Meet the DEAL Community

Rochester, Minnesota USA

I have been on a path toward developing individual and community sustainability and resilience since 2013. I started with organizing climate marches followed by organizing an annual Earth week events. In 2017 I attended the Transition US National conference and was inspired by everyone. In 2018 I attended a Permaculture Design Course. That year I also started teaching sustainability classes at our community education program. In 2021 I took the "Surviving The Future" course and this is where I first encountered Kate Raworth. 

Mexico City

To solve better problems by connecting ideas, people and projects; contributing ultimately to reconnecting with Nature as community.

Springfield MO

Innovative Wayfinding, Placemaking, and Information designer committed to using my creative powers to solve the worlds Wicked Problems.

Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania, USA

I am a natural builder and enthusiast, a supporter of local bioregional work in regeneration and sustainability action with a present and future oriented focus. I also volunteer with several nonprofit organizations, and serve on local boards which build community, collaborate on restoration, and focus especially on nature, people, wildlife, and the health of the landscape and watersheds. This has been my primary focus of work and volunteering for more than 50 years now.

Chamonix Mont Blanc

Whilst I live in France, I am CEO of The Climbing Academy Ltd based in the UK.  We have 5 climbing gyms in Bristol, Chippenham and Glasgow.  I've become interested in Donut Economics as I've been looking for an approach to economics and business that is fundamentally different to the one we've had.  Let's see if DE can help me 'grow' our business in a responsible and sustainable way.

London, UK

Warwickshire UK

Leader of Change Programmes for organisations in the Education, Transport, Utilities & Health Sectors

Philippines

I am a chemical engineer, an industrial technologist, and a public service delivery practitioner. 

Miami Beach, FL - US

I'm a Systems Coach and it's my mission to help organizations serve all stakeholders--not only the shareholders or the customers. I work with businesses that aspire to be "good citizens," where employees are fulfilled and find significance at work, and that work to improve the lives they touch. I don't know a lot about economics (I'm a linguist, a communication expert, and a coach) but I know that right now, things aren't working for everybody. I want to do whatever I can to change that.  My work as a systems coach focuses on the sustainability of work for workers because for too long I've seen how people are burning out due to excessive demands from employers. People are exhausted, and the lack human connection at work makes things worse. An unbalanced focus on productivity and efficiency has created an amount of pressure that makes work unsustainable for human beings.  So, in my view, one aspect of the doughnut economy needs to be work, work conditions, fulfillment and significance. Human connection and systems-inspired leadership play an important role in team and organizational resiliency.

Bury St Edmunds

Traditionally Left of centre theatre director, who needs to learn more

Sheffield

A Chartered Structural Engineer by background, passionately now working as a sustainability consultant  Grounded by cold wild swims, live music, tasty craft beer and good friends 

Ascot, Berkshire, UK

In 2019, I took myself back to university, after a 30 year break, to study for a Masters in Sustainable Development.  There, I learnt about Doughnut Economics from Prof. Tim Jackson (Uni of Surrey).  I had never really understood Economics before, despite a career of 15 years in Fintech, but assumed that was because I was too thick!  Now I realise that it never really made sense at all; however the concept of the safe operating space within planetary boundaries makes perfect sense and fits in with how the natural world operates. During COP26, I discovered Climate Fresk and have become a facilitator for these powerful workshops, which lay out the causes and consequences of climate change, based on the IPCC reports.  I would love to incorporate the theory of Doughnut Economics into a similar style workshop.  

London

I Chair the Oxford Cultural Collective, a creative organisation that promotes progressive social and cultural change within the food, drink and hospitality sectors. Our projects are increasingly focused on community and environmental regeneration, promoting the value of diversity and inclusion and enhancing the quality and impact of higher education.  I'm keen to learn from those who are putting new thinking into practice - to help individuals, communities, organisations and places thrive.  I'm also open to exploring meaningful collaborations that cut across traditional boundaries. 

New York City

I work as a project coordinator for Harvard University/LabXchange. LabXchange is an online education platform that we built at Harvard University. Our primary objective at LabXchange is to provide a freely accessible educational resource that fosters scientific literacy and encourages collaboration among learners and educators worldwide. We are also dedicated to ensuring that science education is available to underserved communities across the globe, promoting accessibility and inclusivity. I'm also passionate about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to create a better and more sustainable future for all. As an ambassador for #TeachSDGs, the United Nations-appointed group that has united more than 30,000 international educators to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, I push for global education, gender equality, and climate action.

