Meet the DEAL Community

Dunedin New Zealand

retired art historian with an interest in climate change and resilience, active in the Green Party community

Copenhagen, Denmark

I work for a unique educational program, MAD Academy, developing knowledge for hospitality and food professionals to improve their businesses for people and planet. 

San Luis Potosí, México

Nottingham

Writer of ecofiction.

Chicago, IL

Brand, experience, and transformation design strategist. Pragmatically optimistic systemic thinker, known for seeing the forest and the trees. Purpose-driven problem-solver focused on measurable creative solutions that lead to sustainable strategic growth. Creative analyst driven by insatiable curiosity. Global citizen with a passion for uncovering new opportunities to genuinely and meaningfully improve the human experience. 

Monrovia Liberia

He has over 28 years of experience in project planning, implementation, construction, maintenance and operation of urban infrastructures, facilities, roads, culverts, WFP funded warehouse, mule tracks for WFP school feeding programmes etc. He has over 15years’ experience in contract management (project planning and management) and arbitration related laws. He also has over 5 years of experience working in UN Missions in South Sudan, DRC, Liberia and 11 months experience with WFP in Lebanon.    His areas of core competencies are construction supervision of engineering infrastructures, operation & maintenance of infrastructures and refurbishment activities. He has implemented several projects funded by the FAO/UNCDF, WFP and Food Corporation of Bhutan. He has also completed new CSB and RSB camp for UN peacekeepers for over 800 personnel in Khartoum, Malakal, Kagudli, Juba and Rumbek in Sudan and South Sudan. During the Covid -19 emergency he served as a volunteer in completing, installation and designing of Zincalume 100m3 water tank together with construction of 500 bedded quarantine facility for emergency Covid – 19 facilities and water supply system. Presently he is working as a Project Manager, SoH in Monrovia, Liberia supporting the renovation of 8 TVET schools including installation and training of solar power system for the unemployed youth affected by war.

Lyon

Dublin

I'd like to explore how Dublin, Ireland can help create a doughnut project, as part of my work with Codema - Dublin's Energy Agency.

Belgium

Sou da Bélgica e ecólogo especializado em florestas, com graduação e mestrado na Bélgica. Trabalhei na coordenação de projetos, fora e dentro de Bélgica, e sou  apaixonado por as possibilidades regenerativas que o entendimento sistemático da ecologia possa nos oferecer as vários problemas que a sociedade atualmente tem.  Meu interesse está na aplicação dos princípios da agricultura sintrópica e da permacultura, especialmente nas soluções que as sistemas agroflorestais oferecem.  No final do ano passado, em outubro, cheguei em Belo Horizonte pra pesquisar as possibilidades de começar um sistema agroflorestal no sítio da roça do meu Mestre da Capoeira. Lamentavelmente isso no deu certo, mais aprendi a falar Português o que me vai oferecer outras oportunidades no caminho do meu perspectiva de futuro pra poder trabalhar com florestas tropicais.  Caso necessite de maiores informações, não hesite em me contactar. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pieter-meert-554776143

Burnley, Lancashire

Trade Unionist and Labour Party Member

Utrecht, Netherlands

Some years ago I made the decision to follow my passion and made a switch from the world of business to that of teaching. I now teach economics in secondary school, with the express purpose of driving curricular change: to make economics education more just and sustainable.  I aim to combine my background in change management, economic policy and education, with my interests in ecological economics and social justice to help prepare the next generation for the complex future they are facing. 

Paris

Hello,  I am the founder of Praxilience to bring organizations beyond traditional strategies, and toward strong sustainability by questioning the ends rather than sticking to acting on the means. #Redirective Ecology #Political Ecology #Carbon footprint #Water #Waste Thanks

Boston, MA, USA

I work as a Unitarian Minister and an environmental consultant.  I have a Masters Degree from Tufts University (UEP) in Energy and Climate Policy and have been influenced by thinkers such as Wendell Berry, Thomas Berry, Herman Daly,  John Cobb, Jr., and Marjorie Kelly to name but a few.   I have worked for several different engineering firms conducting renewable energy studies for wind and solar projects.  

