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Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Hello! I'm a b2b copywriter by day and a volunteer for the Green Party of Ontario by night. I recently spearheaded a panel discussion about Doughnut Economics at our local Green Party AGM and I'm looking to keep the momentum going so Guelph can one day become a Doughnut City!

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States of America

Global Change Catalyst and Strategy Leader pioneers new political, economic, cultural and diplomatic environments by employing uncommon organizational and behavioral change strategies to engage global stakeholders and drive fundamental change.

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

I'm passionate about economic justice, sustainable development, and bringing everyone inside the doughnut. I've worked in Big Tech and Gaming before transitioning to the Civic Tech sector. As a founding member of the Seattle Donut Economics Coalition I am working with my community to bring the Donut to Washington State so we can create a regenerative future together.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Margie is the CEO of Thoughts In Gear, a Sustainability and Social Impact consulting firm. She works with corporations to incorporate Sustainability and ESG principles into core business; and with non-profits for strategic, systemic impact. As a public speaker in the region in these interest areas, her goal is to translate good sustainability ideas into clear strategic frameworks, roadmaps and executable action plans. Her team also works closely on reporting and measurement to global standards in ensuring that impact is well defined, tracked and reported upon.

New York, United States of America

Hello fellow circular economy nerds! I'm Casey Plasker, founder at Circularly PBC. I have 9 years of experience focusing on climate change, and 5 years working within rapid growth startups in the renewable energy sector. My experience focuses on building programs and relationships that enable triple bottom line impact. This includes creating company-wide impact strategies, achieving B Corporation Certification (B Corp), GRI Reporting, and building global giving efforts—enabling access to renewable energy for over 80,000 individuals globally in 2019. I hold a Masters Degree in Sustainability Management from Columbia University in New York City and am so excited to help bring about a circular economy.

Newbridge, Leinster, Ireland

I work with data on a day-to-day basis.

Reading, England, United Kingdom

Ex-officer of the French Navy, I dedicated much of my career to managing the risks and compliance exposures of a not-for-profit global organisation. I truly believe in the benefits of a ‘beyond profit’ culture, and am determined, to make a material impact in supporting society’s harmonious development.

서울, Seoul, 대한민국

I'm Sunkyung HAN, and I'm the co-initiator of Donut-Zip, a group focused on bringing doughnut economics to life in South Korea. Through Donut-Zip, I want to help organizations and communities adopt these principles to drive sustainable change. As the CEO of C., a social innovation catalyst organization, I’ve become passionate about fundamental transformations and have been working to introduce doughnut economics as part of a broader vision for systemic change. With more than 15 years of experience connecting people and organizations in social innovation, I founded C. in 2014 to create sensemaking platforms that link up social innovators across Asia. Beyond C., I’ve been an advisor on social innovation committees with the Seoul Metropolitan Government, a Korean advisor for AVPN, and a board member for YouthVoice, a nonprofit that helps young people express themselves through social media.

Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België

I am Frank, inspirator for Kamieleke, a locally based company for local grown and plantbased food, near Antwerp in Belgium. Interested in history, cultural and economical issues, f.e. donut economy.

Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norge

Bjørn Hauger (PhD) is a sociologist. He has worked at Vestfold University College in Norway and has also worked as a consultant. He has extensive experience with the use of the strength-based action research tradition Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as an approach to work with organizational development and change processes in the public sector. Hauger has written several publications on this topic. 

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

My background is as a Community Connector. I'm now using my community work and creative skills to focus on the climate emergency while we can still make a difference. I've always been moved by the idea of a fair economic system and Donut Economics is a brilliant accessible model - bring on climate justice!

Barcelona, Catalunya, España

Just a human being passionate about any way to make a positive impact on people and the planet. I am a political scientist devoted to accompanying all types of organizations on their path to purpose, developing strategies for social impact, sustainability, social and regenerative economy, diversity and inclusion, impact investment and any other way to leave a positive footprint of our passage through life. I am convinced that we all can and must generate a positive impact on society, not only from our professional activity or from our organizations, but from our day to day as individuals.

