Global Donut Days (GDD) is a community-led festival from 6 to 9 November 2024 to celebrate and inspire local action and global connection with Doughnut Economics.
Wednesday, 6th November is the online day. During the online day you can hear from inspiring speakers and connect with people around the world who are taking action on Doughnut Economics.
For more information about the Global Donut Days on 7, 8, 9th November go to https://doughnuteconomics.org/globaldonutdays2024
Spanning time zones from Aotearoa / New Zealand to the West Coast of the Americas, the online day will contain a mix of keynote talks, panel events and connection spaces on key topics including community organising, business design, government policy design, educational materials, artistic methods, value systems, marginalisation and climate justice.
There will be presentations and workshops from community organisers as well as live ‘Local Spotlights’ to hear from people calling in from around the world to talk about their local action on Doughnut Economics.
Tools and ideas to start
Are you looking for a reason or support to start local action with Doughnut Economics where you are? The online day will help spark ideas and give you the springboard you need. You'll hear from inspiring speakers, learn about the tools to get started and connect with those already taking action.
Inspiration to take the next step
Are you looking to take the next step with Doughnut Economics? The online day will give you inspiration for new things to try, ideas for how to connect with new audiences locally and create a sense of global solidarity in the systemic tensions you may be navigating.
Connect with the global Community
Are you looking to connect with others? Throughout the online day there will be spaces to connect with people around the world to share your questions, stories, ideas and more. You are not alone in your work. We are all part of a wider and emerging story of change - a story that says a different future is possible and it’s popping up everywhere. This is your chance to make yourself visible and be part of it.
The central theme of Global Donut Days 2024 is local action, global connection. Through this, we can build a sense that we are all part of a wider story of change.
To help do this, we’re inviting you to talk about your local action with Doughnut Economics. We're calling these Local Spotlights.
Send your recordings via WhatsApp to the DEAL Team at +44 7774 760 861. We invite you to record in any language. The Local Spotlights will be shared as part of the online day on 6th November.
Global Donut Days is co-designed and co-created by pioneering and inspirational members of the global DEAL Community. The online day is no exception. The agenda has been co-created with contributions from dedicated practitioners around the world, and more will be added soon. Watch this space.
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November 6, 2024 00:00
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Deputy Mayor Laurie Foon
Wellington City Council
Councillor Sophie Handford
Kapiti Coast District Council
Teina Boasa-Dean
Ngāi Tūhoe Doughnut Creator
Dr Naomi Pocock
Doughnut Economics Advocate
Kate Meyer
Founder and CEO or Planetary Accounting Network
Helene Malandain
Co-founder of Pocketknife, Social Enterprise World Forum Chair and Doughnut Advocate
Join our session to learn how Doughnut Economics has been applied to places and communities across Aotearoa and discuss new possibilities.
Co-hosted by our Director, Gareth Hughes, and Helene Malandain from Pocketknife, our event features amazing speakers from across Aotearoa who have experience applying the Doughnut.
We will also screen a new animation of Doughnut Economics through a te ao Māori lens produced by Project Moonshot City Juhi Shareef and Teina Boasa-Dean.
There will be time for discussion and for participants to share their stories of using, adapting, and downscaling the Doughnut. We can’t wait to hear these, and we hope that this event will help to connect the dots, make new economic possibilities visible, and inspire others to act.
Passcode to join: 681064
November 6, 2024 07:00
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YoungSook Park
Founder, Head of Neutinamu Library
Woori Han
Member of Breeze Between Us
Ssembatya Hikimah
Founder of African Visual Artists Associates
Pascal Park
Education Board Game Cooperative / Director / Game Development & Marketing
Sangchul Shin
Songol Surisuri Recycling Center
Kyungmin Lee
Y-Donut
Seonjin Kwak
Director of Neutinamu Library
In this session, we will introduce the diverse activities of three local communities at Neutinamu Library and explore global connections:
Songgol SuriSuri Recycling Centre: Highlights local circular economy practices and community solidarity through resource sharing.
Breeze Between Us (BBU): A self-help group dedicated to supporting families with autism through art activities. They will present their collaborative project with AVIAS (African Visual Artists Associates), called Mindframe. In this partnership, BBU and AVIAS engage in Mindframe Works, collecting words that capture the interest of children and sharing their experiences and insights.
Doughnut Economics-Themed Board Game Makers: Featuring the development of a Doughnut Economics-inspired board game by local enthusiasts, highlighting the creative process and community-driven approach behind the game’s design.
November 6, 2024 08:00
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Margreet Frieling
Knowledge co-Lead, Wellbeing Economy Alliance, with a specific focus on public policy.
Sacha McMeeking
Associate Professor of Māori Wellbeing, University of Canterbury
Dasho Lhatu
Executive Director, Gross National Happiness Center Bhutan
Nathalie Le Meur
Doughnut Project Manager, City of Grenoble, France
Come to learn and share how to better assess policy impacts to help create more regenerative and distributive economies.
Drawing on examples from Bhutan, New Zealand and France, this session explores how more holistic policy impact assessments can guide policy makers in designing policies that are more conducive for ecologically regenerative and socially distributive economies. It will introduce five overarching considerations for (prospective) policy impact assessments through a wellbeing economy lens and provide inspirations to get started in redesigning or strengthening policy impact assessments based on different contexts and needs. It will also offer a sneak peek into a new policy training course that can help political entrepreneurs put new economic thinking into practice.
November 6, 2024 08:30
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Rok Kranjc
Researcher and artist, Futurescraft
Explore games for alternative economies, learn about the Doughnut Economics Games Group, and help shape its future.
We’ll start with an introduction to games and play within the context of furthering alternative economic paradigms, exploring various design approaches, games and initiatives. Following this, we'll present and officially launch the Doughnut Economics Games Group, an experimental platform for discussing and co-creating games that reflect Doughnut Economics principles. Finally we’ll open the floor for peer presentations of game ideas and concepts, as well as a discussion on the group’s future—sharing thoughts on its needs, potential offerings, and ideas for activities.
November 6, 2024 08:30
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Ilektra Kouloumpi
Senior Global Doughnut Expert
Rebecca Cooper
Coordinator ACAN Climate Literacy Working Group
Kasper Guldager Jensen
Co-Founder Home.Earth
Vincent MacDonald
Coordinator ACAN Climate Literacy Working Group
Kristin Strandberg
Cities Strategist, Circle Economy
Matt Philips
(Cornwall Council, Highway Asset Manager), Wessex Live Lab
Join us to explore how 3 initiatives are using the Doughnut to transform urban planning, construction & highways sectors.
