Meet the DEAL Community

San Clemente, CA

I'm extremely passionate about democratising the workplace and beleive it to be the jumping off point to a fairer and more responible society.

Hoylake, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

I’m founder of the Northern England Fibreshed, helping rebuild local agroecological textile systems. My specialism is botanical dyes, I’m a producer of British Indigo from Organic Woad at Homegrown Colour Ltd and teach from my studio, The Wild Dyery.  I grew, hand-spun, dyed and produced the U.K.’s first pair of  jeans as an act of creative rebellion against fast fashion during my experiment and now speak from my personal experiences of traditional textile skills and the ‘field to fashion’ process. Each year I offer the seed to cloth initiation to those wishing to embody regenerative principles. Practicing the pre-industrial textiles skills that clothed humanity for 30,000 years, reconnects participants to the wisdom of plants and to a time before ecocide. Once empowered with the agency to grow their own cloth, a revaluing of planetary materials and human labour occurs that negates waste consumerism and sanctifies fashion.

Cambridge, MA

I found DEAL through a colleague and was really taken by the ethos, message and action being taken. As a member of an Innovation Consulting firm focused on radical innovative change and brighter futures the DEAL Community is a no-brainer for my own personal interests and my work.  #innovation #sustainability #womenled #empoweringwomen #climatechange #innovationdistricts #community #equity #diversity 

Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom

Architecture and urban planning graduate on a mission to challenge & shift current dominant paradigms of consumption and capitalism through urbanism, design and community organisation. Also interested in art, music, culture and more obscure theories of urbanism - previous research endeavors include; walking as a research method, assemblage theory and the night-time economy.

Tarnowskie Góry (Poland)

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Angelika Jochemczyk-Cherni and I come from Tarnowskie Góry (city in the South of Poland). I have been a  German teacher since 2002 and I'm working in a secondary school in Zabrze.  I'm passionate about teaching, learning foreign languages and travelling. My passion for learning languages began 35 years ago, when I visited my grandparents in Germany. I decided not only to learn the German language but also to study it for becoming a teacher.  I really love my job and I could teach for hours and interact with my students. I like to build things. I use my classroom as a platform to make websites, write stories and create games that my students get to troubleshoot for me.  My second passion is travelling. Travelling gives me my greatest stories, most cherished memories and countless irreplaceable learnings. It teaches me about myself and other people. The most important thing that gives me travelling is to teach about humanity and gives me an appreciation, understanding and respect for different points of view and ways of life. And for travelling and understanding people I needed to learn not only German but also English, Italian and Tunisian. 

Brighton

I am an author, trainer, and consultant in the field of counselling and psychotherapy: a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton.  My latest book explores the contribution that counselling and psychotherapy theory and practice can make to wider social progress and justice: Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Towards a Progressive Vision for Society (Bristol University, 2023). It references doughnut economics quite extensively as a progressive and sustainable socio-economic model towards which psychological theories (and practice) can helpfully contribute. My other books include Existential Therapies (2nd ed., Sage, 2017), Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2nd ed., Sage, 2018), and Integrating Counselling and Psychotherapy: Directionality, Synergy, and Social Change (Sage, 2019).  My principal areas of research have been in shared decision-making/personalising therapy, and counselling for young people in schools. 

Rocklin, Ca

Hello All, poli sci undergrad now going for MBA to become an economist (12 years and 3 kids later). I see Doughnut Economics as a lifelong call to push through new thinking to the masses. Let’s do this!

Portugal

North Curry, Somerset, UK

Vicar of the Athelney Benefice

Chicago, IL

Sheffield

I'm a senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University with a passion for Employee ownership (EO). I see the doughnut and EO as a fantastic partnership.

I was introduced to DE during Kate Raworth's lecture at THNK.  I'm keen to cooperate on innovative projects and make a difference.

Quesnel, British Columbia. Canada

      Fitting in to the framework of “normal” has never been my goal. I’ve always tried to think outside of the box.      As a child I questioned things that just seemed wrong. Like growth. I used to say “Why do prices keep going up?  If everything stayed the same, we wouldn’t need growth. Everyone would be happy”. I actually remember talking to my parents about that around age 11. Naive little boy.       I wear many hats today. Farmer. Food processor. Public servant. Writer. Plus more. I grow garlic and make honey garlic hot sauces and seasonings under my farm name Oddball Garlic Co.       Agriculture has been industrialized to the detriment of the environment. I’m working “with” nature to replicate natural principles, to create a cycle of stages to feed successive organisms as material breaks down. No more plowing and tilling.     In a forest, dead material drops to the floor and feeds a self fertilizing system that’s gone on since the beginning of time. There is no waste. Only nutrients. 

