Meet the DEAL Community

Cycling the world to meet regenerative entrepeneurs! Now in Italy.

Hi Deal members, My name is Benjamin. I’m from France. Founder of a non profit organization called “Trees On The Way”. I’m cycling the world to meet positive impact / regenerative entrepreneurs in order to write a book and make a documentary.  Active in favor of the living world since 2006 and a shift with the documentary called "An Inconvenient Truth", I have different experiences like working in EVs, helping organizing as a volunteer a "COP" for students, organizing climate workshops, ...  Apart from that, I love travelling and being in nature, meeting new people, sharing great moments and discussions and sport (cycling of course but also tennis, hiking, …). 

Cagliari, Italy

I am interested in exploring the possibilities of doughnout economics. I dream of a world where wellbeing and ecology are prioritised over GDP growth, and I would love to connect with likeminded people and communities.  I have expertise in training and facilitation, research, writing and project management which I would like to put to good use in support of the doughnut economics action lab.

London

I work in The Trampery Poplar Works, is a partnership between Poplar HARCA, London College of Fashion, UAL and The Trampery. All three organisations have worked together to bring something unique to the space. We’ve been supported by the Mayor of London and are part of the Fashion District.  The idea was to bring fashion back to its spiritual home in East London by building a hub that would help small businesses to grow and create employment in Poplar. We wanted East Londoners to benefit from the growth in the fashion industry taking place on their doorstep. Poplar Works was built on the site of under-used garages on the Aberfeldy and Teviot Estates in Poplar, utilising a difficult site to create much needed space for work and culture. And! I have a Ethical lingerie Brand, UMA Intimates that I created in Barcelona and now I'm bringing UMA to London!

Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Born and raised in Costa Rica.  Currently working as Project Coordinator for Costa Rica Regenerativa/UCI.  www.costaricaregenerativa.org

Uttarakhand India

An urge to learn, unlearn and upskill myself.I like to take up every opportunity and gain experience. I am focused on domains related to economics, business, econometrics, public policy and international relations. 

Austria

Interested in progressive sociology and economic reform 

London - Lambeth

Architect, Thinker, parent, urban creature committed to not leaving a total mess for the next generations...

High Peak

I am a creative entrepreneur initiating and delivering creative projects, embedding co-design and participation at the heart of my practice. I introduce an extensive network of community groups, creative practitioners, policy makers and local organisations to makers, artists and students and work directly with them to creatively engage in urban processes and project development. My experience is largely working with local authorities and other public sector bodies across the North of England.

Kraków, Poland

I am Sustainability Experience Strategist, working directly with businesses on developing new services and business models. In my work, I am using Service Design, Design Thinking, and Systems Thinking to address the challenges of the current and future. In the community, I am looking for opportunities to collaborate, and learn from like-minded people.          

Consett, County Durham

A semi retired business consultant who's done a stint in academia, specialising in leadership, trust and critical thinking. I've been so depressed at the almost inevitable and unstoppable self-interest in the current national governance regime and capitalism more generally. I'd love to support the DEAL process in bringing some common sense to how our world is managed.

Los Angeles

I start small  business and social co-ops / political advocacy groups. My interest is in helping to ease the transition to a, End of Scarcity, model.  My main concerns, are in training and system shock. I hope to develop, reliable transition systems, that serve as a proof of concept, and show greater efficiency then standard profit/loss models. I am a thermodynamic engineer, and have a studied interest in, thermo-economics thermo-information, game theory, cybernetics (or control theory if you like), and so on. I also have a specific fascination with chaotic systems. I prefer systems with extreme tipping points, and like to have self-organization baked in.   I am philosophically (and practically) an absurdist. How ever,  I do anchor myself with my own brand of utilitarianism, I call option utilitarianism. This is from where I derive my general sense of value.    A self quote: "Shits, weird, and it's only getting weirder. I mean, it's like, do have something else better to do ?"     

Gabon

After 20 years working as HSE in mining and oils and gas , i 'm now dedicated to protect our common future from the disaster. in africa we don't give much importance to the problems of ecological footprint versus biocapacity causing climate disturbances and other consequences. I decided to dedicate myself to this issue to show that we are wrong to remain on the sidelines of this problem especially since our economy is dependent on those of Western countries. It is therefore necessary to talk about it to allow a self-criticism of our way of doing the economic in a context where the limits of conditions of habitability of the earth are being exploded one by one.

Menai Bridge

I am currently studying MSc Food Security and Natural Resources at CAT I'm interested in everything to do with the agri-food system in the UK and globally and strongly believe in the power of the Doughnut and the potential it has to bring humanity within planetary boundaries.   In regards to the current food system I believe that alternative economics are key to creating a just and regenerative food system that supports stakeholders and participants at all levels, while also restoring and giving back to the natural world. Modern economic theory with its strong capitalist leanings and emphasis on globalisation does not work for the production, consumption and disposal of food, and we desparately need to create environments for alternative ways of thinking and being.        

Hyogo Prefecture

I'm Japanese University student and my major is economics.  I'm a member of orchestra club and I like playing the Violine. I also like reading nobel. Nice to meet you!!