As the Doughnut model gains traction in various cities, communities, and businesses, interest grows in applying it to different sectors.
Transforming an entire sector is complex, and effective implementation of Doughnut Economics requires sector-specific strategies.
This 1-hour webinar showcases three innovative initiatives—Highways Doughnut, Doughnut for Urban Development, and Material Doughnut—each designed to develop tailored tools for design, material selection, and project impact assessment in urban settings.
The session will feature presentations followed by audience discussions, culminating in a moderated dialogue about the challenges and opportunities in applying Doughnut Economics across specific sectors, with an open floor for audience questions.
November 6, 2024 10:00
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Kate Raworth
Author of Doughnut Economics, DEAL’s co-founder and Conceptual Lead
Carlota Sanz Ruiz
DEAL’s co-founder and Strategy Lead
Doughnut Economics Action Lab was launched five years ago and since then an incredible community of pioneers and practitioners has emerged, exploring and demonstrating what it could mean to turn the concepts of Doughnut Economics into practice.
In this session Kate and Carlota - DEAL’s two co-founders - will invite us all to celebrate what the DEAL community has collectively achieved over these past five years. We’ll explore and reflect on the many ways that people have been getting started, and also on how we can respond when feeling stuck. We will also hear from community members worldwide who will be hosting an array of fascinating events throughout Global Donut Days.
November 6, 2024 11:15
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Rebecca Lee
(she/her/they/them) Founder of the Universal Recognition Movement | Design Researcher | Visiting Lecturer GSA The School of Innovation & Technology | Equity & Accessibility Lead - DEAL GDDs
Jenny McGibbon
(she/her) Case Study Contributor UR (Alba Hub) Member | Founder This Thing They Call Recovery | Freelance Graphic Designer | Accessibility Consultant |
Max Phillips
(he/him) Case Study Contributor Universal Recognition Alba Hub Member | Graduate Product Designer | Aspiring Service Designer
Vinishree Solanki
Organiser of Doughnut Economics Scotland Network, with practice in Social Innovation for social impact and Planet-Centered Design
A joyful practical workshop where creatives from the Universal Recognition movement will guide us in exploring fairer alternatives to problematic economic value indicators such as GDP. This will be an opportunity to explore and be inspired by imaginative and fairer value systems created by Disabled and marginalised communities. This will be a playful journey of discovering what we truly value within our households, communities, organizations and local areas. The session will help connect the wider Doughnut community with UR’s work. Together, we will start to imagine new tools that truly capture what is important when producing and providing for one another.
November 6, 2024 11:30
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Elsbeth Visser
Senior Strategic Policy Advisor for Sustainability, City of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yuge Lei
Sustainability Manager, City of Bad Nauheim, Germany
Paul Vanderstraeten
Project Leader, Brussels Donut, Belgium
Charlotte Wallace
Sustainability Group Manager, City of Glasgow, Scotland
Jo Winterbottom
Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Maisarah Faiesall
Head of Policy, Strategy and Advocacy, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Ipoh, Malaysia
Leonora Grcheva
Doughnut Economics Action Lab
Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamad
CEO, Ipoh Doughnut Economic Centre
Five local governments share their work with Doughnut Economics: Amsterdam, Bad Nauheim, Brussels, Glasgow and Ipoh.
There is no single way to work with the ideas of Doughnut Economics in local government. Practitioners from around the world have been experimenting, innovating, and taking very different pathways. In this session we get to hear five different journeys - how they started, what the main areas of work have been, what they’ve achieved and learned along the way. The experiences of these changemakers are also captured in DEAL’s now updated Cities & Regions: Let’s Get Started guide, that offers different ways to get started, many examples from practice, and 12 in-depth case-studies, as well as key tools and resources.
November 6, 2024 11:30
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Emma BERGELING
Junior Policy Analyst, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and Research Lead for the project.
Antoine OGER
Research Director, Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and coordinator of the project
During this session, we invite global participants to exchange on the opportunities and challenges associated with the EU transitioning towards a wellbeing economy.
The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) is working with the Green European Foundation (GEF) to gather insights on how ideas about economic system change for people and the planet can be integrated into EU policies.
Bringing together perspectives including wellbeing economics and doughnut economics, and a knowledge community of actors from the EU policy space and beyond, the project aims to outline state of play and emerging proposals in a range of thematic clusters: from aligning with planetary boundaries to measuring what matters. During this session, the IEEP will share insights from this ongoing work and invite participants to provide their feedback.
This session is happening in the Open Space at the Government & Policy table
November 6, 2024 12:30
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Jane Whild
University Administrator
Sheila Thornton
Georgina Hodgkinson
A software engineer and consultant; founder and technical lead for MKDE.
Paul Clarke
Data Analytics Specialist. Demonstrator development lead.
Rob Couch
Founder of MKDE. Portrait and data lead
A year since we launched the MK City Portrait, take a sneak peek of our updated interactive web version and catch up on what’s happening in our network.
Last year we took design ideas from other groups and produced The First Doughnut City Portrait of Milton Keynes and Good News Stories of MK that we unveiled at an event on GDD 2023.
This year, we will give a sneak peak of our Doughnut City Portrait – an evidence-based dashboard in development - featuring data snapshots and stories of grassroots initiatives, and look ahead to the coming year’s action.
Our broadcast will be part of a Watch Party held in-person in the Spotlight Room at Cranfield University’s MK:Innovation Hub, in the centre of Milton Keynes. The room is next to a co-working space for local businesses. We invite people to watch the DEAL broadcasts, and watch our group make our presentation.
This session is happening in the Open Space at the Communities and Art table
November 6, 2024 12:45
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Peter Lefort
Facilitator of the Doughnut Economics Community of Practice, University of Exeter
Emi Imai
Founder of Boro Doughnut, a community organisation in Middlesbrough
Jemma Luck
Co-founder of Re-Imagine Norwich, community organisation exploring Doughnut Economics in Norwich
We often experience similar barriers when we bring Doughnut Economics into new spaces. How could we do it differently?
Join Boro Doughnut, the Norwich DE Group, and the Buy-in Bakery DE Community of Practice to explore and discover some of the systemic barriers that come up when bringing Doughnut Economics to a place or organisation. Work through a collaboratively developed model using risk and resilience to frame the Doughnut in a new way, building from DEAL’s principles. Take away ideas to test in practice and then share with the growing community of Doughnut Economics practitioners around the world.
The passcode to enter this meeting is: 647346
November 6, 2024 13:00
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Ssembatya Hikimah
Founder, Visual and creative strategist, participation specialist and climate change activist.
Akatukwatsa Collins
Founder, Aliferous Universe foundation.