New York, NY, USA

I'm a physicist turned architect turned research systems scientist with many years of successful exploration of how natural systems work by themselves. I use a variety of diagnostic methods for how they emerge and behave.  The main important secret is that we're totally surrounded by natural models of how we should be steering our world, but science didn't study that, preferring to look for hard rules and equations (that are what have been driving our world to disruptive extremes).  Among other tools, I use a powerful "natural" data regeneration tool called "derivative reconstruction" for reconstituting the continuities implied by time series data to make them more readable. It's a *great* help for "reconnecting the dots" and leading you to the natural relationships they express. Much to study! My research site https://synapse9.com/signals  New science https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.09837  Recent talk https://youtu.be/8OXkM-PoA0w  Collection of notes https://synapse9.com/_EnTrans/2023-Jun11_Blindness-to-Contexts.pdf  Our resulting growing world crises https://synapse9.com/_r3ref/100CrisesTable.pdf

Ireland

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-o-boyle-0558a220a

Aarhus, Denmark

We are all economists, so here I am! Professionaly educated as a journalist. Some years ago, the climate crisis and biodiversity crisis made me start spending all my spare time on politics. Meanwhile, I have realised that politicians in Denmark don't do politics. They just do what economists say. So now I want to become a 21st century economist.

I work through creative, social enterprise, and community-engaged participatory projects. I actively support frontline feminist heroes working in edutech, femtech, health tech, climate tech, ethicalAI, and those who self-identify as the innovation leaders co-creating a future we all wish to share equitably.  My life's mission is to co-create a more child-friendly world. If we design for the most vulnerable in life, we will make significant progress in creating a thriving life for people and the planet. Multiple ideas, a plurality of voices, and nuanced perspectives are always welcome at the table.

Ireland

I work in Global Education and anti-racism programs, with schools, colleges, service-providers, and youth and community groups around Ireland.  I'm an outreach and education worker with Financial Justice Ireland.  This work involves exploring and questioning dominant narratives about growth and 'development', as well as looking at root causes of global poverty, including unfair trade, debt and tax systems drives inequalities and environmental harm.  I have a particular interest in building solidarity relationships and to learn how we can work collectively to challenge global injustices at the heart of the current economic system. In terms of approach, I particularly value using creative and participatory methodologies, and experiential learning.  www.financialjustice.ie

Swansea, Wales.

I am a retired teacher educator working part-time as a writer, educator and activist. I have been involved in global justice education and ecological understanding since 1979. I ran a Development Education Centre from 1985-1991 and produced 10 teaching packs on "Humanity in the Environment" to bring issues of global and environmental concern to children in both primary and secondary schools. I was a trustee for the World Studies Trust for many years and worked extensively on The Global Teacher project across the UK and with my student teachers in Swansea. I n retirement I was an education consultant until Covid and worked with research into Social Care with a focus on Care in everyday life. I  continue to educate in schools and community working in classrooms and with teachers and producing articles for teachers and materials for children. I have been an active member of Extinction Rebellion since 2018. I am now a teacher of QiGong and a keen meditator.  

Manchester, UK

I'm the leader of an HE organisation and I'm trying hard to figure out how to apply donought economics in our system - which is built around growth models for survival. I'm sure there are other ways to think... 

UK

Chartered Electronics engineer (retired).  Interested in ecology. Currently working with the Safety Critical Systems Club of York University developing guidance documents for "Data Safety" and "Systems Approach to Safety of the Environment".  

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Founder of Make It Good which is dedicated to accelerating regenerative futures. Most recently part of the Oxfordshire Doughnut Project Team. Funded by Oxfordshire County Council and hosted by Aspire, the project seeks to accelerate understanding of Doughnut Economics in application across three core work streams - developing a preliminary data portrait as a springboard for engagement, understanding how to move from impact assessment to doughnut-informed Decision Making Wheel, and to consider how to begin to apply these tools to strategic economic planning in Oxfordshire.   

San Diego, CA

Hi I'm Nolan and I made my way here when I did some follow up research after hearing about the Doughnut on a podcast. I love the idea of a community that's focused on real world applicable economic thought, that takes into account the constraints that we have due to the natural world while also considering that there is a baseline that we as humans deserve to live by. I'd love to learn more about what others have done in their communities and to also start to contribute in my own!