Meet the DEAL Community

Southampton

I'm a member of Transition Southampton and currently helping to set up Southampton Climate Action Network. I have an ongoing interest in the role of imagination and creative responses, through conversation and working in groups, in helping us all focus on the future we truly want. 

Vienna

I have always had an adversity to money, and talk about money. And I always thought the talk in newspapers etc about the economy was at the least weird, at the worst mean spirited.  I realise that our world is completely evolving around, and built for, money and its workings, and that what we get taught about economy is a scheme we are meant to stay put in. The fact that there seems to be a movement now that does not get squashed or peters out (at least not immediately) that seeks to change exactly these things about money and the economy, makes e enthusiastic about it. I came to this because of the writings of Kate Raworth, Piketty, Stephanie Kelton, George Monbiot, Rutger Bregman, BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network/basicincome.org) Evonomics.com Georgeo Simonetti and Margrit Kennedy. We MUST change, and this change needs to be from the ground up. Economy is ground work. 

Middlesbrough

I am a publisher based in Middlesbrough.  I founded Bok Bok Books, an independent publishing company that aims to address the need for diverse representation in children’s literature. 

I am an investor, entrepreneur and environmentalist dedicated to creating a fairer and more regenerative world economy that benefits everyone long term.  Currently, I'm part of an international team developing a Philanthropi  Eco rewards currency.

Montreal

Teach economics at Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as well as Kiuna Institution, an Indigenous college. Interests: Urban Economics, Jane Jacobs Economics, Innovation Economics, Indigenous Economic Development, Systems Analysis, Normative Economics, Ecological Economics. Ex-journalist. Writer. Panel moderator.  https://www.ipgbook.com/cities-matter-products-9781771863049.php https://book.innovatank.com/books/introduction-to-economics https://www.tiktok.com/@charlesalbertramsay/video/7159642471134285061?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=fr 

Houston, Texas

architect and educator, Global TeachSDG Ambassador

Manchester

Applied mathematician and Technologist, CEO and Founder of Automedi. A first-of-its-kind decentralised donut economy for plastics. Combining 11 different innovations to deliver an eco-positive, transformative service that remanufactures products from waste in as little as 25 minutes,     I'm joining the DEAL community to raise awareness and share our work to encourage other organisations to adopt transformative, equitable climate positive new economic models and enabling infrastructure.  

Chile, Coquimbo

Biólogo Marino, dedicado a la economía circular y la sostenibilidad del sector pesquero y acuícola de Chile y Latinoamérica. Gerente de MÁSMAR www.masmar.cl y director del Comité de Economía Circular de ALPESCAS (Alianza Latinoamericana de Pesca Sustentable). Co Fundador del programa Redes de América de ALPESCAS, dedicado al reciclaje de redes y aparejos de pesca y acuicultura en Latinoamérica y el Caribe www.alpescas.com

Oxford city.

Freiburg (im Breisgau), Germany

I work mostly as a consultant for democracy education and digital transformation at an educational institution in Baden-Württemberg and teach at a school in Freiburg. On the topic of progressive education in a culture of digitality, I write columns, give workshops, give lectures, organize and moderate events, and advise politicians and administrators. In terms of net policy, I am at home at D64 - Center for Digital Progress, where I was on the board from 2018 to 2022. Because I firmly believe that the Digital Transformation also needs a space for information, exchange, ideas and networking at the municipal level, I have joined forces with many like-minded people from the region to launch some events and networks. In addition, I am part of a group that founded the Institute for Progressive Examination Culture, in order to find progressive solutions for a central problem of the education system together with various actors. Because ecological, economic, political, democratic... problems are interrelated, I am looking for solutions.

Toronto

“I think music has a place encouraging climate action.” 

Gothenburg, Sweden

Toronto, Canada

I am a director and producer based in Canada. My company name is Moi & Dave.

Stavanger, Norway

I am working as an architect and urban planner in Stavanger Area in Southwestern Norway. This urban area currently transitions away from purely oil & gas business and try to develop a broader "Energy Capital" image of itself. Parts of this development leads to progressive urban planning, interesting low-energy new buildings. I have extensive experience both as an urban planner in the local authority, a project lead in urban development projects and I have already been a part of a couple of Dougnut Economics Initiatives in Stavanger area. 