Bilbao, Euskadi, España

Jorge Garcia del Arco is co-founder and CEO of AQUADAT, a water deeptech researching and engineering solutions for water challenges & nexus.  This project has been a MIT Water Innovation Prize finalist and Galileo Master regional winner. It currently holds the H2020 Green Deal Seal of Excellence (awarded by the European Commission) and the INNOVATIVE SME Seal (awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation). In 2022 it was selected among the 35 European organizations by EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the Innowise Scale Community Water Scarcity programme. In 2023 it was awarded for the Data Science transfer service by BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, a world-class interdisciplinary Research Center in the field of Applied Mathematics.  Executive MBA from IE Business School, he has 20 years of management experience across the value chain of the Telecommunications Industry. The last 10 years he has focused on social and environmental innovation projects. He has been co-organizer of TEDx Bilbao and Financial Congress Digital Meeting. He was elected Founding Curator of the Global Shapers Bilbao Hub, a World Economic Forum community that empowers youth to play an active role in shaping local, regional and global agendas. One of the G-100 of TERRIS (Territories and Social Innovation), a process of co-creation of a New Rurality to build a new rural identity for the 21st century. As of 2022, he is a member of the Board of Directors of PTEA, a public-private cooperation network for the promotion of R&D in the water sector. It currently has 57 associated entities, representing more than 450 organizations. His confession: He´s a fan of Mr. R. Buckminster Fuller “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

I am member of the Leidse Donut Coalitie. I have a background in organisation development within public organisations. My passion is to implement the Donut in the society of my home town Leiden, for its citizens and in the government and companies.

Katowice, województwo śląskie, Polska

manger in social enterprises and civic organizations

France

I'm a campaigner and strategist who believes the time is ripe for radical shifts in our economies and am excited to see the doughnut being put into practice all around the world. I have lead global campaigns for nearly 15 years and until recently lead Oxfam's global campaign on food and climate justice, GROW where Kate Raworth launched the first Doughnut discussion paper in 2012. I'm now part of a new collective of great thinkers and practitioners from different sectors who like to come together to codesign solutions to complex problems - Better By Codesign.

Twickenham, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, United Kingdom

Founder of Beyond the Quarter, business consultancy that works with companies to (1) articulate their vision and purpose and; (2) take them from posters and about-us pages into how they create and inform their business strategy, and, crucially; (3) turn them into what and how they do business on a day to day basis. Founder of Hope and Play charity for Palestinian children living in war zones and refugee camps. Father of 4, brother of 3, son of 2 and husband of one, and concerned about how the world will be for all 10 of them.

Manizales, Caldas, Colombia

Economist and professor at the University of Manizales. Interested in the barefoot economy, ZERI and now the donut economy. In my free time I practice urban vermiculture as a way of making use of organic waste. Animal lover, and since I was a child I have been a gardener

Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

I use my repertoire, academic background, and professional and day-to-day experiences to support human and organizational development for the world that my heart knows is possible (to paraphrase Eisenstein) Psychologist, Master in Sustainable Development, but above all curious, studious and researcher of topics related to New Economies. I have been working for more than 20 years supporting people in their development as well as with the development of people in or for companies, as a consultant in different niches and sizes of companies, as a facilitator of groups and learning, manager and mainly as Isabela with my Borogodó, or Borogodonut :) #humanbehavior #neweconomies #wellbeing #idg   

Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

Working in the New Zealand food/export industry and learning about Donut economics

Wicklow, Leinster, Ireland

Hi everyone! Really looking forward to joining the global DEAL community and in particular the Irish community, given I'm based in lovely Wicklow in Ireland. I'm currently working as Program Manager at Engineers without Borders Ireland. I've worked in the non-profit sector for almost 10 years now and am passionate about social justice and equality. I am really interested in exploring the interconnected nature of the health, social and climate justice crises we face globally. I am very motivated to explore new models of development for our 21st century that put people and our planet first and support us to be stewards of our planet.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Global Organizational Change Practitioner and Doctoral Student in AI, Cybernetics, Ethics

Barcellona, Catalunya, Spagna

Hi all, I am working at the Barcelona Donut project, prompted by the municipality and coordinated by the public consultancy Barcelona Regional and the University of Barcelona. I am also member of Research and Degrowth, coordinator of the degrowth masters at the Autonoma University of Barcelona and teacher in ecological economics.

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.