Meet the DEAL Community

BC, Canada

I'm an ethical marketer and communicator who cares about the 'how' of transitioning to a new economy. I help businesses do marketing in ethical, non-sleazy ways that help them move their businesses beyond growth-based marketing and operations. I recently went back to school after 20+ years and I'm currently completing my thesis on how the language and terminology of 'degrowth' affects the likelihood of transitioning to a new economic and social way of living. Communicating our environmental predicament - both getting better at it, and tackling disinformation - is what keeps me up night. I'm a Scot, currently living a beyond-growth lifestyle in British Columbia, Canada, as part of a community that has all the hallmarks of a post-growth society.     

UK

Cairo, Egypt

I am someone that believes in the power of humanity to change the current paradigm into a new design that better fits our present and future generations.   #universalincome 

Devon, UK

As a one-time principal advisor for all learning in the Royal Navy and the Executive Officer for NATO's Communications and Information Services Agency (NCSA/SHAPE Mons Belgium) I have acquired the highest level Learning/Analysis, learning delivery and strategic planning skills, particularly in the areas of STEM and Sustainability initiatives.  I have now retired from teaching and have decided to start my own business as a contractor to deliver these skills singularly or in combination to any college, university or employer who needs them. I remain a keen volunteer and mentor for Devon's Ukrainian Refugees, Loughborough university's Future Black Talent Programme, as a Co-Opted Governor for the Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust (Primary Schools), an EAUC Sustainability Champion, a Women in STEM Ambassador, and a keen advocate for the development of the Doughnut Economy model overseen by a new type of leadership (Transpersonal Leadership as described by John Knights in his book 'Leading Beyound the Ego' (2018)).

United Kingdom

I’ve spent my life as an IT and Management Consultant and have become increasingly morally conflicted. I haven’t worked out how I can help this vital transformation but I am convinced of its merits. I am perhaps most interested in understanding more about the relationship between the levels of wealth inequality and the negative impacts on the environment and finding ways to inspire business leaders and entrepreneurs to ‘lead better’. The cuckoo of GDP chasing is the same as businesses only chasing profits or at least relegating all other objectives to a subservient motivator. 

Durbuy

Hampshire, UK

Passionate about food system transformation and sustainable diets and nutrition. Having worked for many years in international food marketing, I recently educated and re-trained Sustainability, food system challenges and Circular Economy. I'm interested in helping food businesses re-think their models  to ensure they are helping people and planet to thrive. Member of the future food movement and volunteer at the social entreprise The Pantry Partnership in Salisbury - re-distributing industry fresh produce waste to those most in need in communities.     

Edinburgh, UK

I am a strategy and delivery specialist, keen to mobilise change, improve equity and inclusion, and build more connections in our relationships at work and in the community. My experience includes advising on organisational development initiatives; providing mentoring, coaching, and training to staff and young people; designing and delivering complex health change programmes at a national level in England; and working with qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate impact.  #organisationaldevelopment #equalitydiversityandinclusion #mentor #communitydevelopment #transformation #facilitation #community #co-creation 

Weston-super-mare

Nairobi

Dreaming and visioning of an Alternative Future that cares for people and planet before profit. 

Pardubice region, Czechia

Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

I read EF Shumacher's Small is Beautiful and Danielle Meadows The Limits of Growth in early 70's part of my extra curricular education while pursuing a B.S. degree at the University of Houston.  They were transformative and ever since (I'm 71 in 2023), have striven to live in the confines of the doughnut.  I'm working towards my solar powered small house in Clinton MA, where I hope to die listening to a healthy bird population thriving in a well maintained forest ecosystem.   

Bedford, UK

Canada

excited to help things look a little more doughnut-shaped!

Syros island , Greece

running an off the grid eco hotel, self sufficient in power, fifty percent in water and 25% in food. Interested in #food problems related to  #climate crisis, particularly in storage, new forms of cooking using dried , #cryopacked vegetables. Educated in the UK, lived 20 years in Western Australia and a further 20 in   Also involved in #new political systems that involve community, de-growth and simplification as well as universal incomes

I am currently in Armenia and live part of the year in Berkeley, California

# I am an educator and activist creating opportunities for people to collaborate while navigating the chaos of emerging digital technologies.

Chiangmai, Thailand

Madrid, Spain

Grand Forks, British Columbia

Louisville Kentucky USA

I accept all my feelings without censoring them. I reclaim and occupy the dwelling of my physical, emotional, spiritual presence and instinctual energy. With this understanding everyone is loved and respected as a human being. All living organisms are recognized as partners in building better tomorrows. Hence, over 40 years I have been learning while interacting with religious institutions, government and nongovernmental organizations with grassroots support programs.

Fayetteville, Georgia, USA

Retired Vice President of investor owned electric utility Volunteer, Citizens' Climate Lobby En-ROADS Climate Ambassador

Rotterdam, Netherlands

I am a freelance Sustainability Researcher and Consultant working in the circular economy sphere to help SMEs transition to a more sustainable and circular business through the power of collaboration and learning. I also work with NGOs/Foundations and government agencies on evaluating their circular/sustainable focused projects through researching successes and lessons to help advance their impact in both the international development sphere and the circular economy sphere. 

Ghana

Community Radio practitioner