Appreciative Inquiry

We have all began to realise how important the DEAL lenses are to our own suffocation caused by climate change.

A new organization to spread knowledge about sustainability and make policy impact

An story of how a coalition can explore ways to evolve their daily work

In June 2023, as part of Great Big Green Week, Lincoln held an inclusive event to start an open Doughnut discussion.

An story of how a tiny village can explore ways to evolve their initiatives

Baghdad, Iraq

Co-Director of Balssam Foundation for Sustainable Development; Interested in managing NGOs and sustainable leadership

Brisbane, Australia

Founder of The Shady Lanes Project and member of Regen Brisbane When I started my verge garden, my reason was simple. I was fed up with mowing it. Back then, I had no idea where it would lead me. Now I think verge gardens could be the key to saving us from the worst of climate change and biodiversity loss. Big claim for unimportant little bits of land, you might say. Come on the journey and see if you change your mind. The Shady Lanes Project is about a lot more than us all planting out our little patches. It’s about bringing diverse people together to learn how to collaborate by doing. It’s about changing the way we see nature. It’s about eco-systems thinking. Most of all, it’s about learning by doing the doable - and making what’s doable grow. [ShadyLanes_verge_eastward.jpg] Find out more: Website - Substack and newsletter

Velsen-Zuid, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Niederlande

Hello, wonderful to be connected with you here on this platform. Thank you for following your curiosity to read more about me.  I am Vera, an inquisitive human being, eager to contribute to the #paradigmshifts that I feel are bound to happen, whether its a shift in our understanding and use of #power, our money system and the way we build our economies, or our conscious relation- and #partnershipwithnature. I believe that the change that we want to see wants to happen from the inside out, that we are asked to increase our #self-awareness in how we contribute both to the change we want to see but also acknowledge the responsibility for the damage that we inevitably create by being part of the current system and paradigm.  I believe we as humans have the capacity to both construct and destruct, co-create and destroy and all these sides of us want to be integrated and used consciously to create the change we want to see. I am a psychologist by profession, appreciative inquirer by nature and working in the field of organizational and personal development. For that matter I started my own company Dare to Imagine 4 years ago. Recently I took over the lead in organizing the Create Love in Business Congress series and would love to see any synergies we can create in the overlap of this congress series and this community here. I look forward to contribute to the Doghnut Economics Action Lab. Ideally I would love to be included in any research that is happening around questions like: What would be a narrative that is strong and compelling enough to allow us to move from extraction and domination of nature to something that allows for more balance and collaboration on eye-level with nature? In that light, how does nature in intact eco-systems organize itself and the value exchanges amongst its many different species? How does it balance competition with collaboration, self-interest with altruism, etc? What could we learn from these intact and flourishing eco-systems for our economy and money system and the paradigm shift that needs to happen there? And how can all of that be practically applied?  But also if you have other ideas on how we can create synergies based on your impression of me so far, please feel free to reach out to me and connect.

Bray, Leinster, Ireland

Lac-Simon, Quebec, Canada

Having worked in business for more than 35 years, I am a member of the international think tank of the Society For Effectual Action (SEA), which is interested in the art of entrepreneurship. I am the author of several books including "Innovate to prosper", "Startup: the art of inspiring them", "Entrepreneurship and success: 10 success stories of great builders" and "The big click: the power of entrepreneurial creativity ". I have written more than 200 articles on local development, support and entrepreneurship. I managed ID Gatineau, an economic development organization that contributes to the attraction, consolidation and growth of Gatineau businesses as well as the development of the innovation ecosystem. Finally, I have implemented several best practices in terms of economic development and support for entrepreneurship.