Meet the DEAL Community

Leuven

I’m a graduated economics student from KU Leuven in Belgium, having started my career in financial audit of financial service organizations in 2019. I’m specifically concerned with a redesign of the financial sector.

Sao Paulo - Brazil

Marina is a political scientist specialized in the fields of human rights, public policy, public administration and political communications. Her work in NGOs and governments throughout the world aims to encourage evidence-based policymaking and radical systems changes for a better, just world. She’s lived in the US, France, Brazil and Costa Rica. She graduated in Political Science at Brown University, with an award-winning thesis about restorative justice in Latin America and has an MBA in Public Administration from Insper. She currently co-leads Communications and Narratives at the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and is building the WEAll Brazil Hub.

Chorleywood, Herts

Umea Sweden

Architect, educator and entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Parti Design, a multidisciplinary design practice working with participatory design and systems innovation for regenerative placemaking.  

Tilaran, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Steven Greenleaf is President of Fundación Esperanza Aplicada (Applied Hope Foundation), a non-profit dedicated to supporting people and projects focused on restorative and sustainable practices, and entrepreneurship in Costa Rica, Latin America and beyond. Steven Greenleaf is also Director of Greenleaf Education Costa Rica S.A. (GECR). GECR offers courses in environmental leadership, environmental project planning and management, and environmental problem solving.  Steven was the Senior Technical Advisor to the Minister of Legal Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and  was the Chairman of the Congress of the People (a partner in the coalition government of Trinidad and Tobago) Green Policy Committee. Steven was also the President of the Caribbean Institute of Sustainability, a non profit organization dedicated to the sustainable development and protection of the environment. Steven has worked in Natural Resource Management, Environmental Education, and Green Building.

TURKEY İSTANBUL

I am a pedagog and psychological counselor, an ex human resources development manager and an advocate of education for sustainability. I am  impressed by the doughnut economy principles for two years. I believe in the importance of social and emotional learning skills  as core for envisioning and leading change. I am engaged to design an education program for high school learners, called POTENTIA Human 4.0, to develop sustainability competencies and driving value judgements for catalysing change steps toward a safer and fairer future world. The program aims to guide corporations for social impacts adding real value, as sharing responsibility for developing younster as tomorrow's transformative authentic leaders, serving for common good.

surquillo, lima, peru

AMOR y mucho amor

Brabazon, Bristol

I am founder of Business on Purpose and have been in business for more than 20 years helping companies transform the way they work.   I also spent 5 years doing community development in Africa and a further 5 years in environmental services.   These experiences are now helping clients assess and improve their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) utilising the B Corp process and B Impact Assessment.   Having supported more than 150 clients across a range of sizes and sectors, as a qualified B Leader and also being B Corp Certified, I am delighted to provide support how, where and when it is needed to help any business to measure and improve their social and environmental impact.

Bariloche . Argentina

I m a change maker in organizations, organizational coach focus in agile methodologies and others new models which approach us to the transformation we are needing as a society. Now I m working in big organizations such as Banks or inssurance companies. Also working as trainer and speaker in agility matters.  During 7 years I work as  Organizational Coach of Engineering with our Border Argentina (an ONG with social focus) In 2017 I went to Capetown and attend to  the Presencing Foundation course so I m also familiar with Otto Scharmer s approach.  During 2020 I move from Buenos Aires to Bariloche in the Patagonia, searching a more meaningful way of leaving, connected with nature and sustainability. In these days I feel the need to reconnect with Kate book (I ve read it a few years ago) and thats lead me here.  I m specially interested in learning and connect with others that have the same concern face the challenge our generation is facing to turn into a more organic and collaborative mindset .

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.