Deborah Curtis
Creative director, Imagining UK and Africa.
Jonathan Burnes
Founder, Education for Diversity teacher researcher at Canterbury Christ Church University
Bayigga Eunice Deborah
Lawyer, Beaver Advocates, humanitarian and writer.
Munyanganizi brian
Founder Jaymuart, creative and managing director AVIAS
Tumuhimbise Eric
Teacher, Deputy Head teacher, Rwamwanja, Focal Person for the Mindframes.
Kyungmin Lee
Y-Donut
Kutunza shayari yetu means, taking care of our planet. Our session will be about sharing our work with the Doughnut by show of our recent work with refugees in form of a short film accompanied with a panel discussion.
We shall have a series of activities i.e a presentation from our doughnut Uganda team, our work within refugee settlements in Uganda, our objectives impacts and lenses we focus on. A presentation of our research, its aims and objectives and future plans of our work with doughnut economics. Presentation of a good life inside the Doughnut through our short film.
November 6, 2024 14:00
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Erinch Sahan
Doughnut Economics Aciton Lab
Annika Schneider
Purpose Stiftung gGmbH
Curt Lyon
Transform Finance
Margo Dalal
Seed Commons
David Lidz
Appalachian Field Services
Stephan Schenk
Stapelstein
Laura Höcherl
Purpose Evergreen Capital
Doughnut Economics introduction for businesses, and a panel of investors and businesses on challenges and opportunities.
This session is for anyone interested in what Doughnut Economics means for businesses. It includes an introduction to the topic, covering key concepts, tools and DEAL processes.
The session will then move onto two panel discussions to explore the journey of enterprise redesign - a central way that Doughnut Economics applies to businesses. These are: 1. on steward ownership, facilitated by Purpose Economy; 2. on employee ownership, facilitated by Transform Finance. In these panels, investors and entrepreneurs will together explore challenges and opportunities related to enterprise redesign.
November 6, 2024 14:30
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Andrew Fanning
Research & Data Analysis Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab, and Visiting Researcher at University of Leeds (UK) and University of Cadiz (Spain)
Jayati Ghosh
Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Morena Hanbury Lemos
Doctoral candidate in ecological economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain
Xi Ji
Associate Professor at the School of Economics at Peking University, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Human and Economic Development Studies
Kate Raworth
Author of Doughnut Economics, DEAL’s co-founder and Conceptual Lead
Julia Steinberger
Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne
Perspectives on distinct but interconnected pathways into the Doughnut for Brazil, China, India, and the United States.
No country in the world is currently living in the Doughnut and many are far from it - so what will it take for nations to start moving towards it? In this session we hear perspectives from leading scholars in four very different national contexts - Brazil, China, India, and the United States - on what they think it will take for their nation, and the world, to move towards a thriving future.
November 6, 2024 15:00
toA live-streamed conversation in Ireland around action steps to improve our local economy, community, mental health.
The public conversation is about "what makes us thrive" as individuals and as a (wider) community from the underlying perspective of doughnut economics, its practice, and principles. Tools like Four Lenses / Stepping into the Doughnut will be adapted to local circumstances. The event will take place at 49, North Street, a creative mental health space that embraced doughnut economics some years ago and is now engaging with Ireland's National Health Service (HSE). Some local groups (Ballydonut, West Cork for Palestine, TimeBank, Ludgate), business people, and artists will be specifically invited to make for lively interactions, but everyone is welcome.
November 6, 2024 15:45
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Nani Jansen Reventlow
Founder of Systemic Justice, the first Black-led, majority BPOC organisation in Europe working to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social and economic justice.
Ink Asher Hemp
(they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist and (trouble) maker, informed by queerness, disability justice, collective imagination and accessibility
Rebecca Lee
(she/her/they/them) Founder of the Universal Recognition Movement | Design Researcher | Visiting Lecturer GSA The School of Innovation & Technology | Equity & Accessibility Lead - DEAL GDDs
Vinishree Solanki
Organiser of Doughnut Economics Scotland Network, with practice in Social Innovation for social impact and Planet-Centered Design
Kim Simpson
Head of Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion at Creative Scotland, and provides strategic leadership for the specialism in support of Creative Scotland’s Strategic Framework
Marginalised community leaders from the Universal Recognition - Disability Justice, CULTIVATE’s Climate Justice, and Systemic Justice Movements highlight the important connections between the global majority and Disabled perspectives and climate justice work. The panel discussion will raise awareness around different placed-based issues including Scotland, disability, and impact of climate change to the global majority. We will start to explore how equitable leadership and funding have a major role in tackling the global challenges we face.
November 6, 2024 16:00
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Nathalie Le Meur
Doughnut Project Manager, City of Grenoble, France
Stefan Persson
Strategic Developer, Municipality of Tomelilla, Sweden
Emma Williamson
Policy Specialist, Cornwall Council, UK
Diane Imbert
Manager, Impact Assessment and Transition, Fabrique d’enterprises de territoire (Valence Romans Agglo), France
Ting Pan
Sustainability Manager, City of Nanaimo, Canada
Leonora Grcheva
Doughnut Economics Action Lab
Five local governments share their work with Doughnut Economics: Grenoble, Tomelilla, Cornwall, Valence Romans, Nanaimo.
There is no single way to work with the ideas of Doughnut Economics in local government. Practitioners from around the world have been experimenting, innovating, and taking very different pathways. In this session we get to hear five different journeys - how they started, what the main areas of work have been, what they’ve achieved and learned along the way. The experiences of these changemakers are also captured in DEAL’s now updated Cities & Regions: Let’s Get Started guide, that offers different ways to get started, many examples from practice, and 12 in-depth case-studies, as well as key tools and resources.
November 6, 2024 16:00
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Katy Shields
Post-Growth Economist and Founder, Doughnut Wien
Laura Maria Wallnöfer
Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainable Transition and member, Doughnut4Wien Initiative
An online information, feedback, and networking session for people who want to learn about the Doughnut4Wien Initiative, including ways to support us or get involved.
Following the success of the Beyond Growth Austria Conference 2024, co-organised by Doughnut Wien and supported by the City of Vienna, we have set a goal to make Vienna a city where its citizens can thrive within planetary boundaries. At this event, hosted by Doughnut Wien, a collective of individuals working to make Vienna a “Doughnut” city, we will create an interactive open space to share our visions and ideas about the initiative among interested individuals and organisations.
November 6, 2024 17:15
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Eva Valencia Lenero
Tricolor Coalition
Sujay Hammannavar
Jagriti Enterprise Centre
Xavier Veciana
Cofounder Donut Brasil (Salvador)
This panel event explores the importance of culture in designing resources, spaces, and support systems for communities in the Global Majority world.
