Friday 23rd October
At the University of Lincoln – Issac Newton Building
We are coming together to celebrate the energy across Lincoln that is moving us towards ‘Living in the Doughnut’.
If you are new to Doughnut Economics then you will leave with a better understanding of what it means, and why people across Lincoln are so eager to explore it.
If you joined us last year, we will be building on that momentum with new, inspiring local voices, updates and networking opportunities.
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The Event Themes:
Energy | Food | Better Business | Nature Connection (threaded though the other themes)
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We will be exploring each theme with a range of local speakers, to gain a sense of what is possible, and what is happening locally, to take steps to ‘Live Together in The Doughnut’.
Alongside the speaker sessions there will be opportunities to network with many more people and organisations across the city.
Lunch is not provided
You are welcome to bring along a packed lunch, and food and drinks are also available to purchase throughout the day on Campus.
A lunch hour will be provided, during which you can enjoy a range of activities and browse displays from local community groups and organisations.
This event is organised by Climate Hope Lincoln, in collaboration with a range of fabulous session holders. More details will be shared soon about the sessions.
Speakers
Youth Voice:
Kerry and Sam from Project Fashion Fixed (PFF) CIC facilitated the Youth Voices Event for Global Doughnut Days hosted by Lincoln College on Monday 12th October to incorporate the voices of our young people within Lincoln Doughnut Day. The day focused the lens of Fashion on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the potential of a regenerative economy, introducing students to Doughnut Economics and the impact of fast fashion on our ecological and social landscapes, globally. Unfortunately, PFF cannot be at our Lincoln Doughnut Day, and Debbie will try her best to connect these two events to ensure our younger voices represented.
Kerry Gibson
Kerry Gibson is a creative educator, designer, and social entrepreneur exploring how fashion can become a force for good. She is the founder of Project Fashion Fixed CIC, a Lincolnshire-based social enterprise that supports young people through hands-on workshops in sewing, mending, and creative arts.
Her work focuses on building confidence, wellbeing, and practical life skills, creating safe and inclusive spaces where young people can learn, create, and connect.
Kerry also leads Rethread denim education project, a creative learning initiative that uses the
story of denim to explore sustainability and the lifecycle of clothing. Through storytelling,
games, and creative practice, she helps young people understand where their clothes come
from, who makes them, and what happens when we no longer want them.
Her practice sits at the intersection of fashion, community, and environmental education,
championing repair culture, circular design, and creative confidence. Whether teaching
mending skills or developing creative learning resources, Kerry’s mission is to show that
what we wear can tell a story of care, for people, planet, and community.
Better Business:
Kelly Evans
“What does a doughnut have to do with running a better
business?”
Kelly Evans is a behavioural scientist, Chartered Marketer and founder of Social Change, an award-winning behavioural science and behaviour change agency established in 2010.
With nearly 25 years’ experience, Kelly has worked with UK Government, the NHS,charities, public bodies and major organisations to apply behavioural science to some of society’s most complex challenges. Her work has spanned public health, obesity, tobacco control, climate change, knife crime, violence against women and girls, child sexual exploitation and health inequalities, with research and behavioural insight informing policy, strategy, practice and the development of legislation.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kelly and her team worked with Government on communications and behaviour change, using behavioural science to test
approaches designed to encourage protective behaviours and vaccine uptake.
Kelly specialises in understanding what really drives human behaviour and
translating behavioural science, psychology and evidence into practical strategies for change. She has delivered talks internationally, including a TEDx talk, and is a regular speaker at national conferences and universities and a guest on BBC radio.
Jack Good
Jack Good is the Founder of Reuseabox, a circular economy packaging
company on a mission to make cardboard reuse the norm. Over the last
10 years, Jack has challenged the notion that cardboard is single-use,
helping businesses cut costs while significantly reducing their
environmental impact.
Recognised as one of Lincolnshire’s 30 Under 30 in 2023, Jack has led
Reuseabox to become a B Corp Certified, multi-million-pound business
that is changing how companies think about packaging waste.
Jack is a firm believer in business being a force for good. His leadership
has not only driven sustainability within the packaging industry, but it has created a community of similarly minded companies who are reducing waste and making the packaging industry more circular.
Food:
Andrew Brown
Andrew is a teacher and project manager who has lived in Lincoln for the last 14 years, involved in various local and community projects, including Climate Hope.
Within Climate Hope, he has helped to coordinate the Choose Local Food campaign over the past couple of years, which has led to him leading on the new Fruit and Veg Box scheme for Lincoln: Eat Local Lincoln. He will explain a little of the background which has led to this new initiative, as well as the objectives for social, environmental, and health inclusion, which are all part of the broader ambitions within the food economy in and around Lincoln.