Brazil

  I am specialist in New Narratives that support the economic, environmental and social transition, with studies at Schumacher College (UK) and at Gaia Education.  Besides studies in permaculture and mindfulness.  For the last years, I have been working with projects in youth productivity inclusion and at the Climate Smart Institute building awareness to rural communities at the brazilian Cerrado. 

London, UK

I'm Lucy, learning designer, facilitator, systems change practitioner, and co-founder of The Slow Work Garden, a collective of learning designers, facilitators and practitioners dedicated to the design and living of 'slow work' – something we feel is essential to organisational, social and environmental wellbeing. At The Slow Work Garden, we're interested in how slowing down our lives and work and reconnecting our inner and outer worlds might help us to sit with the anxieties of our souls, work from a place of love rather than fear, and make better decisions for people and planet.

U.K.

With 15 years in fast-paced SaaS startups, I’m used to grabbing the proverbial shovel every time it is and helping the business where it needs it most. I always learnt something in the process. I have a wide knowledge base, yet my speciality is assisting others in working together more effectively. No business runs smoothly, especially when scaling. To do so it doesn't need people, it needs teams truly working together. Looking back, all my roles can be summed up as ‘Team Troubleshooter.’ What I’ve seen is that when a startup scales, regardless of how great its culture is, it falls apart. The current systems and processes can't handle the workload and pace. It leads to disruptions and delays, just when the organization needs speed. I’m great at: --> Asking tough questions when people need to work through things. --> Seeing the systems. Your business is many systems interacting, I work out how. --> Making things work: I find lean solutions, break tasks down and get to work. I do this by connecting individually, building a picture of the system and working with the team to rebuild or improve. I've achieved this in every team I've worked with by fostering an environment where everyone thrives. Following two redundancies, I decided to assist startups on the cusp of scaling to improve their chances of success by sharing my skills. My purpose is to empower startups to scale by creating the foundation systems & processes that preserve the culture they are proud of. Drawing from 20 years of experience building highly effective teams for startups and corporate, I help you: ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATIONS OF YOUR CULTURE  -> Design your best team and culture so that both your team and your business thrive -> Define the components of your culture: your core values, purpose and behaviours -> Design decision-making frameworks that keep you aligned with your mission -> Establish the foundation processes for an independent and innovative team EMBED YOUR CULTURE IN YOUR PEOPLE OPERATIONS -> Create a strategy and processes so that you deliver as you scale -> Optimise your operations and the value of your business by establishing processes in line with your values -> Build your People Operations, from recruitment to exit and everything in between -> Embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into everything you do -> Define your employer's brand -> Debug cultural issues that are the results of rapid growth -> Upskill line managers so that they can build effective teams Book a call: https://calendly.com/your_journey/purposeful

Turrialba, Costa Rica

I am an Environmental Engenier, I was educated in the "sustainable" movement, but now that I discovered the regenerative development, I am convinced that we need to change our practices and our vision from the "sustainable" to a regenerative vision in order to thrive as a whole comunity of living creatures. I work in a municipality in Costa Rica, and part of my time as a consultant too. I love the doughnut concept, and the integrality that it represent in order to be just and inclusive to the whole.  Best regards DEAL Community,

Spain

I'm a former cook turned to researcher, working in Fundació Alícia, based in Spain. I work mainly in territory and heritage centered projects, and I'm interested in sustainable food systems and finding solutions to our actual food problems.   

china

Quito, Ecuador

MSc Environment - University of Melbourne - Certified Expert Sustainable Finance - E&S Risk Management

Northumberland

Thanks for having me. Im Angie , I live on the Northumberland coast , migrating a decade ago from Warks and a exhausting corporate career . I built three micro businesses making up financial and operational rules in that decade and now am looking to learn , connect and use new knowledge in my work and community. I am a coach and trustee too . 

Lisbon

After graduating in Engineering, I started working in a green economy fund (mainly managing deals involving GreenEnergy) and then landed in the world of strategy consultancy. During this last period, I developed the first start-up in the alcohol spirits world (Gingarby based in Milan), which convinced me to invest my time more in an entrepreneurial/adventurer career than a managerial/white-collar one. This gave me the push to open a second startup company in the plant-based industry located in Los Angeles. In all this, I am a great lover of art and nature, thanks to the education received from my mother and artist Beatrice Ercoli. I became passionate about plant-based for environmental reasons considering that seven years ago, while I was surfing in Indonesia, I found a wave of plastic, and I said to myself, "OMG, we are destroying our world, and all this mainly for consumerist and superficial purposes, I CANT' BE PART OF THIS." Plant-based is one of the solutions to the climate crisis (together with the increase in the use of public transport, energy savings in conjunction with the generation of energy from renewable sources, decreased rate of deforestation, and improvement of green buildings) and given that I love food, I love dairy-free GELATO (I don't digest ice cream with dairy products) and I love NATURE… I said to myself, "let's open Alokino Gelato & Co. 100% plant-based, NON-GMO, and Handcrafted." My everyday motivation is to be part of an entrepreneurial movement that is aware, humble, and in support of humanity and the environment. We have two homes, our bodies, and our land. We need to take care of them.

Luxembourg

Entrepreneur and founder of a BCorp. Looking for tools to work with the local community.