ChiDEC - Chicagoland Doughnut Economics Coalition
ChiDEC promotes and facilitates Chicagoland activity related to Doughnut Economics. This includes facilitating synergy between various existing Chicago area organizations, and promoting a regenerative/circular and redistributive/wellbeing/social equity economy. We are currently organized into four areas of support/action, using tools provided by the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL):
- Data Portrait of Place (any level)
- Grassroots, neighborhood, community
- Local governments
- Businesses
Our activities are all related to promoting the use of Doughnut Economics in the Chicago area, and promoting the work of other organizations contributing to a regenerative and redistributive economy. We will work towards integrating Doughnut Economics with the initiatives of other organizations – where there is compatibility. Activities may include: holding informational sessions, online workshops, and social gatherings.
We intend to work with community groups, local government, businesses, educational institutions, and NGOs located in the Chicago area.
Activities & Services
Public Declaration
We affirm that that our vision, values, and ways of working are aligned with those of Doughnut Economics.
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Anyone with a meaningful connection to our purpose is very welcome to join us - we’d love to hear from you!
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Julie Wang
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Katy Osborn
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Jeremy Robinson
Mundelein, Illinois, United States
Continuous Improvement Leader | Relentlessly Pursuing Improvements that Benefit Organizations and Humans | Co-Founder of Human CI Practicing Continuous Improvement to drive impactful results and adapt with agility to evolving market and regulatory conditions creates a competitive advantage that stands the test of time. Working in both the manufacturing and financial industries, I’ve designed, installed, and maintained improvement systems that deliver results and support a thriving improvement culture. I am at my best when I can pursue impactful results for my organizations while also improving the real-life experiences of fellow employees and customers. I am a natural people developer and coach with experience working at all leadership levels within an organization to ensure they support improvement culture as a priority. I Co-Founded Human CI, a think tank established to bring humanity into the way we define value and make decisions, because I wanted to be part of creating a brighter future for all humans. I hope to use my expertise in continuous improvement in service of others, and I believe being a part of the DEAL community will help connect me to opportunities that allow me to do just that.
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Bill Morrisett
Chicago, Illinois, United States
In May 2025 we launched ChiDEC - Chicagoland Doughnut Economics Coalition, http://chidec.org. Search DEAL for chidec to see our DEAL organization profile. We are organized into four working groups: Data, Grassroots, Business, and Local Government. Creating a Chicago Data Portrait is a top priority project for us.
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Robert Whitmore IV
Chicago, IL
Southside Chicago native with a passion for leveraging education, cross-cultural collaboration, and social innovation to enhance sustainable development on a local and global scale. Currently studying Global Wealth and Poverty part-time at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC), while working full-time as a Senior ESG Analyst at Nasdaq on the Corporate ESG Strategy and Reporting team. During my studies at UIUC, I have gained sustainable development practitioner experience through participating in four international programs in three countries on the African continent. These programs included conducting research on gender-based violence at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 2018, working as a micro-enterprise consultant in Cape Town, South Africa and Arusha, Tanzania in 2019, and spending a semester taking courses in International Development and Kiswahili at the University of Nairobi in Kenya in 2020. I take pride in continuing to leverage these bottom-up/local engagement experiences to inform potential macro-impact strategies in the private sector.
