Meet the DEAL Community

Lancaster, UK

Working as a self-employed independent freelancer since 1986, he has been involved in a wide variety of initiatives, including the founding, development and management of an organic food delivery company [Now Ruskin Vale Organics]. Michael moved to Lancaster in 2006 from South Devon. Since then he has played a major role in organising the North Lancashire Social Enterprise Network, including the co-organising of four annual Social Enterprise Festivals co-founded the Lancaster Community Car Club, now based at Halton Mill, founded the North Lancashire Community Land Trust developed a local spending tracker called with a team from Lancaster University and went on to play a critical role in a follow-on research project at Lancaster University: The Barter Project. He also designed, built and operated a project called The Food Loop Game, designed to support the local food economy in the Lancaster District and providing powerful feedback to customers on the power and benefit of their local food spend. In 2010 he founded a local business network: The Ethical Small Traders Association [ESTA] encouraging cross-sector collaboration between the private, community and public sectors. ESTA currently has 160 business, organisation and academic members. Michael has a passion for sustainable development and for exploring the interface between personal and organisational development. He is a trained counsellor and has nearly twenty years experience in public engagement via talks, workshops, presentations, facilitated events, forums, trainings and seminars. For the past decade he has been working on projects designed to model the local Lancaster District economy and provide real-time trading feedback to businesses and customers regarding the benefit of local spending. Recently he has been adopting and adapting Doughnut Economy ideas into his plaform for accelerating and supporting sustainable and equitalbe actions in the Lancaster area. This is an ongoing work in progress. In his spare time he is a salsa teacher and dance event manager-host.

Salt Spring Island

Facilitator versed in social innovation labs, complexity, human centered design, complexity and evaluation. MSc in strategic leadership towards sustainability   

Moray

A valued-led leader in education. Passionate about creativity, sustainability, skills for life  and learner voice. 

Fife, Scotland

I’m a retired Electronics Engineer having spent my career working for large and small enterprises. My experience has been mainly in product design and development. I have long believed that the present capitalist and growth driven economy models do not serve us well when considering wealth inequalities and planetary sustainability. I am inspired by the principles outlined by Doughnut Economics as a viable alternative approach and would like to help make this a reality. Whatever small way I can help progress the transition,  by providing technical support or otherwise will be step in the right direction.

Swansea

• Founder & CEO of 4 social tech businesses • Buzinet, Shire Web Dev, LocalEyes & VocalEyes • No 10’s Revolutionary Award Winner in 2008. (LocalEyes) • Local democracy, organising & budgeting platform, crowdfunded £350k on Ethex  (VocalEyes) • Eco Solutions Hub. (Inspiration Hub) • Growth & Partnership development (OnePlanet - current)

Sheffield

Interested in social justice and building adaptation and resilience in urban places. CEO of The Green Estate CIC and Co-Chair of the Yorkshire and Humber Climate Commission Adaptation and Resilience Panel. 

London

Listening to Kate Raworth at the launch of Architects Declare in 2019 was a pivotal moment in my life. Since then I have become an activist in the built environment, focusing on retrofit as a way to build social justice in our societies. I'm a coordinator in the Architects Climate Action Network, and have worked alongside others involved with DEAL including the ever inspirational Civic Square, Dark Matter Labs and others to deliver Retrofit Reimagined, a festival that took place in Birmingham in summer 2022, which was another pivotal moment in the direction of action in this space.    

Rwanda

Hinton, Ab Canada

Co-op champion and Well Being Economy advocate. 25+ years in traditional finance and 15+ years small business advisor experience working in the business training & coaching industry. Skilled in Financial and Risk Analysis, Budgeting, Management, Analytical Skills, Microsoft Office, and Customer Service.       

Barcelona

Professional, Creative Designer with a great balance of pure conceptual strategic thinking combined with pure Design crafting. Easy to work with, and a great team player. Working across all Design areas, from Branding, Packaging through to APP/Web UI/UX Design. Also very active in the sustainable/climate space..video editing for NGO's launch of kitchin.app which helps people prevent food waste in their kitchens.

Malaysia

25 years' environmental engineering team management and consultancy experience as a registered Professional Engineer (Civil / Environmental) globally.   B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Masters in Environmental Science, completing PhD in Aquaculture, trained in Sustainability Assessment.   Municipal, Commercial and Hazardous waste management, water/wastewater treatment, contaminated land, sustainability projects.   Aquaculture: giant freshwater prawn farmer in zero water exchange; marine aquaculture #IMTA Agriculture: agricultural waste bio-cycling to insect, feed / nutrition, AD biogas RE, fertilizer

Spain

I'm a Spanish architect that would like to learn and be of help to the extent of my abilities.       

Geneva, Switzerland

I am currently learning low-level programming (C language). In the near future, I would like to work in risk advisory for banks and trading companies as consultant employed by a major audit company. My dream job is to work as CTO in an energy trading company and help with the energy transition. Goal is to reduce dependency to oil and other fossil fuels, there are plenty of ways we can take action without getting mad at each other, that's what I believe.

