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Stockholm, Sweden

Founding Member & Lead Developer of https://greenheart.coop Experienced fullstack developer, curious about how tech, systems thinking and business (re)design can be combined to create a positive impact. Since 2015, he has worked with early stage startups and non-profits to create a future where both humanity and the living planet thrive together. He is passionate about how free and open source software and co-operatives can help create an economy that is regenerative and distributive by design. He wants to create digital experiences and solutions that empower people and civil society. Technology is exciting, but never the end goal. This desire to take a holistic approach helps him contribute more than just code to help the team succeed.     

Bristol

Tauranga, New Zealand

I am a transport planner and systems thinker who is strongly committed to addressing our dependency on the private car. I have previously managed the local public transport network in Tauranga, and now work as an independent consultant providing advice to local and national government. I am working on a Transport Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) in my local area and see Doughnut Economics as the foundation for this. Sustainable transport needs to work for the complex lifestyles that people lead and offer them compelling choices which means that cars become an unnecessary expense. Transport in inextricably linked with spatial planning - where we put things dictates how we get to them. Tauranga as a city is highly car-dependent, and I want to challenge the status quo which says we can't change.  

New York, NY

Designer and dog mom, driven by curiosity and chai.  Interested in building the circular economy and curious about the doughnut (both economic and literal).    

Kraków, Poland

I am Sustainability Experience Strategist, working directly with businesses on developing new services and business models. In my work, I am using Service Design, Design Thinking, and Systems Thinking to address the challenges of the current and future. In the community, I am looking for opportunities to collaborate, and learn from like-minded people.          

Nigeria

Brighton

       I’m a dad of two, a partner to my life companion, a tai chi enthusiast, a drummer, a soul trying to find its way through the human chaos. Professionally, i’m a human systems consultant and coach, a leadership development coach and facilitator and a programme designer. 

UK

I'm a marketing and digital consultant with 20 years of experience in marketing/communications and 6 in sustainability. I support changemakers that accelerate the transition to a future where people thrive in balance with the living world. I do this via mentoring, leading, steering, overseeing, advising on or evaluating: - Marketing/digital marketing/social media strategies, campaigns, projects and operating plans that improve effectiveness - with the right resources, skills, governance and stakeholder alignment. - Digital marketing audit of channels, platforms, technology, skills or providers against objectives, best practice, competitors or regulation such as the Green Claims Code.  - Marketing technology (effective, responsible, ethical use).  - Building, bonding, growing, retaining and developing marketing/digital talent and functions. Over the past year, I've been doing research to understand what the most impactful ways are for addressing the intersecting crisis we’re facing (climate, ecology, economy, mental health, etc.) - so I can focus my energy there. Doughnut Economics has stood out as one of the most holistic solutions. I have read the book (and related resources) a few times, watched and attended DEAL workshops and sessions at events. I have also been spreading the word about Doughnut Economics and trying to embed it in my work. Particularly interested in:  and joining up marketing and DE

UK

I am a Professional Dialogue practitioner. My work addresses the counterproductive or destructive behaviour that results from people thinking about themselves as separate from others around them, replacing this with decision-making that takes others into account.  For more than 20 years I've run a small consultancy working with organisations to enable them to become effective, healthy, and generative places to work. This looks like, for example, sustainable change to culture, addressing systemic bullying, union-management conflict, raising the voice of ethics professionals in a business, improving the way organisations work together for mutual benefit along a value chain or for the benefit of their shared clients in a social system, breaking down departmental silos, coaching people to be better leaders, etc, etc. I help structures to work as living systems.  My work sustains change because it changes the way people think and creates a common understanding that enables decisions to be made for the benefit of everyone. Without changing the way people think solutions are temporary fixes only to be monitored and enforced.   I am a founder and Director of Dialogue Associates dialogue-associates.com established in 2003 and founder and trustee of the Academy of Professional Dialogue aofpd.org.  I am also chair of the governing board of a large secondary school.  My clients have included commercial, public sector, and non-governmental organisations across a range of sectors, from energy and finance to public audit and prisons, and multi-stakeholder systems in, for example, criminal justice and migration and development. I have created a practice model and a curriculum for Professional Dialogue practitioners that helps to sustain Dialogue in a system and run educational programmes.      I am looking for opportunities to bring this radical approach to help communities to thrive.  