November 6, 2024 17:30
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Carolina Escobar Tello
Schools and Education Thematic Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab
Kate Raworth
Author of Doughnut Economics, DEAL’s co-founder and Conceptual Lead
Marleen Boersen
Program Manager Education at MasterPeace
Doughnut Revolution
Jayden N, Brandon W, Jason Z, Cindy J, Ethan N (Dulwich College Beijing)
Catherine Ho
Dulwich College Beijing
Vicky Donnelly
Financial Justice; Ireland
Laura Guadiana
iexplore school, Mexico
Brainy Swaibu
Spectrum Secondary School, Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Uganda
Join us to celebrate the new Doughnut Economics foundational tools recently launched for Schools and Education.
Hear from teachers and learners around the world who are already using them and get started in your own place!
November 6, 2024 18:00
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Thomas Røkås
Network Doughnut Economics Norway. Board Member
Arild Vatn
Network Doughnut Economics Norway Board Member
Bjørn Hauger
Network Doughnut Economics Norway. Board Member.
Ellen Sjong
Network Doughnut Economics Norway Leader of the Board
Arne Øgaard
Network Doughnut Economics Norway Board Member
Ellens Stenslie
Board Member, European Society for Ecological Economics
Many in Norway are already embracing Doughnut Economics, and now it's your turn to join the conversation! We're inviting individuals, organisations, and curious minds to a dynamic workshop designed to share experiences, inspire new ideas, and mobilize action across Norway. Whether you're already working with Doughnut principles or just beginning your journey, this is the perfect opportunity to become part of the national and international Doughnut movement.
November 6, 2024 18:30
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Alaitz Aritza
The California Doughnut Economics Coalition
Julian Kraus-Polk
The California Doughnut Economics Coalition
Della Duncan
The California Doughnut Economics Coalition
Michael Mezzatesta
Special Guest
Stephanie Luz Cordel
Indy Rishi Singh
Join the California Doughnut Economics Coalition for an engaging presentation as they reveal their highly anticipated California Doughnut Snapshot, a visual and analytical tool designed to assess California's ecological and social well-being within the framework of Doughnut Economics. Learn more and register here - https://givebutter.com/KnN1ia
November 6, 2024 19:00
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Ross Cathcart
Associate Director / Rethinking Economics International Staff Team
Anusha Chandra
Post-Crash Economics Society
Kate Raworth
Author of Doughnut Economics, DEAL’s co-founder and Conceptual Lead
Meenal Srivastava
Professor and coordinator of Political Economy and Global Studies at at Athabasca University
Valentina Garzón
Economiá, Ambiente y Alternativas al Desarrollo
Jacob Rask
Roskilde University and Director of Regenerative Built Environment Network at BLOXHUB
Rethinking Economics International and Doughnut Economics Action Lab are launching a new set of resources to inspire students, academics and teachers of all kinds. These materials are designed for use by any university lecturer, student and educator wishing to bring the concepts and perspectives set out in Doughnut Economics into their economics teaching and learning. The event will involve the first release of the new materials as well as a discussion with student and academic voices on how they might be used and the launch of a new student campaign to bring these resources onto the curriculum.
The passcode to enter this meeting is: 306065
November 6, 2024 20:00
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Ana Lavaquial
Cofounder Donut Brasil (Rio de Janeiro)
Xavier Veciana
Cofounder Donut Brasil (Salvador)
Roberta Alvarenga
Founder Instituto Repense (Lençóis Paulista)
Elizabeth Bile
Communications Donut Brasil (SãoPaulo)
Simone Catalan
Founder Jogo da Colaboração (Belo Horizonte)
Ana Celina Tiburcio
Founder Organa (São José dos Campos)
Joelma Magela
Founder Catadora de Brilhos (Contagem)
Share Donut Brazil's group journey so far, plans ahead and activities for GDD 24
A 40-minute online panel providing an overview of the three-year journey of the Donut Brazil group, its activities, and challenges in converting the enthusiasm of its volunteers and the ideas of Donut Economics into transformative actions for people and territories. The event will feature testimonials from local organisers of the GDD, spread across more than 10 Brazilian cities, offering a sneak peek of their upcoming events in the following days.
November 6, 2024 20:15
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Jacob Rask
Roskilde University and Director of Regenerative Built Environment Network at BLOXHUB
Catriona Rawsthorne
Doughnut Economics Researcher, CIVIC SQUARE
Kavita Purohit
Doughnut Economics Co-Lead, CIVIC SQUARE
Join the team from CIVIC SQUARE (Birmingham, UK) and BLOXHUB (Copenhagen) for an interactive session on using the Doughnut Economics framework as a strategic tool for reimagining our homes, streets and neighbourhoods to collectively steward ecologically safe and socially just places.
November 6, 2024 21:45
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Gayle Dallaston
Regen Brisbane and Shady Lanes Project (Australia)
Kyungmin Lee
Y-Donut
Ed Morrison
Strategic Doing Institute
See how small local activities can build the collaboration skills and interconnecting networks needed for innovation.
In this session, Gayle from Regen Brisbane in Australia and Kyungmin from Y-DONUT (Yongin Doughnut Economics Coalition) in South Korea will give a presentation on how we are using the Strategic Doing methodology to create loose, interconnecting networks (from small local initiatives to global networks) with a common purpose.
We support and learn from each other to create localised projects and form innovative collaborations with minimal funding.
We will be joined by Ed Morrison from the Strategic Doing Institute for a Q&A.
Additional materials will be available in the resources section and our websites.
Bjørn Hauger is a social scientist (PhD) and action researcher. He led the Center for Health Promotion at the University College of Vestfold and has played a key role in developing the field of strengths-based approaches in Norway, particularly in organizational development and public health. He has published numerous works on this subject.
Peter runs the Green Futures Network at the University of Exeter, including the Buy-in Bakery, a Community of Practice for Doughnut Economics. He is also a facilitator and climate coach, and supports organisations to develop resilience in the face of complex environmental and social challenges.
I am an environmentalist with 20 years of experience in socio-environmental strategies for organisations of the New Era. As an ecomunicologist and sustainability strategist, I have worked in the third sector with diverse audiences and projects. The founder of Organa, I am a consultant and creator of educational content. In 2019, I discovered Doughnut Economics through Kate Raworth's book and realised that new mindsets and personal reconnection are essential for promoting peace and respect for Life. I love Nature and seek to foster dialogues that encourage reflections on living within the Doughnut, both individually and collectively.