Furry Creek, BC

Troy Glasner has over 25 years of experience in the sustainable building industry working on both the product side and consulting side of the industry. Troy is a LEED Accredited Professional for both LEED BD+C and Homes, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Green Rater GBCI (LEED for Homes) and a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor that focuses on residential and multi-unit residential energy evaluations and energy consulting. He has extensive experience in building science practices and focuses on developing high performance building envelopes geared towards zero energy consumption.   My focus is towards improving the world through Corporate Sustainability and helping create businesses with circularity as their main program for business to move forward. I believe in a Regenerative economy - one that helps the planet and humans versus hurting and harming our precious planet. 

Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

I'm the Manager of the team that works for the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.  We have been exploring the Doughnut model for a few years and are now trying to apply it through our next five year Management Plan for the area. 

Brighton

I am Christianne - based in Brighton (East Sussex, UK) I have recently started my consultancy business, Worlds Better, to help events and experiential industry business leaders with bespoke sustainability consultation and support. I offer strategic advice, knowledge and resource to make written sustainability policies become reality.

Sydney / Gadigal country

building digital products to accelerate the regenerative economy

Forest (Brussels)

Alessandro Caviggia is an accomplished independent procurement consultant and former Managing Director at Accenture Strategy & Consulting. Known for overseeing simultaneous engagements and managing client stakeholders across the C-suite, he boasts over 20 years of experience in the consulting and advisory domains with deep expertise in the FMCG sector and particularly Food and Beverage industries.  Leading transformative procurement projects, Alessandro has a track record of success in driving large-scale transformations and pre/post-merger integrations in the FMCG industry. He plays a pivotal role in bringing cost optimizations in COGS and SG&A areas and contributed to achieving substantial COGS spend and CO2 reduction in the spirits sectors through innovative procurement strategies and packaging portfolio harmonization.   In October 2023, Alessandro founded 3LittleGirls, on a mission to create a sustainable and efficient future for his 3 little girls and with them all future generations. Alessandro focuses on supporting companies that share the ambition of positively impacting the future of our planet. This includes:  ●    Consulting - Define, model and transform organisations towards a more sustainable and efficient future. ●    Ventures/Advisory - Advise, develop and invest in ideas fostering a more sustainable and circular world. ●    Better World - Support organisations in shifting towards an inclusive and sustainable economical model.

Netherlands

Be it driven by a midlife crisis, some disappointment in my exposure to businesses, or just the right time to reflect on my professional life, but I found my "vocation". After fiishing Roman Krznaric book "The Good Ancestor" it became clear to me that I need to come out of the observatory and commenting chair and live up to the occasion. I want to bring forward themes like nett positive, UNSDGs and Doughnut Economics to businesses and support them to transfer into the right business model, based on democratic leadership - aiming to become a certified SEMCO consultant soon.  Until now, I have proven to be a leader of continuously developing supply chain professionals and an effective and authentic people manager of procurement professionals. A true change agent and able to bring professionals to their next level. A desire to be a truly trusted leader and business partner, internally and of suppliers. Will contribute to sustainable sourcing or any other activity committed to a sustainable business policy.

Dresden, Germany

I am a recent graduate from Germany interested in how cities and communities try to implement Doughnut Economics into sustainability strategies. I studied Transformational Studies in Flensburg and wrote my Master thesis on how the city of Amsterdam is trying to use the Doughnut as part of their urban sustainability agenda. I also worked with the NELA Next Economy Lab (Bonn, GER) on a project producing educational material for NGOs und municipalities that are trying to put the Doughnut into action. 

South Africa

I work for a Tech fund that invests in social impact

Veracruz, Mexico

Economist from the Popular Autonomous University of the State of Puebla (UPAEP), with a Specialty in International Trade Negotiations from the College of Mexico, Master's Degree in Comparative Public Policies from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Mexico; and Master's in Business Administration from the Universidad del Valle de México (UVM). He is responsible for the 2030 Agenda Commission of the College of Economists of the State of Veracruz, within which the implementation, monitoring, follow-up, socialization and evaluation of the 2030 Agenda and 17 SDGs are followed up; to the voluntary reports of Mexico before the High Level Political Forum of the UN, and to the indicators of the national framework of the SDGs. He has been collaborating since 2014 as an online teacher at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in economics and political science subjects at UPAEP and in business subjects at UVM Online.; Mentor of My World Mexico, an initiative inspired and supported by the Action Campaign for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations; Project mentor for the Fintechs for inclusion program, in Shaping Horizons, an initiative promoted by the University of Cambridge, England; that seeks the promotion of innovation to overcome the challenges aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals beyond the country's borders.

Brooklyn

Originally from a small town in New Jersey, life has taken me around the world and back to where I currently reside in Brooklyn. A born entrepreneur, I built my first startup back during my final year at NYU, which we later sold. Currently, I work as a futurist, entrepreneur, and community organizer. Realizing the future of business is much more equitable and cooperative, I'm developing a multi-stakeholder co-op focused on sustainability. Utilizing cutting-edge organizational structures and profit-sharing, we are a self-managed, self-organizing company. Say hi if I can help in anyway :)

Colrain, Massachusetts, USA

I strive to sustainably integrate humanity and the rest of the natural world into a lasting, fair, and good combination. Inspired by Hazel Henderson and many others, I understand that there's room for all of us in making answers and making our future bright, and in enjoying the possible fruits of these efforts on our earth.