Meet the DEAL Community

Putney, England, Regno Unito

Originally from Italy, I have been living in London for about nine years now. I have eclectic working experiences, coming from a line of environmental engineering (wastewater treatment) and inventorship, I studied art and humanities and I am now an artist and a freelance photographer. To bring bread to the table I work in food distribution and in customer oriented environments since I moved to UK, although last year I founded with like-minded people Alberea, a start up and b-corp that aims to plant 15 million trees by 2030, in order to fight desertification in the Mediterranean area while helping other business to move to more sustainable practices and creating a cultural momentum around environmental emergency awareness.

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

I’m a third-gen Angeleno who was taught surfing from my father at a young age. Perhaps that’s why I have such reverence for the sea. Also love jazz & dogs (especially my 10-year-old boxer pit, Pacino).

Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia

I am a academician, homeopathic practitioner advocating sustainability. Passionate about making a change in the community with the Sustainable Development Goals. Thinks globally and acts locally.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I am a clinical epidemiologist at a teaching hospital in the south end of Kuala Lumpur. Interests in public policy, social inclusion, ethics and sustainable development.

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

Always technology and science-driven, I would describe myself as a very restlessness person eager to learn new things, to be able to reach new goals and very comfortable in changing environments and situations. At professional level I would highlight my creativity and analytic capacity to understand process, context and circumstances, to fragment them into more understandable blocks and to rephrase them as needed to become their optimal version. I guess as an engineer I always have this background idea of wanting to find solutions and to fix problems. At personal level I would describe myself as a very communicative person with very high capacity to establish bonds with peers and with clients based on a mixture of transparency, consensus and empathy together by leading through the example. At a team level I try to become the enabler person that gets things done and blockers removed to facilitate the work of the team. My aims and passions are much related with nature and travelling.

Shaftesbury, England, United Kingdom

I am Shaftesbury's Town Clerk and also studying a Community Governance degree to help my community to thrive.

Lisboa, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Portugal

Cátia Arnaut is a result driven, self-motivated and resourceful CxO Manager, with over 18 year experience in the Telecommunication and IT Industry across different markets – Europe, Middle East and Africa. Currently undertaking a PhD on alternative economic development models

Holland, Michigan, United States of America

Virginia is a solo-mama of a 4 year old daughter, a trauma survivor, a singer and Chief Listening Officer of Amplify The Heart. Virginia sees "business" as potential pathway to sustainability, lessening the suffering of the planet through the work that we make and the energy we contribute to the future we are all co-creating. Virginia is a current student of the science of compassion at Stanford University CCARE's Applied Compassion Training Program. Her studies of Polyvagal Theory and the practice of Circling Method have given her a keen understanding of the dynamics of mind/body in relationship, which she brings with her, always, as she holds space as a group facilitator and internal experience guide. She is learning how to grow vegetables.

Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Hi, I'm Diane. I'm a permaculturist and a co-founder (with my partner Mark) of The GREEN Team Canterbury (on Facebook). With our goods recycling initiative, we are striving to prevent the waste of usable, recyclable and upcyclable items and help create a circular economy in our university city of Canterbury in Kent, UK. We also are creating permaculture gardens on the council land around the council flat we live in and do maintenance and clear ups of fly tipping/litter around the estate of Hales Place we live in, and strive to build community here. I have joined as I had heard of donut economics and just watched a great video discussion with Caroline Lucas hosting. It seems like an important part of the solution.

Newham, Victoria, Australia

I am a regenerative sport pracitioner. I have founded a small consultancy to support sport to become regenerative and to form climate active partnerships. I use a nature based lens and I am using the donut to work collaboratively with sports organisations and their stakeholders to apply different thinking to their work.  

台北市, 臺北市, 台灣

Founder of Musu Zero Waste.

Stanhope, England, United Kingdom

After a career in health services management and consultancy/coaching I have retired from professional work. I now have more time to develop my interests in archaeology, natural history and ecology.

Girona, Catalunya, España

I'm a visual artist working on natural dynamics based on form -function relation. I start with a photographic work based on water contemplation 25 years ago, it became a work with fractals, finally it became a conceptual work about the nature of flow

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Leader at the open innovation arena at Volvo Cars with the purpose prepare Volvo into preferable futures

London Borough of Camden, England, United Kingdom

Concept developer - EQ: equinoxes as Earth Action Days: Singer & Actor (creator of Scrap & Scratch Operas for children): Cycle Route Planner - London's First Cycle Route 1977, now Cycle Orbital, being 800 miles of recreational riding round the capital: https://london-cycle-orbital.org.uk/

Rovereto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italia

High School Science Teacher

Austin, Texas, United States of America

I’m a 30 year small business owner with a history of organizing a unique membership collective into an LLC structure. This also happened to be the first of the modern roller derby leagues- Texas Roller Derby (TXRD). I retain my interest in new economies, micro/solo businesses and making agreements. I also enjoy riding my ebike around Austin.

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Pursuing a masters in Ecological Economics at the University of Leeds. 2021 Marshall Scholar. Interests include: degrowth, global economic governance, political philosophy, international relations.

Ciudad de México, Estado de México, México

Hi! My name is Karla, I am Mechatronics Engineer studying for a second Bachelor's in Economics and a Master's in Energy. Since I was studying in university I realized the importance of implementing sustainable development in our current society and the immediate urgency to work for fulfilling the Paris Agreement. Therefore, I created a youtube channel focus on sustainable teaching as well as working for the energy transition to renewables systems and the boost of doughnut economics.

Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, España

I'm a father of 3 working in the different Digital waves as a Design Strategist, Technologist and Change Agent for big companies and startups for more than 25 years. I've been working in Fjord, Accenture, World Economic Forum and I'm a Fellow of Aspen Institute. I have built teams, companies and I share my experience mentoring executives and in talks, business schools and creative communities. I could say I have been successful in changing the mindset of many people in companies, but in the end, when it comes to business, everything is about growth so I believe that the way many businesses talk about Sustainability is a placebo to free people from guilt and keep business as usual. We need humility, generosity, imagination and experienced people to make change real. In my position as a creative person surrounded by students and senior people, I feel I have a privileged view to learn from different worldviews mixing the future and the experience and connect them.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

I am an Urban Planner with a focus on Social Planning and Community Participation and Engagement. I am personally eager to figure out how we can make our food systems more sustainable and enable city-dwellers to live with a lighter-touch on our environment whilst contributing to positive social change.

Denmark, Western Australia, Australia

Juliet lives on a farm in the Shire of Denmark WA with her family. As an economist with complementary qualifications in Community Service and Community Welfare Work, she seeks to empower and enable regional communities.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I run Sumeru Books, Canada's leading independent Buddhist book publisher.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

I am a student at the University of Leeds studying environmental sustainability and mangement I am thoroughly interested in getting involved in the DEAL community and would love to work with and befriend like-minded individuals who want to help aid the transition to a more sustainable world.