Meet the DEAL Community

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 

Lake Constance, Germany and Roses, Spain

My name is Christine Handte, I've been sailing around the world on the R/V Heraclitus since 1986 as both Captain and more recently as Expedition Chief. Currently I am rebuilding this 24m threemasted junk in Roses, Spain. We are hoping to launch in 2024 and continue our work in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Magdalena and Amazon rivers.  I organised expeditions and studied coral reefs, dolphins, whales as a field researcher.  Now I am particularly interested in the hands on stories of people living on and by the water. Their vision of the future of the ocean and experience of the climate emergency as real data of what is happening. 

Portland, OR

I've been in the startup/tech space for a long time after starting my career in corporate work (Accenture, Target, Viacom).  I was a founding member of Fullscreen, a pioneer in the creator economy that we sold to AT&T in 2014, and went on to strategy and product roles at Snap & TikTok.  In 2017, I also began making investments in the climate and sustainability spaces and started my own podcast discussing various solutions in climate and conservation.  In recent years I became increasingly concerned with how our current economic model alongside technology are driving long term problems both to our planet and social fabric, and that is when I found Doughnut Economics.  I left TikTok to pursue building solutions to help solve the loneliness epidemic, and continue to do advocacy and investment work in the climate sector.  

Exeter

[Every Litter bit helps!!] [ Every Litter bit helps!! ] My enthusiasm and passion for environmental resilience empower me to commit to powerful actions for combatting climate change.  

Kyiv, Ukrainw

Ukraine needs innovative approaches to recover in parallel with the ongoing war. As a lecturer on Geogglobalistics and Tourism at Taras Shevchenko National University (Kyiv, Ukraine), I consider myself responsible for providing students and professionals (in tourism and geospatial governance, in particular) with alternative approaches within the sustainability imperative framework. #climate friendly travel, #indicatorss of sustainable development, #spillover effects, etc.

Porto, Portugal

I want to learn and also share. I am a researcher on Circular Cities.  

Amsterdam

Connecting people to causes they care about. 🌱 #purposeledrecruitment

Ireland

UX designer currently enrolled in a Master's in User Experience and Service Design. My interests lie at the intersection of many themes within environmental and social sustainability.

Buchlyvie, Scotland

#degrowth #art #workshops #community

Cape Town, South Africa

Stefano  is always doing his best to follow Life’s example, in everything that he does. He celebrates that his efforts are successes even when they are failures, because he learns from and through these. Some of Life’s Principles are easier to emulate than others. Biomimicry is a philosophy with which he chooses to explore life, and to  question the deepest assumptions  of the anthropological project that is humanity’s progress.  His initial academic training was in mechatronic engineering (BEng). Thereafter, he spent half a decade working in mechanical design/engineering (in the deep sea mining, oil and gas industry), and business development and project management (in the solar energy industry).  Thereafter, he began traveling continuously and extensively for another five years (and counting), while undertaking an intuitive yet rigorous, self-directed curriculum comprising online courses, prolific reading, workshops and more. In the process, he encountered a diversity of perspectives and solutions being brought forth in service of life, and experimented with creating a few of his own.

Boston

Seeking grad school or research opportunities to deepen understanding of financial markets and practical ways to redesign them to better serve people and planet. Worked in ESG and net zero. Former shareholder advocate at Ceres: supported proponents of climate-related shareholder resolutions, and engaged large proxy voters on business case.  B.S. in Sustainability from ASU, class of 2019.

France

I'm Chesca, an endlessly curious person who's seeking to ask better questions :)

Valencia (Spain)

Renegade self-employment economist, agnostic about economic growth , European Funds Management Technician. 

Haarlem, the Netherlands

Norway

     For over 8 years I was building a "predestined" career in hospitality thanks to certain pressures from our family business. After years of yearning for a purpose and a more fulfilling career & lifestyle, I recently "greenquit" my job in luxury hospitality and started working at a cleantech company in Norway. I've been increasingly intrigued and inspired by learning about climate science, degrowth, circular economy and frankly any topic related to a more sustainable future. Of course it wasn't long until I heard about Doughnut Economics.  Since this shift, I've been motivated and excited to understand the challenges that ail our society & environment, and find ways to contribute to the solutions required to overcome them.

Amsterdam

Hi, im a  and expert, activist and entrepreneur. My business is www.tackle.systems where we provide customised decision making support system, either using qualitative and quantitative models or validated simulation models for individual and collective decision-making.

Brighton

I have worked in the education sector for just under ten years- in a school, at a non-profit and now leading the education and skills programme for a  global corporate.  I want to ensure the programme I run helps equips the next generation with the skills needed to confront challenges like the climate crisis and navigating ever-evolving technological change. I am here to learn but also be a part of a movement.  

Carmarthen

I am the collaborations and change manager for Local Motion Carmarthen. I am bilingual and am a social practice artist working systems change and community engagement.  

Salish Sea (Olympia,WA) USA

Board: https://resonate.coop Objective: a co-operative planet led by artists. Past: KAOS-fm, K, Sub Pop, Up Records, Clear Cut, Cabin Games. #MakeMusicNotWar #SovereignCommons #LandBack #WaterIsLife #DigitalDignity #SalishSea #Olympia

Miljøpunkt Amager and Copenhagen Doughnut in Copenhagen

I work as a project manager at Miljøpunkt Amager. It's a NGO that works on a local level in two of Copenhagens 12 districts - namely the Eastern and Western part of Amager. At Miljøpunkt Amager we have incorporated the Doughnut Economics model into our 4 year action plan. Also we have created DoughnutBio (Doughnut Cinema) in collaboration with Jacob Rask from Copenhagen Doughnut. At the Doughnut Cinema we show documentaries to involve the participants emotionally on a subject and with information about doughnut economics and the planetary boundaries. At the first DoughnutBio we showed the documentary '2040' (2019) by Damon Gameau that uses the doughnut economics model to showcase how solutions may work if we implement them full scale. 2040 was followed by a workshop in unrolling the doughnut in a Amager/Copenhagen context. The two consecutive DoughnutBios have focused on biodiversity and air pollution. 

Rennes, France

Sustainability expert working in English and French.

Chennai

Oxford, UK

My interests are Integral Theory/Philosophy, Metamodernism, GameB and dozens of topics related to the coming societal changes - for which I use the term Humanity's Transition. Most recently I've found deepest meaning in Analytic Idealism – which in my view is the most disruptive and consequential metaphysical theory. What I do: I teach maths, science and computer science as a private tutor – which I love – and carve out time to spend on my project which I’m tentatively calling the Humanity’s Transition Participation Program summarized on this Notion page https://humanitys-transition.notion.site. One of the strands is a Meetup group in Oxford: Humanity’s Transition – Oxford Discussion group that meets once a month. #education #metamodernism #integraltheory #analyticidealism #humanitystransition

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