Energy:
Dr Aran Eales
Dr Aran Eales has almost 20 years’ experience working in renewable energy, climate action, social enterprise and just transition in the UK and Africa. He works as an Energy Systems Specialist with the Centre for Energy Equality and is Technical Director of Equal Access Energy, supporting community-led solar, battery storage and inclusive energy projects. He will be contributing to Doughnut Day in an independent capacity.
Dr Alessia Vacca, PhD FHEA,
Dr Alessia Vacca, PhD FHEA, is Senior Lecturer at the School of Law of the
University of Lincoln. She holds a PhD in Law from the University of Aberdeen (UK), and she is a qualified lawyer in Italy. Alessia teaches Environmental Law and has been Visiting Professor in several universities, for example at the University of Sydney (Australia), at the University of Jaén (Spain), and at the Iceland School of Energy (Reykjavik). She was member of the Bar Commission for the Italian Bar examination (Court of Appeal of Cagliari, 2014). She works on sustainable energy, renewables, circular economy, sustainable fashion, textiles and microplastics, and transparency and community engagement in environmental matters. She published articles and books in Environmental Law and Administrative Law.
Nature Connection:
Debbie Mace
Debbie Mace began working as an Occupational Therapist (OT) in 2000 and spent almost twenty years working in the Midlands NHS Mental Health Service and moved to Lincoln with her family twelve years ago.
When her mum began a journey with dementia, she embraced a freelance path and now thinks of herself as Mother Nature’s OT and an advocate for our Collective Wellbeing as Planet and People now.
In 2027 she is collaborating with Professor Micheal Iwama and his team at the Kawa Model for OT. Together they intend to develop this reflective and emergent wellbeing approach as both an individual and a group intervention, available more widely. To find out more you can visit the International OT Hub to read her article and discover more about her collective wellbeing journey and the gifts of an Earth Lens.
https://www.theothub.com/article/kawa-model-as-a-group-ot-intervention.
In 2025 Debbie became a Lincoln Climate Commissioner and continues to nurture the ‘Space In Between’ our local climate groups, to benefit our local community, and our collective wellbeing journey locally.
Inner Development Goals:
Dr Georgiana Els
Dr Georgiana Els (Ciuchete) is an Associate Professor at Lincoln Business School, University of Lincoln. An academic, practitioner, team coach, parent, and life-long learner, Georgiana enjoys working with individuals, teams, and communities to explore and unlock possible futures. With 15y+ experience in HE, Georgiana has coined a heutagogical model and innovated the curriculum in team learning approaches and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
Before embarking on an academic career, Georgiana acquired several years of management experience in the travel and tourism industry. Her business experience enabled opportunities to work in various countries and immerse in different cultures.
Georgiana has experience at developing partnerships with external organisations and supporting the third sector. In collaboration with Destination Lincolnshire, GE led the Dynamic Growth project empowering Lincolnshire businesses in the visitor economy to boost performance and enhance resilience which won her an Award at SEL Councils Partnerships for her project leadership. Georgiana is one of the few global Inner Development Goals (IDG) Ambassadors and co-founder of the IDG UK Capacity Building Network with a particular interest in capacity building in pursuit of societal agency. As co-founder of IDG HUb, she is a mentor for community organisers.
LocalMotion Lincoln
Charlotte Brooks
Charlotte is the systems change coordinator for LocalMotion Lincoln which
committed tackling the root causes of social, economic and environmental injustices.
Charlotte has worked across the private, public and community sectors until finding a
space for her positive disruptive nature to flourish in her current role. Charlotte is a
wife, mum, daughter and carer.
Matti Colley
Matti Colley has been working in PR and Comms in Lincolnshire for the past decade, mainly in the charity and voluntary sector. She currently stewards the LocalMotion Lincoln social media channels and was involved in promoting the Doughnut Days last year at Mint Lane Wellbeing Hub. Matti was recently appointed as a member of the Pride in Place Board for Birchwood.
Matti has an interest in applying Doughnut Economics as a systems change tool to help build knowledge and skills libraries across the city and supporting the development of more business and employment opportunities.
About Climate Hope Lincoln:
Climate Hope Lincoln wants to support positive engagement around social and climate justice and support local action.
Together, we want to work with all communities to:
- Realise our own impact on the environment (locally and globally)
- Understand the difference small changes can make, both now and for our future
- Share ideas, of all sizes, with leaders and policy makers
- Inspire local campaigners and organisations to connect for better long-term collaboration, and
- Support the coordination of our resources and building of our relationships to help us unite and act.