and water). To achieve this goal, SSG-CIC aims to establish Vocational Training Hubs (VTHs) across the globe and build local capacity for training and development. All of this is possible with your support and volunteering. How you can support us? Our fundraising is through 4 main routes: 1. Non Profit Consulting 2. Crowdfunding 3. Volunteer and Work with us 4. Donate used laboratory equipment, IT Gear and Software For more information, visit our website: https://ssg-cic.org

Center for Social and Cultural Studies, of the Bolivarian University of Venezuela, Caracas-Venezuela

Anthropologist and pedagogue; Doctor in Social Sciences. Research Program: Placed economic anthropology and environment. Director of the scientific journal Decolonial Studies. Professor of the Research Seminar: Political economy, environment and sustainable development.

Brittany, France

Melbourne Australia and Cheshire UK

Le Recif Marseille

En 2024 nous organisons le Global Donut Day à Marseille ! Je reste designer dans mes mains mais je donne désormais tout mon temps pour accélérer la transition vers un monde vivable, pour tous. J'aime développer des initiatives locales, des ateliers d'intelligence collective, de l'aide aux entreprises pour leurs certifications ou leurs bilans carbone.  --  I remain a designer at heart, but I now dedicate all of my time to accelerate our transition towards a sustainable world for everyone. This includes local initiatives, workshops, and assisting businesses with their carbon certification or carbon footprint assessments. 

Playa del Rey, CA

Former aerospace engineer and nuclear engineer, Kelly has left the world of engineering in order to apply her analytical thinking to a post-colonial, post-capitalist world. Newly embarking on this journey, she hopes to connect with different initiatives to realize an alternative, non-exploitative, cooperative world. 

Brazil

Researcher at the Center for Carbon Research in Tropical Agriculture, a postdoctoral fellow at the Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" at the University of Sao Paulo.  Research interests:  technological, circular and sustainable agriculture, pasture and  forest management; food security; sustainability standards; biodiversity; renewable energy; use of technology for socio-environmental governance; responsible finance, and the sustainable circular bio-economy. 

Puerto Rico

Recently moved to an island and am realizing how unsustainable (and fragile) everything is because of the dependence on imports. Highly interested in sustainability and regeneration and how to empower my new community to consider alternatives that are better for them and the planet. 

Belmar NJ

World citizen

Burnaby, B.C. Canada

I am an educator and facilitator with over 15 years of curriculum design experience. I have been a small business owner for the last 8 years– 5 of which were spent running a profitable regenerative farm. I am passionate about bringing Regenerative Practices to small businesses. My superpower is making complex subjects accessible and fun to learn.

Melrose, MA, USA

I'm a food systems educator, change strategist, advocate, attorney, and scholar; a mom of two young boys; and a passionate trail runner who feels most at home in the woods. For nearly fifteen years, I have developed, led, and implemented a broad range of initiatives addressing the health, environmental, and economic impacts of the food system, and promoting regenerative, equitable, and healthy food and agricultural production.  I am writing my first book, Feeding the Future: Restoring the Planet & Healing Ourselves.

France

I have a background in assisting leaders and teams in navigating change to cultivate a culture that's in tune with today's rapidly evolving landscape. My primary focus is on enabling organizations to become more flexible, meaningful, and human-centric. Over the years, I've partnered with change-makers across various industries, introducing innovative programs and practices aimed at reimagining the traditional ways of working that often hold us back. I'm excited to be part of the DEAL Community to explore the intersections between Doughnut Economics and organizational development. Specifically, I'm interested in how we can create systems that are efficient, socially just, and environmentally sustainable. I look forward to both learning from the community and contributing my own insights on how organizations can evolve to meet the complex challenges of our time. #OrganizationalChange #Sustainability #DoughnutEconomics #HumanCentricDesign #Innovation

