Meet the DEAL Community

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

I am a researcher and educator in sustainable enterprise at The Australian National University, Research School of Management.

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Engineer, researcher and business advisor with interests in building innovation ecosystems for sustainability.  Also documentary photographer currently working on the importance of repair and reuse.    

Orient, New York, United States of America

Locavore turned Climatarian.  Columnist "Climate Local Now" East End Beacon.  Co-founder Drawdown East End.  Participant in East End community engagement effort "Food Scrap Diversion to Compost" an initiative of the Peconic Bioregion Alliance.   Reducing Food Waste is a top Drawdown Solution.  A circular economy for food will help people, communities and nature thrive.

Agnes Street, Breakfast Creek, Queensland, Australia

I come from a finance background.  I quit my last corporate job to establish my own business that has more balance between finance and purpose.  I'm a climate change advocate, have completed studies in the Task Force for Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) & ThinkZero Carbon Literacy.  

Lima, Perú

Latina, Peruvian female (she/her/ella). Consultant, researcher and educator focused on strategic design, transformation and prosperity. I have an extensive experience in human-centred design, business model transformation and the design and application of innovation methodologies. I have a keen interest in systemic design, the SDGs, and creating positive impact and that's the main reason that brings me to the DEAL community.

Rawson, Chubut, Argentina

I am a university professor, at the University of Patagonia, my discipline is costs and management. For many years I have been researching local or territorial development processes, particularly those based on natural resources. This is how the book Rosquilla Economy came to be and after reading it I began to think about how to apply it in my region. I am in a group that tries to install in our country, the so-called "New Economies", (Circular Economy, Bioeconomy, Growth Theory and of course, The Donut)

Sunbury-on-Thames, England, United Kingdom

I am passionate about environmental issues and social justice in the world. I believe that everyone should have equal opportunities in life regardless of where they happen to be born or what background they come from. I am proactive in raising awareness of environmental  issues, climate change, renewable energy, microgrids and the energy, water and food nexus. I have a particular interest in the circular economy and how this can be used to reduce consumption in our modern world.

London, Ontario, Canada

I’m a connector, a catalyst, a coach, a mentor and a raving fan of local businesses and people who make a difference in our community every day. I delight in meaningful conversations with people to get to the heart of what makes them tick. I want to know how they got to where they are today, where they are heading with their careers , their companies, and their lives, and how we can help them address the gaps between their current and desired states. I value building community into these action plans as well.  I love helping people and organizations through transformative journeys, especially when the stakes are high and change is the only way forward. I value and strive for win-win outcomes, recognizing that managing relationships with key stakeholders is always a priority.  #smallbusiness #economicdevelopment #businessasaforceforgood #changeistheonlywayforward 

Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom

Having worked in HE teaching and consultancy for thirty years, mostly in NW Europe, I am currently writing a book with a colleague from Lancaster University Management School which explores the human and social aspects of project delivery from a practitioners standpoint.  The economic, social justice and environmental aspects of sustainability form a key part of our writing and this is what has drawn me to DEAL..  My training is in management, leadership and organisational development, both as a coach to individuals and groups and as an experiential learning practitioner delivering learning events to groups within organisations, both large corporates and smaller enterprises. Over the years I have been an active participant in the environmental movement, initially with Greenpeace and in the more recent past as a project worker in the Arctic Voice Project which aimed to initiate dialogue between schools and Communities in the Canadian and Greenland arctic with schools and communities I the UK.  Part of the fieldwork necessitated leading a party of sea kayakers through 1500 miles of the Canadian NW Passage in the process of visiting remote communities in as sustainable a way as we could practically deliver. I have a belief that a contributing factor in explaining and resolving our unsustainable ways of living is our dis-connection from nature and the natural world of which we are an integral part.  I have in the past used the outdoors as a medium and metaphor for facilitating learning about our relationships with ourselves, other people and our environment, how ever defined.     

London

Currently a full time #carer. Previously many things from #socialenterprise founder (mapping, connecting and regenerating eco-systems), global social impact consultant/mentor e..g. _SocialStarters, User Experience (#UX) researcher, workshop #facilitator/trainer (design thinking, social enterprise (e.g. On Purpose), games for autistic teenagers), start-up mentor (e.g. RSA), started a #PhD in Immersion/addiction in computer games (UCL), nominated to be a local #councillor, and an #ecommerce developer/account manager.  I sometimes play computer #games/VR, especially when recuperating from a bad bout of #M.E/CFS which I've had for 25+ years. Love walking and exploring #forests in all kinds of places.

Bø, Telemark, Norge

I use the "Doughnut" as my main inspiration for running my business. My business is building second hand shops. 

Kathmandu, मध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, Nepal

A social entrepreneur with a career focus on the synergy between sustainability and business. I mainly focus on scaling high-impact projects and strategies in challenging contexts, especially through translating vision into operation by instilling excellence and building & nurturing networks, coalitions, and communities of practice. 

South Devon Bioregion

I'm co-founder of the Bioregional Learning Centre. BLC led the collective that made the Doughnut economic and ecological analysis for Devon. This has produced a baseline for the county as well as 44 linked action pathways in the 22 domains or sectors that represent human and natural systems. For the past five years BLC has held the goal of a community-facing learning lab for climate resilience inspired by the vision of Donella Meadows which would serve both the South Devon Bioregion and the Devon Doughnut Collective.

