Meet the DEAL Community

Brussel, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, België

Vanya has years of experience coordinating similar projects for Belgian and European organisations, and has a broad network in research and advocacy organisations favouring a just transition. He is now coördinator of Reset.Vlaanderen, the network towards a just transition in Flanders and Belgium. Reset.Vlaanderen is a Belgian (Flemish) civil society network that connects the labour, social and environmental movements. Reset.Vlaanderen has experience with initiating projects, doing research and organizing public campaigns supporting a socially just and environmentally sustainable transition. The work of Reset.Vlaanderen focuses on four focal points linked to the just transition: sustainable energy, circular economy and industry, financing and fiscal matters and inclusion and empowerment.

Berlin, Germany

Enthusiastic about 🎵 music, 🌞 nature and 🍃 change!  Human being, activist with Donut Berlin and fellow at Politics for Tomorrow, creating a Doughnut-Dashboard for the city of Berlin. Musician by heart. 

Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines

United Kingdom

Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

I'm passionate about securing wellbeing for everyone, as quickly as possible, and in ways that can persist for generations. My main focus these days is on monetary system reform, as it feels particularly urgent and hidden.

Uttoxeter, England, United Kingdom

Director of The Globe Group CIC and founder of The Globe Foundation, I am involved in developing place-based net zero programmes including the development of Staffordshire & Stoke Climate Commission and the Staffordshire & Stoke-On-Trent COP. 

Valparaíso, Región de Valparaíso, Chile

oy un consultor de innovación con un perfil híbrido en donde mezclo la tecnología, la innovación y la estrategia de negocio con el objetivo de acompañar a mis clientes en un proceso de transformación. Dentro de mi expertiz está poder fusionar diferentes herramientas como Diseño de servicios, Design Thinking, Agile y modelos de negocios (entre muchas otras) que sirven para conseguir esa transformación dual, esto quiere decir para seguir explorando y creciendo en nuevos mercados como también estableciendo las bases y los cimientos necesarios para que el negocio se mantenga en el tiempo.

Athens, Αττική, Greece

Hi there!  I'm French Cambodian and I recently moved from France to Athens, Greece with my family.  I look forward to connecting with people involved in the ecological transition in Greece.    I worked 10 years in Asia in private companies, Social enterprises and NGOs and more recently in France, in CSR and vocational training.  I'm passionate about facilitating collective intelligence in general and towards climate change mitigation actions in particular.  Raising awareness actions regarding climate change is also what drives me.  In France, being in touch with the Climate Fresk community and other communities was galvanizing so I'm looking forward to joining a local community in Athens. Let's meet up!     

Arundel, England, United Kingdom

I work in bidding for local authority and strategic highway clients in England. We are constantly reviewing and enhancing our offer and seeking ways to bring added value to our clients and we discovered the Doughnut Model which we believe will bring enormous benefits to our clients to support social value and climate change agendas.

Duwamish, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

I’m a mom and a filmmaker with a passion for learning, sharing and taking steps towards what it takes to have a sustainable peace for all! #IncreasethePeace #AcrosstheBridge #RiverCitySkatePark

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Project Manager from April 2022 - April 2023 | Thriving Cities Portrait for Glasgow More information about the project can be found here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/sustainablesolutions/ourprojects/gallant/city-portrait/ For enquiries regarding the Glasgow City Portrait, contact the Project Research Associate - Annika Hjelmskog.

Sion, Valais/Wallis, Suisse

I'm a concerned economist/project manager/teacher eager to join research or reflexion groups in Switzerland and Europe to develop projects within the 'doughnut economy" framework. I can work in French/English/German/Spanish. Hope to see you soon!

Leuven, Vlaanderen, Belgium

For 4 days a week I'm Senior Policy Officer for Systemic Change at the European Environmental Bureau - which is Europe's largest environmental non-profit. For 15 years now, I connect grassroots struggles for justice with the bigger economic system errors that really need to change. Educational background: master in geography (2002) & postgraduates in conflict studies (2003) + investigative journalism (2007). I've investigated environmental frontlines all over the world, both as journalist and for civil society and created the economic the transition cluster at the EEB . My opinion pieces (+-10 / year) appear in mainstream media and my third book, “Frontlines. Stories of Global Environmental Justice” was praised by influential thinkers and voted in the top ten climate books by climate activists globally. I'm Belgian and speak Dutch, French and English. Also love hiking, football and my kids & wife (not in that order)

Chandler, Arizona, United States of America

Deep thinker about the Future of Money, Business, and Economics. Everything to Everyone.

Flore, England, United Kingdom

Retiree but fully employed positive change junkie. Old Fart with a heart who’d love to be involved with systemic change that gives hope to my children and those that follow.

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

I am the director of a grant-making, time-bound initiative, seeking to catalyse renewed action and leverage new resources and commitments for children and families in Bulgaria. Over the past 20 years I worked to change child protection and care systems across the world, ending harmful practices like institutionalisation/use of orphanages and building up with communities and parents effective family strengthening and alternative family care services.

Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Hi, my name is Dorothee., program manager for MasterPeace, an international youth movement for a sustainable future. We inspire youngster to take action for their communities.

München, Bayern, Deutschland

Malmo, Skåne län, Sweden

I'm an enterprise transformation coach working with leaders within large organisations to change how their organisations are organised and operating.

Yerevan, Երևան, Armenia

Tim Etherington-Judge is the founder of Healthy Hospo, co-founder of Avallen Spirits, and co-founder of Lassou. A hospitality professional with more than twenty-five years’ experience at all levels of the industry - from tourist-spot coffee shop, to chef, award- winning bartender, bar manager and global ambassador for some of the world’s most recognisable spirits brands. After a severe mental health breakdown in 2016, Tim left Diageo to set up Healthy Hospo, his own not-for-profit company dedicated to building a healthier, happier hospitality industry around the world. His work in changing the conversation around health and wellness in the industry led to him being recognised as the 10th Most Influential Person in the Global Bar Industry in 2019. In May 2019 Tim followed his lifelong passion for sustainability and co-founded Avallen Spirits with Stephanie Jordan. Seeking to create the most planet positive spirits brand in the world, they launched Avallen Calvados as their product,

Seaham, England, United Kingdom

Community Resilience Worker East Durham

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Digital Anthropologist + Design Enthusiast

Dallas, Texas, United States of America

I am the author of *Runaway: Gregory Bateson, the Double Bind, and the Rise of Ecological Consciousness (University of North Carolina Press, 2017). I write regularly about the ecological imagination, the systems view, degrowth, and related matters at the Society for US Intellectual History Blog. I am on the History faculty at the University of North Texas at Dallas.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Associate Professor of Information and the Environment, University of Toronto  Author of https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/insolvent