Ivan Vazov, Sofia

Arch. Iva Stanisheva (ARB Architect, MArchD, Ba(hons) graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a specialization in Urban Design and Emergent Hybrids: Disaster and Flood Resilience. She worked in an Australian architecture and interior studio in London for 7 years where she familirise herself with the fastpased complex dynamics of the construction industry.  Her interests are focused on urban planning and the future of cities and their relationship to the environment and sustainable development. She is Assistant Professor and Lecturer in Architecture at Coventry University and an active member of the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN), where she was until recently Coordinator of the Circular economy group. Took part in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) - From a linear to a circular economy in 2018 and is preparing for the 'WELL Certification' . Currently has a small design studio in Sofia and is part of the board of directors of the Circular Economy Institute in Sofia. The institute works on a variety of projects but she mainly focuses on educational projects that include guest lectures at universities, schools, etc. Currently, together with a multidisciplinary team of 5 other teachers, he leads a new elective course for the 5th year of Architecture at UASG - 'Circular Models in Construction'. The work on her project "Climate literacy, inequality and the foundations of the circular economy" funded by the program "Equality and climate justice" from the Bulgarian Women's Fund was recently completed.

West Yorkshire

Silo breaker or ‘Boundary Spanner’. Pragmatic optimist, currently juggling conflicting desires to save the planet and be a world famous popstar. Debut album and Sustainability studies both works in progress.

I help organizations, movements and people shift power to their communities using curiosity, compassion, creativity and collaboration.  I design safe spaces for diverse groups to have uncomfortable conversations about power and privilege while working collectively to shape complex, intangible wriggly things like services, strategies, organizational and systemic change. I am a firm believer in designing with, never for. My work centers the needs of people closest to a problem, the impact of design on the planet, the potential of technology, and a desire for positive, equitable, sustainable change.

USA

I am a  passionate about food and animal . I became aware of doughnut economics while researching ways to fund startups led by diverse founders. How can traditional be reimagined with doughnut econ principles? This is what my co-founders and I are currently asking ourselves. We shifted gears to start a profit and nonprofit food literacy project for universities and corporations. How can I apply regenerative and distributive thinking to US based professional service organizations? Contact me to brainstorm, to create, to organize.

Leeds, UK

I am an Ecological Economics student with a particular interest in environmental governance and policy development. My previous research has focused on the use of menstrual products, aiming to understand how their consumption can become more sustainable by tackling social, technical and infrastructural barriers. I have a strong passion for all things sustainability, and the Doughnut Economics model is no exception.    #periodpoverty   

London

Professional with a diverse design, management, and entrepreneurship background. Demonstrated commitment to driving social impact through research, design thinking, and innovation expertise. Experienced in the fintech sector, adept at leading teams, crafting user-centric experiences, product management and implementing transformative changes. With a master's in prosperity that enhances my understanding of complex systems and equips me with social approaches for addressing diverse challenges. Seeking opportunities to contribute to reimagining complex systems, delivering holistic solutions, promoting complexity, fostering learning and relationship-building.

Zürich, Switzerland

Hello, I'm Myriam Best, welcome to my profile ! As a core team member of the Swiss Donut Economics Network, I am committed to making the doughnut a reality in Switzerland. My contribution focuses on advocacy, communication and consulting for public and private actors. A few words about my journey thus far ... The unfolding social, environmental and climate crises have led me to rethink my personal and professional aspirations. A slow and complex process, accelerated by motherhood in times of the gloomy outlook synthesised by the IPCC reports. 2022 was a pivotal year that took me back to university, 15 years after my first Master's degree! Guided by a burning need to dedicate my skills, time and energy to making the world a better, fairer and more livable place for all, I joined the Masters in Degrowth: Ecology, Economy and Politics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In doing so, I equipped myself with the best available knowledge on the causes of the social, environmental and climate crises, and delved into the discovery of post-growth economics and politics as a plausible way out of the polycrisis. More importantly, I joined an international network of committed change-makers! I am also a professional with 15 years of international corporate and client consulting experience in strategy, human resources, change management, digitalisation and organisational design. I have successfully led complex transformation programmes in international corporations and SMEs across a range of sectors. Former colleagues and clients praise my ability to make the complex accessible, to engage people of all backgrounds and to remain cool under pressure while keeping spirits high.  Happy to be in touch! Areas of interest: 

London

Career Sustainability specialist, UN recognised and award winning leader in climate education, risk management and reporting.  Currently Head of Climate risk and reporting at Simply Sustainable