Meet the DEAL Community

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, Bagmati Province, 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. 

Devon, England, United Kingdom

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.

Velsen-Zuid, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Niederlande

Hello, wonderful to be connected with you here on this platform. Thank you for following your curiosity to read more about me.  I am Vera, an inquisitive human being, eager to contribute to the #paradigmshifts that I feel are bound to happen, whether its a shift in our understanding and use of #power, our money system and the way we build our economies, or our conscious relation- and #partnershipwithnature. I believe that the change that we want to see wants to happen from the inside out, that we are asked to increase our #self-awareness in how we contribute both to the change we want to see but also acknowledge the responsibility for the damage that we inevitably create by being part of the current system and paradigm.  I believe we as humans have the capacity to both construct and destruct, co-create and destroy and all these sides of us want to be integrated and used consciously to create the change we want to see. I am a psychologist by profession, appreciative inquirer by nature and working in the field of organizational and personal development. For that matter I started my own company Dare to Imagine 4 years ago. Recently I took over the lead in organizing the Create Love in Business Congress series and would love to see any synergies we can create in the overlap of this congress series and this community here. I look forward to contribute to the Doghnut Economics Action Lab. Ideally I would love to be included in any research that is happening around questions like: What would be a narrative that is strong and compelling enough to allow us to move from extraction and domination of nature to something that allows for more balance and collaboration on eye-level with nature? In that light, how does nature in intact eco-systems organize itself and the value exchanges amongst its many different species? How does it balance competition with collaboration, self-interest with altruism, etc? What could we learn from these intact and flourishing eco-systems for our economy and money system and the paradigm shift that needs to happen there? And how can all of that be practically applied?  But also if you have other ideas on how we can create synergies based on your impression of me so far, please feel free to reach out to me and connect.

Brüssel, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgien

Max von Abendroth is a strategic leader, building ecosystems for change. He is currently working with MDIF (Media Development Investment Fund, New York & Bratislava) and WAPPP (World Association of PPP Units & Professionals, Geneva). His passion is to connect people and ideas across sectors and geographies to allow inclusive and collaborative alliances for systems change to emerge. Max is the former Executive Director of Dafne, the European umbrella organisation of philanthropy, representing 10,000 public benefit foundations across Europe, where he developed the interest representation of Europe’s philanthropy sector and created opportunities for new public private partnerships for the entire philanthropy sector, such as in the InvestEU programme. He is the initiator of the Philanthropy for Climate movement. 

Hamburg, Deutschland

I like to be in nature. I work in the #port and #logistics industry, where efficiency is the primary goal on which all efforts are focused. Sustainability is slowly arriving here. Occasionally, actors are embracing the principle of corporate sustainability. But the change in thinking is slow. In early 2022, I decide to study Environmental Management at the Fernuniversity Hagen beside my fulltime job as a marketeer at a consultancy firm specialised in global port consulting. I would like to help establish the Doughnut Economy approach in my sector and offer a substantial alternative to profit maximisation in corporate action. It is quite a journey, I know. We better get started. 

Veracruz, México

I live everyday trying to make the world a better place through my daily action as a citizen, enterpreneur and family member. I apply my knowledge in waste management, environmental education and conscious consumption, in a healthy food service along a sister and partner, with whom I share a love for a consciuos lifestyle, nutrition and sports.

Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

I am looking to make a career change to Climate. I quit my Corporate job a couple weeks ago. I am a Fellow in Terra.do's current cohort of Vaquitas. My goal is to deepen and broaden my understanding of the Climate change space so that I can figure out where and how I can contribute. 

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

impact driven product manager passionate about human centered design. Like to combine creativity and strategy to build durable solutions.