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain

Sustainability and climate change consultant

Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

PlayLa.bZ Co-Founder, Hackstock Founder, PsychFi Artivist, Ravensbourne University London Honorary Fellow, Renegade Economist An experimental new media provocateur. Prior to PlayLa.bZ, he co-founded Korean holographic communications start-up DoubleMe, and launched the Award Winning & Worlds First HoloPortal™ at Ravensbourne University London. My work as a maker of psychedelic, pop culture reference & counter narrative multi-dimensional motion arts experiences has led to him being described by the Sunday Times as a ‘trippy hippy’ technologist 'Woke' by the Daily Mail and a transformative tech tinkerer. With a background in the motion arts at British Film Institute & National Film & Television Archive the UK's lead film organisation, helping open the IMAX in 1990s & award winning pioneer of web and social video with campaigns generating multi-million views & even saving teenage lives with YouTube brand funded storytelling, now a regular lecturer at Ravensbourne Screen School on Emerging Film Technology. Broke the world record for a live VR experience at Londons Comic Con. The British Red Cross collaboration playing on the Pyaramid stage at Glastonbury & recent createch collaborations featured at Museum of the Moving Image New York, V&A, Tate Modern, London Design Festival, Boomtown Festival, Aesthetica, MozFest, BBC Click & Oxford University Press.

West Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Albany, New York, United States of America

I am teaching a class in Sustainable Systems Thinking and broadening the concepts to regenerative practice. I have come across doughnut economics before, in other research, and I feel I need to delve deeper, now.  I am also currently the managing principal of the Albany office of a large A+E firm that has offices in several countries. I am an architect, and passionate about applying Nature's lessons in all I do. I love helping people consider the nested systems of influence to plan for real potential, and to implement plans well.

Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brasil

I'm a undergraduanting in forest engeneering at Federal University of São Carlos - campus Sorocaca, state of São Paulo, Brazil.  Sou graduando em engenharia florestal pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos, campus Sorocaba, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. 

Invermere, British Columbia, Canada

I live in Invermere BC on the traditional and unceeded territory of the Shuwap and Akisqnuk First Nation and the chosen homeland of the Columbia Valley Metis. I care deeply about my community and want to ensure it is here for future generations to enjoy the way I have.  I do contract work in the economic development field. I integrate sustainable practices in my approach to economic development. 

Calgary, Alberta

Anouk was appointed President of Decentralised Energy Canada (DEC) in 2003 and is one of North America's leading authorities on    Her continuous engagement with members and industry partners has contributed to the development of a national network of over 10,000 industry stakeholders. Through the design and implementation of innovation to commercialisation programs, she has ensured that DEC annually impacts over 50 small to medium sized businesses in Canada. The current focus of her innovation efforts are related to  and systems automation solutions with an emphasis on behind the fence energy generation. She has over 25 years of sustainable energy experience from working in the private sector, government, and academia. She lived and worked in the UK for 7 years where she conducted post-graduate research into  at the University of Leeds. She also served as the Senior Officer at Leeds City Council following the UK’s Home Energy Conservation Act (1995). Anouk has been recognised for her contributions to societal  , and including advancement of women in the workplace (Knovo Award 2016 and INSEAD Business as a Force for Good 2019) and has earned accolades for her leadership in environmental preservation (Emerald Award 2017 and Clean50 2020). She was born and currently resides in Calgary, Alberta and holds a B.Sc. in  from the University of Calgary.

Loughborough, England, United Kingdom

I am a mechanical engineer and university lecturer. I have 23 years of industrial experience researching, developing and designing critical engineering systems in the energy, aerospace, nuclear and marine industries. I also have 18 years of experience lecturing in engineering at university.  I have worked on projects that include development of equipment and solutions for wind and solar farms, fuel cell power systems, gas turbines, nuclear power stations, aeroplane engines, oil rigs,  large ships and submarines. In my work I have developed and used systems analysis and statistical methods to solve complex technical problems.  My passions include innovation in technology to support sustainable development. I believe that learning and  mastering STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are key to our  future prosperity.  I am a founding member of Radiant Consultancy Ltd https://radiant-consult.com/ which provides technical expertise and solutions for the transition to sustainable, reliable, secure and  universal supply of energy systems.  I am inspired by the ideas of Kate Raworth in her book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist.   The need for sustainable living within the means that the planet provides are at the centre of his development agenda. I have experience in a systems approach required to understand the interdependencies that exist in the complex world. 

Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Engaged in learning all about climate science and various solutions and scenarios to a clean eden future.

Jeddah Bypass Highway, جدة, منطقة مكة المكرمة, السعودية

16+ Years of experience working in the Environmental and Sustainability section in the mining sector, I’m deeply passionate about sustainable development specially in the mining sector, I still have a lot to learn about this field, I was proud to be involved in Mining Sector Sustainability Assurance Initiative as owner of the initiative, which aims to create a sector that is focused on balancing economic value, environmental protection and local community development.