I’ve been part of the Donut group since the beginning, organizing initiatives and connecting DEAL with Donut Brazil. I’m inspired by the power of ideas that engage people globally and locally. After more than 20 years as a consultant and executive, and holding master’s degrees in Management, Innovation, and Creative Leadership, I co-founded an NGO focused on socio-environmental education. In the last 10 years, I’ve explored the dilemmas of “traditional” business, and upon discovering Doughnut Economics, I found a new way of thinking and acting. Based in Rio de Janeiro, I support regenerative transitions and enjoy exchanging ideas with young people and women, the great builders of more regenerative and distributive futures.
Andrew Fanning is an ecological economist exploring how to move our interconnected societies towards the goal of living in the Doughnut. He is particularly interested in finding ways to make progress towards this goal visible in data. Andrew is Research & Data Analysis Lead at Doughnut Economics Action Lab, and Visiting Researcher at University of Leeds (UK) and University of Cadiz (Spain). He presents the concepts, tools, and data-led results of Doughnut Economics regularly in different settings.
Annika joined PURPOSE in 2019. She leads Purpose’s international partnerships, engaging with entrepreneurs across the globe. Annika is deeply passionate about the transformative power of steward-ownership to address systemic issues and fill workplaces with renewed energy and proactivity worldwide.
Antoine Oger is Research Director at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) working with stakeholders across EU institutions, international bodies, academia, civil society and industry, to produce evidence-based research and insights on EU sustainability policies. His current research work focuses on the coherence of the EU’s internal and external policies related to trade, climate and circular economy. He previously worked for over 10 years on the provision of trade-related technical assistance to developing countries. Antoine holds a MA in European Politics from the Institute of Political Studies of Rennes in France.
Anusha Chandra is the Lead of the Post-Crash Economics Society and an Economics student at the University of Manchester.
Arild Vatn is Professor Emeritus at Noragric, NMBU. He earned his PhD in agricultural economics in 1983 and was later appointed professor at The Heyerdahl Institute. He is internationally recognized for his numerous publications and is the author of the book Sustainable Economy: Insights from Ecological and Institutional Economics (2021)
Arne holds a teaching degree in natural sciences and is a certified nutritionist. He has worked in agricultural collectives and taught in various types of schools. He has also held key positions in Cultura Bank and is the editor of the magazine Pengevirke. Arne has published four books with Vidarforlaget and is currently working on his latest book, Economy for a Threatened World.
Brainy Swaibu leads Spectrum TechLabs Alliance (STA) and serves as the Singularity University chapter ambassador for Uganda. With over 15 years of teaching experience in the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, he understands the educational challenges faced by both refugee and host community students. In 2015 he envisioned transforming refugee settlements into innovation hubs that leverage exponential technologies to educate and empower local youth and refugees; to prepare them for resettlement. He organises local events, forums, and workshops to foster community engagement and create positive change.
Carlota Sanz is the Co-Founder of Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) and DEAL’s Strategic Lead – a role that combines her background in business and management consultancy with her passion for regenerative economics. Her work focuses on enabling the concepts of Doughnut Economics to be turned into transformative practice, while ensuring they spread wide and with integrity. From 2017-19, Carlota was the co-director of Economy for the Common Good UK – an international social movement promoting new economics. Prior to this, she worked for a decade in the the financial sector in Spain and the UK and studied narratives of new economies at Schumacher College in the UK.
Carolina leads DEAL's work on Schools & Education by co-creating with students, life-long learners, educators, curriculum designers and educational institutions an influential dynamic network of transformative educational practice that contributes to the global-wider movement of regenerative change.
Catherine Ho is a doctoral candidate researching on Critical Economic Literacy for the promotion of Critical Global Citizenship Education. She also teaches the IBDP Economics at Dulwich College Beijing where the Doughnut Revolution was started 3 years ago.
Charlotte Wallace (BSc Hons; MSc; APMP Professional) graduated with an Honours Degree in Geography from the University of Nottingham and a Masters with Distinction in Strategic Sustainable Business from the University of Stirling. Charlotte has worked across public, private and third sector organisations to lead and stimulate positive climate action. Her career has focussed on opportunities to bring together effective engagement and behaviour change with a science-based approach to tracking and monitoring progress. In recent years leading the Climate and Engagement portfolio for the Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority, and Chair of Board for different Scottish Environmental Charities before moving to the Sustainability Group Manager role at GCC in 2022. Within GCC Charlotte has responsibility for the delivery of a variety of climate change and sustainability strategies, policies, and projects such as the Glasgow Climate Plan, the Circular Economy Route Map, and the Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategy. As an experienced Programme Manager, she has a focus on driving action on the ground to help us tackle the Climate and Ecological Crises. In addition to this, Charlotte is a member of the Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG) who inform and influence the Scottish Government’s response to the climate emergency by providing practical, workable solutions that can be implemented not in the future, but now.
As Executive Director of Transform Finance, Curt leads the organization’s efforts to mobilize capital towards such models, particularly those that create ownership, wealth, and power for communities who have been neglected such opportunities. He has co-authored several flagship reports, including Grassroots Community Engaged Investment and Alternative Ownership Enterprises. Outside of Transform Finance, he organizes for state and local electoral campaigns in New York City and leads fundraising initiatives for local Solidarity Economy initiatives like cooperatives and Community Land Trusts.
Lhatu is the Executive Director of the Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan. He served as a Member of Parliament for two terms and has held several distinguished positions in the government, corporate and private sectors. A frequent speaker at national and international forums, Lhatu has addressed topics ranging from politics and well-being to good governance and GNH. His journey is one of passion, dedication, and a relentless pursuit of a better future for all.
We are a student-led organisation based in Beijing, China. Currently, we consist of four aspiring economists, who hope to use our knowledge of economics to promote the Doughnut, contributing to a better world for all.
Dr. Zulqarnain Mohamad, a native of Perak, has dedicated over three decades to urban planning and sustainable development in Malaysia. Beginning his career with the Ipoh City Council in 1991, he served in various planning divisions, including Planning Research and Development and Special Projects. In 2010, he became the Mayor's Special Officer on Development, providing strategic advice on key urban policies. His leadership journey continued as he assumed the roles of Town Planning Director, Senior Director for Planning and Development, and later as Yang Dipertua of the Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council until his retirement in 2023.An alumnus of The Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Dr. Zulqarnain furthered his studies in the United States, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and a Master’s in City Planning from Georgia Institute of Technology. He completed his PhD at the International Islamic University Malaysia, focusing on service quality across local authorities in Perak.