Antwerp, Belgium

I am Mark Bollen, founder of WaterMark, #environmental engineer and #pragmatic #innovator. My goal is to help others realize their regenerative projects with inspiration, goal setting & tools & methods, while working on their first impact step. I focus mainly on climate change mitigation & adaptation & biodiversity loss. Open collaboration with multiple partners is crucial in my opinion. Together with a variety of purpose-driven entrepreneurs, collectives & organisations covering a variety of expertise we aim to build a new resilient world step by step, project by project.  After 15 years of engineering, consultancy & innovation in the waterworld (hence the name), I shifted my focus to #innovation,  future #foresight studies & facilitation of processes 5 years ago.  I have worked with corporations, public partners, organisations & knowledge institutes as well as small & medium enterprises in various sectors.  I have studied & worked on challenges related to #watermanagement, #environmentalimpact, #renewableenergy, #climatechangeadaptation, #resourcescarcity, new technologies, nature based solutions & circularity. I am a no-nonsense pragmatist that likes to help others realise their aspirations & dreams. 

Washington D.C.

Sustainability researcher and published author working at a large multinational. Eager to learn more about how to put the doughnut into practice in the corporate sector. 

Crediton

I am working to support transition in the land and water policy space through innovation and piloting new approaches

Nashville, TN

I am an Iowa native and ordained in the ELCA, currently studying economic and ecological justice, searching for ways to transform our world from our oppressive and exploitative capitalist ways to a future that puts people and planet front and center rather than profit. 

Sheffield

I am a GP with an interest in how we make health and social care sustainable, for our planet, and the workforce delivering care. I am convinced our best approach is a collective and involving approach to mutual support. People gain better health and wellbeing when they participate in looking after themselves and others. I recognise that at different points in life people need more or less support to achieve this, physically, mentally, socially, and emotionally.

Venice, Italy

I am the general manager of www.unismart.it Foundation that is part of the eco-system of Padua University www.unipd.it I also teach economics at www.iusve.it and I am one of the founders of www.scuoladieconomiacivile.it. Doughnut economics is very fitting with my interests, ideas and opinions. This is my full linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabio-poles-44469813/    

YO25 9UA

Specialist in the economic development of small towns and large villages. Director of Russell Studios Ltd.  The company has two focuses; firstly, regeneration through artist studios, where we give new life and purpose to disused and underused buildings, through restoring, marketing and managing them as creative spaces.  Secondly, a consulting role focuses on developing towns and villages that meet the needs of their whole community.  www.russell-studios.co.uk & www.completecommunities.co.uk

Northern California

For Gaul, her work is not just about a house, it’s about connecting deeply with what her clients need and what the house and larger community can offer them. She’s helped hundreds of families over the last five years find their forever homes, invest in properties they continue to build wealth in, and put roots down in the Solano County area. Striking an artful balance in these areas culminates in a deeper connection for her clients to the specialness of the places they call home – which is what Gaul’s life’s work has become.   Before finding her calling in Real Estate, Gaul explored her artistic talents and spent most of her career working on large scale community art installations. These projects connected her with a network of individuals that care so deeply for their cities and towns all up and down the west coast, and inspired her to understand more about what it takes to make a thriving community. In her journey she has built a team of well-respected lenders, tradespeople, marketing specialists, and creatives that make buying or selling a home with Gaul an efficient and effective process. She is a capable multi-tasker and problem-solver and is not shaken with the ever-changing conditions of the real estate market. Throughout your Real Estate relationship, Gaul will remain a calming, trustworthy, and competent advocate for you.   In her time outside of the office, Gaul creates sustainable support for animals in crisis during natural disasters through her work in co-founding the Benicia Dog Festival – a one day, fundraising event created in response to the wildfires of 2017 that so deeply affected our northern California animal residents. She serves as Board of Director for the Solano Association of Realtors, and is a member of the Women’s Council of Realtors.

Laikipia County, Kenya

Isle of Wight

I'm an ecologist working in the construction industry, with increasing interest in circular economy work and sustainable finance to address the drivers of climate change and biodiversity loss. Whilst these both offer hope, Doughnut Economic thinking has really grabbed my attention because it captures the holistic approach needed for truly sustainable living, and thus I wish to promote it within my lines of work.