Burnley

I’m a volunteer in a deprived community in Burnley that never benefits from spurious ‘trickle down ‘ or ‘level up’ economics. Capitalism oppresses communities like mine, as well as others across our planet, which is why we need a radical change in social & economic policy.

New Jersey, USA

Will add later

Scotland

Male 80 years of age now house bound, worked full time, 51 years, mostly as an engineer then as a health and safety advisor. I have published a few books at great cost since retiring Ernie Hasler: Founder member of Emmaus Glasgow. In 1997, I read in my church magazine “The Plain Truth”, about Emmaus Cambridge, a community of previously homeless people. I phoned them and they gave me the phone number of a Glasgow based individual who was also interested. Initially, four of us held a meeting showing a video featuring three Companions, and as a result we decided to bring Emmaus to Glasgow. Father John Lyons, a Glasgow Priest, gifted us an established charity shop which provided essential cash flow. After many setbacks caused by gazumping and high staff turnover, we purchased and converted a building capable of accommodating 27 previously homeless people with their own flat and full on-suite toilet and shower facilities.  After a very slow, loss making start up and a high turnover of staff, we slowly increased numbers and presently support an average of 22 Companions.  (Most Emmaus communities have learned not to rely on a single super manager, but on shared responsibilities within clear Emmaus Policies and Procedures). It is easy for slack leadership to be subverted, and the ethos of constant community improvement diverted to individual benefits. (favouritism).  We progressively lost the original board members, except for me, but attracted other good volunteer trustees by word of mouth, most were remarkable people, willing to give their wide-ranging advice free of charge while maintaining the ethos of Emmaus. (Emmaus Ethos is different, because it provides a home for as long as someone needs it and is willing to fit in with simple rules and relationships, in the Emmaus community. This gives people the opportunity to take stock of their lives, deal with any issues they might have, and often re-establish relationships with loved ones. There have been many successes with some Companions moving on to good qualifications, jobs, partners, and supporting children). Yes, Emmaus is a challenging place, requiring constant improvement. Even those who do not stay long, may have been able to use the short period of security and stability to change course for new destinations.  The house clearance business is very subject to cost-of-living pressures, with less quality household items presently being donated. Although there is still scope for repair and upcycling adding value. Some Companions have shown talents in this area.  During my 24 four years on the Emmaus Glasgow board of trustees, I attended many of the annual Emmaus Assemblies and I was much inspired by the leadership of Terry Waite. I had to drop off the board a couple of years ago when I suffered a short blackout, I crashed my car on to a rocky shore of a sea loch, making me house bound ever since. I cut up my driving licence to prevent being tempted at 80 years of age, to drive again. I am now training to try to do Emmaus UK’s “Big Marathon Challenge 2023” walking with my rollator, a marathon during the month of May. Roughly a mile a day. I have just started and can manage a couple to three hundred yards a day. I Hope to raise £100 for Emmaus UK, not a lot, but requiring a big effort for a whole month.  I think the Emmaus community is an example of applied Doughnut Economics.

Bruxelles

Comited citizen involved in transmission of knowledge about our common futur.   

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Work in the state health sector as a dietitian. Linked with conservation organisations, concerned about the preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems including the threats posed by industrial scale renewable energy developments in the context of poor planning and protection regulation. Looking at local action within the workplace (health system) and local community, how do we re-localise the economy as much as is practicable - food, energy systems…? How should the local scale and the wider scale relate?

Leeds

I'm a member of a housing co-op and help to run an urban farm that is set up as a Community Supported Agriculture farm.

Tipperary Ireland

Looking for new ways to work together in community & collective action. I work with environmental, social inclusion and community & voluntary groups throughout the county as the coordinator of the Tipperary PPN.

Midhurst, England

I am a Physiotherapist and lover of nature and the world around us all. I run a Physiotherapy practice with my wife and we are continually looking at ways we can improve both our local and world environment. Our aim is to improve our impact and reduce our mark left when we leave the world to our children and generations to come.

Norwich, United Kingdom

Milton Keynes

An elderly male. Moved to Bletchley in 1966 and to North MK in 1935 and have lived in that house to date. My working life was always in finance, and I retired at age 70.  My physical health is not good, but my mental health is intact. As an independent volunteer, for eleven years prior to the covid lockdown, I feed and helped the homeless in Central MK.