Ed Morrison is co-CEO of Strategic Doing Institute and Senior Research Fellow of The Conference Board. He developed Strategic Doing, a discipline that accelerates collaboration and innovation in open, loosely connected networks. He is also co-author of Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership (Wiley, 2019). Over 2,000 practitioners have taken the introductory course, and the discipline, which can be taught in multiple languages, is spreading globally.
As a communication volunteer for Donut Brazil and a member of the Strategy Working Group, I am a designer focused on impact communication and climate literacy. With an interest in biomimicry and new economies, I direct my studies to support initiatives that promote sustainability and fair prosperity. I believe in the principles of Doughnut Economics as a path to ecological and social regeneration, inspiring new ways of living within planetary boundaries.
Ellen is a trained special education teacher and holds a master’s degree in pedagogy. She has worked at all levels in the school system and taught systemic (relational) thinking and Appreciative Inquiry at the university level. She was the driving force behind the establishment of Doughnut Economics Tønsberg and co-organized Norway’s first Doughnut Festival alongside Bjørn Hauger. Ellen has published various works, including educational tools such as the "Doughnut Model for Children."
Ellen has conducted research on entrepreneurship and corporate restructuring for a sustainable economy. She holds an M.Sc. in International Environmental Governance and a BA in Economics. Ellen has worked with and studied sustainable economics for over twenty years and has served on the board of the European Society for Ecological Economics.
Elsbeth Visser is a senior strategist at the City of Amsterdam. In her role she works on the systemic changes needed to tackle the climate crisis, with a strong focus on alternative economic models like doughnut economics. She is responsible for Amsterdam’s main climate strategy Our city of tomorrow and works on several projects to further integrate sustainability efforts into the city organisation. Furthermore, she fosters international cooperation to strengthen Amsterdam’s climate efforts. She previously worked at the Netherlands Ministries of Economic Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Agriculture on sustainable economic development issues, and at an NGO focused on driving the transitions needed for business to contribute to the SDGs.
Emi is a voluntary director of Boro Doughnut CIC. She also works as a Learning & Development Facilitator at Drive Engagement, a supply teacher and a reflexologist, Emi Health.
Emma Bergeling works as a Junior Policy Analyst in the Climate and Circular Economy team at the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP). With a specialisation in Ecological Economics, her research interests span sustainable resource management, circular economy policy, and redesign of economic systems to fit within planetary boundaries.
Emma Williamson is a strategy and policy officer at Cornwall Council, where she supports the implementation of the Cornwall Development and Decision Wheel. She has over 20 years’ experience of policy and governance in UK local government, with a background in research and engagement within the public and private sectors.
Erinch leads DEAL’s work on applying Doughnut Economics to businesses. Recently, he was the CEO of the World Fair Trade Organization and previously spent 7 years at Oxfam leading campaign initiatives. He has also worked across business and government. Erinch is a board member of the Social Enterprise World Forum and teaches at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He holds degrees in finance and law, and an honorary doctorate from Oxford Brookes University.
Gayle Dallaston is Founder of The Shady Lanes Project: a change-making project that uses the activity of verge gardening to build the relationships, networks, and skills needed for diverse, cross-sector, cross-discipline collaborations. Using doable actions and existing resources at the local level, we scale outwards with networks of networks creating autonomous, localised projects to reimagine and move towards a more sustainable future. In 2024, Gayle started the Regen Brisbane collaborative network.
Ilektra is a Senior Global Expert in post-growth and Doughnut economics, running her own consultancy focused on systems change in cities, sectors and organisations. As a Senior Expert at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL), she has led efforts on the sectoral Doughnut, translating the concept into practical tools. At the moment, she is supporting UK counties to develop the Highways Doughnut. Ilektra has also led the Amsterdam City Doughnut and the city’s circular economy strategy, gaining significant media attention and inspiring cities worldwide to adopt the model.
Ink Asher Hemp (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist and (trouble) maker based in Edinburgh. They navigate solo and collaborative contexts to nurture care within our climate crisis, informed by queerness and disability justice; collective imagination; and accessibility that is creative, honest, and politically articulate.
Jacob Rask is a lecturer in Economics at the Roskilde University in Denmark, and Director of the Regenerative Built Environment Network (REGEN) at BLOXHUB in Copenhagen.
Jane Whild – An ex University Administrator, now spending my time on activism in local communities in Milton Keynes to tackle the Climate Crisis, Misogyny and Gender Inequality.I’m an advocate for Cycling Citizens MK. I am a founding member of the MK Doughnut Economics Group.
Jayati Ghosh taught economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India for 35 years, and is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. She has authored and/or edited 20 books and more than 200 scholarly articles. Jayati has advised governments in India and other countries, and consulted for various international organisations. She is a member of several international commissions, including the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs, and she writes regularly for popular media.
Jenny is a chronically sick and autistic graphic designer and access/inclusion consultant. Her work is colourful and youthful yet ultimately honest, focused on creative inclusive design. She uses her lived experience of disability to help challenge perceptions and spark more honest conversations. At the core of Jenny's work is the idea that disabled people are not simply statistics. We are individuals who have wants as well as needs."
Jo Winterbottom joined the University of Glasgow MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit Systems Science team as a Senior Research Fellow in July 2023. GALLANT (Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation) aims to deliver a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership. As part of GALLANT, Jo plays a lead role in the Systems Transformation Workstream, which uses qualitative and quantitative systems science approaches to help the city move towards climate resilience whilst tackling health, social and economic inequalities, drawing heavily on ideas from Doughnut Economics and Wellbeing Economy work.Jo previously worked for Public Health Scotland, leading the Regional Economies and Health programme and seconded to Glasgow City Region. Jo’s other experience spans a range of policy areas including youth work, community engagement, social care, housing, refugees and asylum seekers, substance use and placemaking, working across different sectors including health, local authorities, the Third Sector and consultancy.
Founder (education for Diversity) teacher, qualified as a teacher in Canterbury. I qualified as a teacher in Canterbury in 1973. My first job was in a community-built secondary school in Kenya. After teaching geography, history and art to secondary children (and prison inmates) in England and south Asia for ten years I began a new life as a primary school teacher in 1985. I became head of a successful and popular primary school for 9 years between 1992 and 2000 and changed direction again to become a senior lecturer in Music education at Canterbury Christ Church University. I was awarded a university Teaching Fellowship in 2013 and National Teaching Fellowship in 2015. On retirement in 2017 I was granted a Visiting Senior Research Fellowship at the university and continue to supervise PhD students and teach on education courses. I write and research widely on the arts, creativity, curriculum, values and well-being in education. My books on cross-curricular approaches, Cross-Curricular Learning 3-14, Applying Cross-curricular Approaches Creatively, Positive Pedagogy across Primary Education are used in schools and teacher education courses throughout the country. In 2018 I founded the charity Education4Diversity dedicated to celebrating the huge creative and social value brought to education through stories, perspectives and wisdom of refugees and other migrants. www.education4diversity.co.uk
Julia Steinberger is Professor of Ecological Economics at the University of Lausanne. She is interested in links between energy use and social outcomes, and how provisioning systems can deliver better outcomes with less energy. Julia has published more than 80 academic articles, and she is Principal Investigator of the REAL project, funded by the European Research Council. She was a lead author for the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report, and she writes and speaks regularly for diverse audiences.