Christchurch, New Zealand

Born and bred in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Samuel is an agribusiness professional, a public sector consultant and an agri-food systems researcher.  As an agribusiness professional, was engaged in multiple research and business projects at levels of the agri-food sector in Ethiopia.  The most impactful among these include AgricaJice Tibila, a passionfruit juice export company. He was responsible for leading projects developing the nucleus as well as the outgrower farms supplying the fruit. As a consultant, he contributed to multiple impactful social and public sector projects across Africa. Working in numerous production and distribution companies in Christchurch, he acquainted himself with New Zealand's food and beverage sector. He is currently completing his PhD in agribusiness, focused on improving the performances of Agricultural value chains using the system dynamics methodology. His demonstrated ability to thrive on multiple pioneering challenges avails his analytical, modelling, consulting and managerial skills to challenges ahead. Regarded as a value-driven professional, he is a leader with deep, dynamic, and systems thinking. He is in line with DEAL's advocacy for reforming economics and orienting it towards systems thinking. I envision learning from and collaborating with the LEAD community.     

Cardiff

I'm a designer, engineer and innovation lead with over 25 years industry experience, a passion for sustainable business and a specialism for circular economy transition strategy & development.   

Amsterdam

Hi, im a  and expert, activist and entrepreneur. My business is www.tackle.systems where we provide customised decision making support system, either using qualitative and quantitative models or validated simulation models for individual and collective decision-making.

Asturias, Spain

I'm a father and secondary school teacher, and I'm looking to apply what the people at  are discovering to my local community. I live in a rural part of the world, and the changes our farming community has seen over the past decade have been pretty alarming. With that in mind, I would like to make connections and build on some ideas with others on this platform. I am the furthest things from an expert, which is why I'm turning to you at the DEAL community to help. Primarily, I'd like to focus on initiatives,   and projects, with the goal of improving the in these areas, in local communities with the aim of building in our . Bigger picture projects would be something like , or making local communities more energy independent; also, improving to go beyond memorization but actually apply and synthesize what we're learning to improve the our lives and the lives of others. Lastly, I would also like to think about  , and bring in the older and wiser members of a community to advise, plan and implement ideas and strategies that will  improve the lives of the younger generations, and those to come. I believe this can a lot of this can be done by working with . I am also aware that this is not easy, and will require a   away from perpetual that is mostly individualistic and towards a richer, more world that is more community-focused. Thanks for reading this far, and please get in touch.

New Zealand

We believe we are at the intersection of climate change, culture and community. We aim to reverse the impacts of the polycrisis facing us and enable our communities to build resilience through a circular economy. The Doughnut resonates deeply with us and we are thrilled to be developing and adapting kaupapa/projects that reflect the need to balance and prioritise systems change at all levels of society. WE are currently working on a Tribal Summit for a Circular Economy 2024 and a Kai (Food) Systems Strategy for our region. 

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Bow - East London                            

Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom

 I am an independent consultant, working to design and facilitate learning and strategy processes with people working for social change, whether that's activists,  researchers, people working in service delivery, NGOs, governments, or foundations.  I work internationally, with a focus on climate change and an increasing emphasis on systems approaches.  Out of work, I am an activist, a school governor, a parent, a sea swimmer and a proud resident of Brighton and Hove in the UK.   I want to work more in my local community and see DEAL as a way of combining professional experience with my passion for helping Brighton deliver on its climate and social justice commitments.    In my work, I use a range of tools and approaches to help people think deeply and strategically about their work and to catalyse change.   I love using drawing and play to help explore the big stuff and bring in systems perspectives.   I work across sectors, spanning boundaries and sharing insights and approaches between them.  Recent qualifications that seem relevant here:   Circularity Thinking:  Train the trainer from Climate KIC,  I am trained in facilitation processes to support businesses and organisations to think through how they shift toward being more circular.     Spark: Systems Facilitation,  from the School of Systems Change, course exploring the role and practice of facilitation in systems change.  Lewis Deep Democracy - approach to leaning into and working effectively with conflict and disagreement.  For more info, check out my linked in.   Look forward to connecting with some inspiring people!    

New York, New York, United States

 I am a Ph.D. candidate studying excelling in , , and  . My research focuses on leveraging technologies and to tackle environmental and social challenges, particularly in urban spaces. I excel in spaces aiming to solve wicked problems. I am also a consultant, where I apply my expertise in geospatial technologies to solve complex problems for a diverse range of clients. My consultancy work involves measuring the social and environment impact of proposed projects through site assessments, emissions estimates, and equity evaluations.