Malaysia

#new business models.  I'm interested to try and use the DEAL approach to a new business we have set up called ME2WE which has been set up to try and shift mindsets. The goal is for  people to understanding the importance of diversity  leading to unity in order to address the bigger problems in the world. We are initially using eco-fashion to get brand awareness of the logo to drive the interest to learn more. I've been involved in many industries over the years in different parts of the world, but the one thing I have experienced, is that for the most past, the vast majority of people are good people, even though we are led to believe this is not the case. My belief is the good people coming together can do good things with a real purpose. I also want to show this can happen with a for profit successful business that can scale but in the right way.  Not bottom line focused but people / planet good focused.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

I am a geologist working at SEGEMAR (Argentina's Geological Survey), specializing in geological risks.

Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Professor of Science Education at Oregon State University. My work is in broadening participation is STEAM through a focus on place based education and enhanced family and community engagement in schooling.

México

My academic and professional life could be described as a kind of zigzag that pass through several fields of knowledge. At different points, I have been in contact with engineering, business management, semiology, cinema, drama, and design, the field I have explored the most and from where I currently ask and answer questions about how we live, behave and build the future. Some essential queries I would like to try to resolve as a service designer are: How might we approach data, computing capacity and technology to incorporate a more ethical design that looks out for and defend life and planetary regeneration? How might we create mechanisms to avoid technology invading our time and intimacy but still keep using it? What kind of design decisions should I make to prevent technology damage the dignity of human and non-human persons that live, have lived or will live on earth?

Lusaka, Zambia

Mr. Noah Chongo is a Development Practitioner, Environmental Conservationist and Socio-Ecological Researcher. He currently hold a Masters in Environmental Management from the University of Lusaka. He has also achieved a master level Quality Management advanced program from Saarbrucken University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Development Studies Degree from University of Zambia .Noah has managed landscape projects ranging from Forest Landscape Restoration, Governance Assessment of Protected Areas and Climate Change Adaptation. He is 18 years experienced in research, and Environmental Management, Water and Sanitation, and Quality Management, Multi-Stakeholder Engagement and facilitation. Noah is currently engaged as a Technical Executive Advisor at Climate Protection Zambia..Noah is a SER Member. @sustainability,@Planetaryhealth,@Ecologicalrestoration,@Climateprotection

London

Hello! I have been exposed with a variety of topics throughout my high school debate career. Decided to major in Economics because it gives me a deeper understanding of motivation and purpose of individuals/societies.  Graduated in Economics from King’s College London in 2022, satisfied with the opportunity to be able to explore a lot of economic history and political economy.  Currently passionate in economics, history, psychology, neuroscience and classic literature! I believe that we can do better for our world :)

Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico

Hello to everyone, my name is Alfonso Martinez. I am a Mexican businessperson who is deeply interested in circular economy and public policy. Actually, I lead the teams of a textile recycling company, Marves; a cardboard recycling company, Agrovim; and an used garments collecting company, Recolecto. I participate in another ventures related to sustainable purposes, working with local and international leading companies. I strongly believe that sustainable economic practices are crucial to creating a better future for our communities and I am committed to doing my part to make this vision a reality. I participate in private sector organizations locally and nationally. I'm excited to get involved in DEAL, learn and collaborate with others. 

Virginia, US

Llangynidr, South Wales, UK

Editor at Latin America Bureau - UK-based non-profit publisher and website conveying the voices of those working for progressive social change in Latin America. Lived in Chile and author of books on Coca-Cola workers and a returned refugee community in El Salvador. Interested in documenting and helping to promote Doughnut Economics projects and themes across Latin America

Chicago, Illinois

I have been a high school environmental science and biology teacher at Prosser Career Academy for 20 years. I try to teach science through the lens of individual health, social justice and global environmental issues. My students have taught me a lot, but I think the most important thing is that without a real caring relationship between people, learning cannot happen. It is personal and emotional, and if it isn’t, then people probably aren’t learning very much.  The non profit I run called Chicago Farm Lab allows me to teach authentic, hands-on lessons about plants and animals, ecology, sustainable agriculture, self sufficiency, examples of entrepreneurship in local agriculture and so much more.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK

Aware since I found the World Service when I was 9yrs old, that our way of living is fundamentally flawed.  Studied Permaculture and Sustainable Land Use at Ragmans Lane Farm with the amazing Patrick Whitefield and Sarah Pugh.  Now studying an in depth online course with the best title; "Towards a Cooperative Commonwealth - Transition in a Perilous Century"  Looking to help precipitate vital change :)