Kasper Guldager is an architect and sustainability pioneer by practice and is now on a journey in real estate towards making people and planet positive homes as co-founder of Home.Earth. Kasper has co-authored the book Doughnut for Urban Development - a Manual, and been guest professor in architecture at universities in Aarhus, Delft, Munich, Calgary and Seattle.
Kate Raworth is an ecological economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities. She is the creator of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries. She is the co-founder and conceptual lead of Doughnut Economics Action Lab. Her international best-selling book, Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist, has been translated into more than 20 languages.
Katy is co-founder of Doughnut Wien and an economist with 20+ years of experience working at the nexus of education, storytelling and advocacy. On behalf of Doughnut Wien she co-organised the Beyond Growth Austria Conference, and recently launched the Doughnut4Wien initiative to help build a broad alliance working to make Vienna a thriving city providing good lives for all within planetary boundaries.
Kim joined Creative Scotland in 2022 having worked as a strategist and curator, facilitator and coach across the sector locally, nationally and internationally for 15 years. Her work is deeply informed by her lived experiences of disability and neurodivergence. She is a Clore Leadership Fellow and an ISPA Global Fellow.Kim’s previous role was with greenspace scotland, where she led the Remembering Together Covid community memorial programme announced in March 2021 by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Kristin Strandberg is a Cities Strategist at Circle Economy, helping cities move towards a more circular and regenerative future while meeting the needs of the citizens. Kristin is leading the work with Wessex Live Lab, developing a Highway Doughnut for Cornwall, Hampshire and Somerset and soon to transform the UK wide sector as a whole.
PhD in Public Administration, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Governmental Studies at Korea University. Initiator of Y-Donut (Yongin Doughnut Economics Coalition), and active member of Neutinamu Makers and Supunro Cooperative at Neutinamu Library. Research focuses on integrating Doughnut Economics into grassroots policymaking to foster regenerative and redistributive communities.
Laura Eunice, originally from Mexico, is a psychotherapist and educator. 12 years ago she founded an elementary school in the city of Tijuana that aims to create a learning environment centred in the children. I am interested in what sows hope and offers alternatives for creating a world with integrity, equity and optimism.
Laura is a member of the Doughnut4Wien initiative and a Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Associate at the Institute of Marketing and Innovation at BOKU University. With her interdisciplinary background (Energy & Transport Management, Sustainable Development) her research now focuses on actors in sustainability transitions and their influence spheres to bring about (behavioural) change.
Leonora Grcheva leads DEAL's engagement with cities, municipalities and other place-based administrations that are interested in putting Doughnut Economics into practice in their own context. Leonora is an urban planner, researcher and participation practitioner. She has over a decade of experience facilitating engagement with communities, cities and regions globally through her work as an urban planning consultant for UN-Habitat, a city leadership associate for University College London, and a community engagement consultant for built environment projects in the UK. She studied architecture in her home-country Macedonia, holds a Masters in Human Settlement from KU Leuven (Belgium), and a PhD in Urbanism from the IUAV University of Venice (Italy).
Margreet is Wellbeing Economy Alliance’s Knowledge co-Lead, with a specific focus on public policy. Originally from the Netherlands, Margreet Frieling has worked in public policy for 15 years, including for Ministries in the Netherlands and New Zealand, and the OECD. She worked for the New Zealand Treasury on their Living Standards Framework. A key thread throughout her work has been the measurement of societal wellbeing and the development of tools to better incorporate wellbeing evidence into policy design.
Marleen coordinates the educational programs within the global MasterPeace network. She has been working with Doughnut Economics from the start. Downscaling the concept to youth.
Max Phillips is an Edinburgh-based designer, recently graduated from The Glasgow School of Art with a First Class Honours in Product Design. With a background in both engineering and design sectors, he has developed strong creative and analytical skills, with a keen eye for detail. Growing up with a speech impediment gave Max a unique perspective on life, teaching him valuable skills in resilience, adaptability, inventiveness and alternative communication methods. These experiences have shaped his design approach, allowing him to champion accessibility and innovation throughout his work.
Dr Meenal Srivastava is Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada.
Morena Hanbury Lemos is a doctoral candidate in ecological economics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Spain. She originates from Brazil and her research focuses on how colonial patterns are perpetuated in the global economy. Morena investigates public policies that can promote economic sovereignty, decolonisation, and the reorganisation of resources and labour to sustainably meet the needs of the populations in the Majority World. She is affiliated with the REAL project, funded by the European Research Council.
Nani Jansen Reventlow is an internationally recognised human rights lawyer specialised in strategic litigation at the intersection of human rights, social justice, and technology. She is the founder of Systemic Justice, a new organisation that seeks to radically transform how the law works for communities fighting for racial, social, and economic justice. Systemic Justice works to make climate justice a reality by building community-driven litigation projects, and building the power and visibility of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour led climate justice organisations in Europe.
Nathalie Le Meur has been the Doughnut Economics Project Manager in Grenoble (France) for two years now. She has led the development of a variety of DE applications including Data Portrait, Strategy Mapping, Citizen Events as well as an Impact Assessment Tool for policy decision-making.
Teacher at an alternative educational institution. Representative of "Boida," a Board Game Education Research Group. Team Leader of the Class Board Game Development Team at the Class Design Research Institute. Instructor for the Board Game Education Instructor Certification Program.
Paul is in charge of the Brussels Donut project. It's been over 2 years now since he embarked on this exciting adventure to help his hometown evolve towards a more desirable future. More specifically, he is in charge of relations with the authorities and political relations. Paul holds a master's degree in political science and philosophy.
Rebecca is an Architect at RAFT, a co-coordinator of the ACAN! Climate Literacy thematic group and a Steering Group member at ACAN!. She helped coordinate the Climate Conversations events as a space to build soft skills for communicating about the climate and biodiversity crises, which the group is now building upon by hosting a book club with a focus on understanding systems thinking. The Material Doughnut was developed by the group to help Architects apply critical thinking to material specification in their projects.
