<\/span><\/p>\n You are part of the global NYU family and spent some time at NYUAD?<\/strong><\/p>\n I graduated as a Chemistry major from NYU in 2014, and right after, I received an opportunity to become a Global Academic Fellow at NYUAD (\u201914-\u201916).\u00a0 It was a fantastic experience where I had had a chance to work with students from all over the world while supporting various courses and programs. In my first year, I worked with Prof. Tim Dore on Foundations of Science and later with Prof. Sophia Kalantzakos on Environmental Policy. My most exciting experience was designing academic trips. For one of them, I had a chance to bring students to Kazakhstan – my home country – and explore environmental policy. In another, a group of students travelled through Greece and explored the fundamentals and practices of democracy.\u00a0 These experiences helped me realize that I would like to pursue a career in tackling environmental challenges by working with diverse stakeholders and become a translator between science, business, and policy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What have you been up to since leaving NYUAD?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Since leaving the NYU family, I completed the 1+1 Program at the University of Oxford with MSc in Environmental Change and Management and MBA Said Business School. As a student, I co-founded the Circular Economy Lab at the Skoll Center for Social Entrepreneurship, which serves to bridge academics and professionals in the impact space. After graduation, I moved to Amsterdam where I worked with Kate Raworth to implement Doughnut Economics as part of the city\u2019s Circular Economy Policy. Today, I work as a Strategy Consultant at Metyis, and I serve on the Climate Action Steering Committee for the Global Shapers Community of the World Economic Forum, where I lead on the Scale360 initiative.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is the Doughnut?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Doughnut offers a vision of what it means for humanity to thrive in the 21st century – and Doughnut Economics explores the mindset and ways of thinking needed to get us there.<\/p>\n \u00a0 The Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries envisions a world in which people and planet can thrive in balance \u2013 in other words, it offers a compass for guiding 21st-century prosperity. The Doughnut\u2019s social foundation, which is derived from the UN Sustainable Development Goals’ social priorities, sets out the minimum standard of living to which every human being has a claim. The Doughnut\u2019s ecological ceiling comprises nine planetary boundaries, drawn up by Earth-system scientists in order to identify Earth\u2019s critical life-supporting systems and the global limits of pressure that they can endure. Between the social foundation and the ecological ceiling lies a doughnut-shaped space(green space) in which it is possible to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet \u2013 an ecologically safe and socially just space in which humanity can thrive.<\/p>\n Learn more here: About Doughnut Economics | DEAL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_testimonial author=”Olya Krestyaninova” job_title=”Consultant and Social Entrepreneur” company_name=”Metyis” portrait_url=”https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/earthumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image4.jpeg” _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n My Doughnut journey started with developing a game for school children in Kazakhstan as part of my Master\u2019s thesis. I thought it was the perfect sweet spot to bridge the conceptual gap between social development and climate change, while identifying concrete gaps and opportunities for local action.\u00a0Since then, I have continued to bring the Doughnut into all of my work.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/earthumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image0.jpeg” title_text=”image0″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.8.1″ _module_preset=”default”]<\/p>\n What is happening with the Doughnut today?<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2019, the concept was adopted by\u00a0 C40 Climate Network of Cities and together with Kate Roworth, DEAL, Biomimicry 3.8 and Circle Economy we created a methodology and a launched a strategic tool for cities to become Thriving Cities<\/em>. The program was piloted with Amsterdam (my new home), Philadelphia, and Portland and more cities are on the way!\u00a0 I am most proud to live in a city that has embraced and is actively Doughnut-proofing the future of all residents.<\/p>\n Amsterdam to embrace ‘doughnut’ model to mend post-coronavirus economy | Netherlands | The Guardian<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/sites.nyuad.nyu.edu\/earthumanities\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Screen-Shot-2021-02-28-at-6.24.38-PM-300x256.png\")
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