Meet the DEAL Community

Letchworth

Professional Senior Scientist with a background in chemistry and materials engineering. Currently working on a range of projects to include recycled material into standard products.  Please feel free to drop me a line or connect.

Germany

I studied economics and started questioning the economic models. This is how I first learned about the donut economy - a new approach which I find very inspiring. I want to help spread the word and make people aware that there are different approaches besides capitalisms out there - more social more sustainable. Less is more and growth is not always the solution for everything. We need to understand to give and let those societies grow which really need it. I'm very much interested in city projects like the one in Amsterdam which apply the donut approach for the first time. Those are projects which really inspire and show that different ways are possible.   

Buenos Aires

Palmerston North, New Zealand

Kia ora! I am involved in long-term city planning and interested in connecting with other people who have applied the doughnut economics model, especially to small/med city settings (100k<). I am also currently finishing a Master of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Massey and so also keen to meet with others who have had some success in localising the SDGs.   #cityplanning #longtermplanning #strategy #policy #urban #community #sustainability  

Sheffield

A recent Chinese & Economics graduate from the University of Leeds. I was first introduced to the concept of the 'Doughnut' when studying macroeconomics during my degree. 

Bodegraven, the Netherlands

Luxembourg, Belval

I work with complex systems, wicked challenges and uncertainties. This is mostly connected to regional development, where I identify connections between industries, sectors, organisations and people. I do all this to understand how things work in our societies and explore ways to initiate exchange and collaboration between diverse actors. I helped out in different sustainable development projects around Europe (Sweden, France, Switzerland and Luxembourg). My current mission: Contributing to sustainable development in Luxembourg - and thus also globally. Hit me up! Partnerships and Collaboration are key for the transition we need. Let´s start now! Send me a request or contact me on LinkedIn. I am happy to hear from you!    

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

My name is Jeremy Chong and I am a finance graduate from City University of Malaysia. What sparked my interest in finance is the integral role it plays within an organization that helps in decision-making and supporting sustainable growth.

Philadelphia, USA

Dr. Steve Sassaman (he/they/ki) is an experiential educator and researcher whose work is centered on enhancing community interdependence and healthy relationships with our more-than-human kin. Sassaman works at Temple University as the Assistant Director for Recreation, Outdoor Education, & Wellness at the Ambler Campus and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health. Sassaman completed a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education at Prescott College where he continues to learn with the Adventure- and Nature-Based Counseling Program as a field-intensive instructor.

Belgium

Consultant and teacher at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, I am passionate about strategy issues in public and non-market organizations.

Germany

Having worked as an organisational culture and change creator, I am now moving into sustainability consulting while working towards becoming a regenerative practitioner. I work remotely for a New Zealand based environmental engineering and science company, which has been an incredible journey in terms of learning from indigenous science, and how to respectfully incorporate that in our approach.  My mission is empowering people and creating change, this is why I founded CM Space, a company with which I´d like to experiment with regenerative ways of being in business and help others to do the same! 

Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada

Isafjordur, Vestfirðir, Iceland

Bjärred, Skåne län, Sverige

Swedish Finance professional who wants to do his part towards a more sustainable future, so that our son doesn’t have to deal with previous generations’ climate debt.

Kampala, Uganda

Transformational leader and change maker based in Kampala Uganda. I am a Pan-African Social Justice Activist, Co-founder and Programmes Director at Outcast Activists Forum-Uganda. My passion is transforming the lives of people facing vulnerabilit and marginalization.

Vilnius, Vilniaus apskritis, Lithuania

I'm a senior researcher specializing in inclusive and transformative education policies, sustainable development and 21st-century skill development with a passion for youth work and democratization. I'm curious to learn more about regenerative economics, doughnut economics and plantetary boundaries, and incorporating these concepts into my work as a consultant and researcher in education and green transitions.

Ipoh, Perak

Hi DEAL Community. I am currently leading the Doughnut Economics Initiative for Ipoh together with the Mayor of Ipoh, Dato, Rumaizi.  Our core team comprises personnel from Ipoh City Council and Institut Darul Ridzuan, state of Perak think tank. We had the greatest pleasure of having Kate with us here on the 23 August 2022, during Perak Sejahtera 2030: State Leadership Summit 2022. Our Doughnut Economics journey started in February 2022. Ipoh as Doughnut Economics City is set as one of Perak Sejahtera 2030 flaghsip program. Perak Sejahtera 2030 is Perak's development blueprint recently launched by the Chief Minister, Dato' Seri Saarani, on the 15th of June 2022.  We are excited to be part of this community and eager to share and enter into conversations with communities from around the world. #cityportrait #answeringthe4lenses 

Ljubljana, Osrednjeslovenska, Slovenia

Stockholm

People are beginning to understand the movement of change. As Head of Sweden´s Energy Communites NGO, I want to bring these people together. We ensure that initiators of Energy Communities get access to the technology solutions needed and match models to the various needs that are emerging in energy communities. In this way, new spaces are created for collaboration and collective action. In that is our opportunity.

Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand

As a regenerative community development worker in Mangere NZ for 30 years firstly ME Family Services as an integrated response to empower our families to engage and build community; and currently as 'redhawk regeneration' working with this reclaim ourselves as thriving resilient and regeneration p[laces and people

New York City

I'm a dad who wants to do everything in his power to ensure his kids grow up on a livable planet.   I grew up in Vermont, where a love of nature and a zeal for proper seasons -- cold, snowy winters; wet green springs, warm (but not unenjoyable hot) summers; and clear crisp falls -- was our birthright and the wellspring of our economy.   By day I work in tech sales and dream of founding/joining a coop that leads the shift towards a sustainable circular economy.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Currently an MBA student, run my own business 

Valinhos, São Paulo, Brasil

Valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

I am an entrepreneurial environmental politics graduate who is ready to dedicate my career to system change toward a more regenerative and redistributive economy.