Rebecca is an invisibly disabled, prize-winning Design Researcher, Accessibility Lead and Universal Recognition Movement (UR) founder. Formerly an inclusive museum designer she retrained in DesignInnovation. Her practice addresses economic justice issues through accessibility, marginalised-leadership initiatives and design justice.Awards: Civic Trust Regional & Arts Fund Museum ofthe Year, Finalist, The Story Museum. GSA’s Sustainability Prize. Eleanor Worthington Prize. Rebecca is GDD’s Equity & Accessibility Lead proudly working with global organisers. “We can create a fairer economy, if everyone can equitably create!”
Roberta is the founder of the Repense Institute, dedicated to promoting sustainable development and the 2030 Agenda. An active member of the Donut Brazil movement, she develops projects focused on regenerative and distributive economies. She advocates for prosperity within planetary boundaries and is responsible for numerous social impact and sustainability initiatives in both the private and public sectors.
Based in Manchester and a passionate cooker, eater and reader of Doughnuts, Ross Cathcart works to support Rethinking Economics globally through campaigning and activities for a better economics education
Sacha is an indigenous scholar and associate professor at University of Canterbury. She uses her intellect and entrepreneurial skills to support Iwi and Māori aspirations. She started her career with the UN human rights advocacy campaign on the foreshore and seabed. Since then, she has worked on public policy, lobbying, social entrepreneurship and is currently bridging academia with growing her own people through leadership and innovation programmes. Recognised as an emerging New Zealand leader, Sacha won the inaugural Fulbright Harkness Fellowship in 2010.
He was born in a small town in South Korea and now lives in a city near Seoul, the capital of South Korea. He has taught at universities for more than 10 years. Later, through his education and training, he obtained new job. He has been a carpenter in the community for more than 15 years. His interest has recently expanded to the environment and resources in schools and community. Together with the community, he is building a base for using waste resources and repair. He believes in Gandhi's quote, "Villages save the planet."
Sheila Thornton - An activist since my time spent at Greenham Common in the '80s, I am an early member of the MK DE group.
Simone Catalan is a dreamer dedicated to creating desirable futures through connection with people, collectives, and institutions that seek to collaborate for a society based on Well-Being. Aligned with the principles of Doughnut Economics, she believes in management that promotes regenerative and educational processes, respecting planetary boundaries and human needs. She develops experiences, social technologies, and methodologies, such as games and mentoring, to foster sustainable scenarios and promote a culture of collaboration in communities, aiming for a more equitable and sustainable future.
SSEMBATYA HIKMAH (Founder). Visual and creative strategist, participation specialist and climate change activist. A Graduate Artist from the college of and technology (CEDAT) - Makerere university, A climate Activist, Educator, and a global art in medicine fellow. Currently Living and working in Uganda with the Culture Declares Emergency (CDE) as the National Director for Uganda and The Great Imagining (TGI) as the coordinator for Africa.
Stefan Persson is a strategic developer in Tomelilla, Sweden, where he has initiated the municipality´s work with Doughnut Economics as the first municipality in Sweden. Stefan has 20 years of experience working with public sector innovations covering testbeds, procurement of innovation (PPI), development of digital decision support systems, cross-sector innovation etc.
Thomas Røkås completed his master’s thesis on Doughnut Economics in International Environmental Studies at NMBU. He is associated with NMBU’s Sustainability Arena, “Planetary Boundaries,” and is a co-organizer of the ISEE/Degrowth Conference in June 2025 in Oslo. He helped establish an academic network for post-growth in the Nordic region. Thomas is also a board member of Rethinking Economics and the Robust Society Association, and is involved in launching the Wellbeing Economy Alliance hub in Norway. He currently works as a sustainability advisor for Eika Gruppen AS.
Ting Pan currently leads the development of the City of Nanaimo’s City Plan Monitoring Strategy and oversees community-wide climate and environmental sustainability policies and programs.
Valentina Garzón is a member of the interdisciplinary research group Economía, Ambiente y Alternativas al Desarrollo based at Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Vicky is the Education and outreach worker with Financial Justice Ireland (FJI), writing education materials and delivering training to student teachers and other educators . FJI educates about and for a financial system that serves the needs of all, rather than just some people, and which does not take the planet for granted. Vicky has over 20 years of experience in designing and delivering critical Global Education with a wide range of groups, and has a particular interest in creative approaches and participatory methodologies.
Vincent is an Architect at MAP Architecture and co-coordinator of the ACAN! Climate Literacy thematic group. He has facilitated ACAN! events for the Material Doughnut workshop which is designed for professionals to develop greater environmental and social awareness of the construction materials they specify. He co-founded the Newcastle Students Climate Action Network.
Vinishree is a designer and creative practitioner passionate about ‘everything design’ and has years of experience in social innovation, circular economy, climate justice, and planet-centered design. She brings along a trans-disciplinary pool of experience through research, co-design methodologies, and design thinking. Read more about Vini’s CULTIVATE project: Dear Earth, engaging with people of diverse ethnic backgrounds and giving them agency to realise, express and share their climate responses through a creative medium.
I'm a parent raising a child with developmental disabilities and an artist. As I drew images of families with developmental disabilities living happily in the community, I met like-minded families and together we founded Breeze Between Us
Xavier is actively participating at Donut Brasil. He develops circular economy projects in Brazil in private, public and civil society sectors. With a long experience in start-ups strategy & financing in private and PPP companies and associations has executed projects on systems thinking for learning organisations, community development, urban and coastal sustainable development land planning, circular economy entertainment and tourism business. He deepened experience in Asia, Africa, Europe and L.America. He is an economist, researcher, author and community activist.
Xi Ji is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics at Peking University, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Human and Economic Development Studies. She has published more than 50 academic articles, and also a Chinese translation of ‘From Uneconomic Growth to Steady State Economy’ (by Herman Daly). Xi organised and hosted the first Ecological Economics and Ecological Civilization International Forum in China, and she serves as board member of the International Society for Ecological Economics.
The head of Neutinamu Library / The chairman of Neutinamu Foundation Former) Chairman of the Public-Private Cooperation Committee in Yongin-Si
Yuge is the advisor for sustainability for the city of Bad Nauheim and founder of the Frankfurt Donut Coalition. She draws on many years of experience with sustainability projects worldwide, and is now driving forward municipal transformation in Bad Nauheim. She has initiated and is currently accompanying the first adaptation of Doughnut Economics in a German municipal context. She studied Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt and holds a Master's degree in Development Planning from University College London.