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Doko Recyclers promotes and enables smart sustainability and a circular economy by working with corporations, educational institutions, apartment buildings and colonies, factories, hotels, restaurants, and households in Nepal to reduce and segregate their waste. They offer "cash for trash" with digital weighing, transparent pricing, and on-the-spot payment, recycling pickup, home compost bins, on-site paper shredding, waste management for events, e-waste services, tours, workshops, and consulting. Their Tatwa sustainability shop includes bamboo toothbrushes, reusable straws, cutlery sets, bins, and products made from upcycled waste materials. Doko Recyclers aims to solve Nepal's growing waste problem by streamlining the informal recycling industry, introducing modern and hygienic segregation and aggregation, and ensuring ethical labor practices and fair and transparent prices.

Dolce Italia aims to make a fresh and healthy Mediterranean diet accessible to people in Sri Lanka. They specialize in home-style Italian food made from all natural ingredients, and they source directly from local producers whenever possible. This includes making fresh tomato sauce daily from local tomatoes, offering pizza made with a local kurakkan flour crust, and using local butter and buffalo mozzarella. Dolce Italia supports many community initiatives and is committed to employing at-risk youth and people with disabilities. They collaborate with a non-profit called Papa Giovanni to provide free training, including food and accommodation, to young people coming out of orphanages. They have also created a special employee fund to help long-term workers finance large expenses like marriage or purchasing a home.

DonationMatch is a unique matchmaking platform that simplifies in-kind donations and makes it easier for donor businesses and recipient nonprofits to connect. Community engagement has become essential for successful companies, but managing corporate social responsibility initiatives and donation requests can be time-consuming for givers and receivers alike. DonationMatch increases qualified candidate pools for both donor companies and recipient organizations and reduces the effort to identify a good fit. For nonprofits, it provides a common application form and tools to track offers, requests, and responses. For businesses, the DonationMatch platform provides customizable handling of available offers and donation requests, built-in screening, recordkeeping and real-time statistics, support for give-back fundraisers, and direct-to-organization grassroots giving. Brands with physical products can also participate in SamplingForGood to reach target consumers through nonprofit and school events. DonationMatch provides cause-based organizations free access to their network of potential in-kind donors and has a free membership level for companies that are just getting started with in-kind donations.

Dongas' mission is to help redefine the concept of travel in Sri Lanka by introducing elements of sustainability, circular economy, and community empowerment. They work with clients to develop carefully curated, authentic local travel experiences that benefit small-scale entrepreneurs and rural communities. All partners are paid directly. Donga has organized tours focused on environmental sustainability, adventure, food and agriculture, yoga, meditation, and mindfulness, and cottage industries and has experience coordinating travel for people with disabilities. They avoid polythene, actively promote compostable and reusable alternatives, raise awareness about responsible travel principles and ethical photography and videography, and partner with other enterprises and networks focused on social and environmental responsibility.

Doni makes it easier to access ethically and sustainably sourced traditional Sri Lankan foods. They specialize in fresh buffalo curd from producers in Southern Province and pure kithul palm treacle and jaggery from producers in Sabaragamuwa Province. Doni visits suppliers, pays fair prices, and ensures quality, animal welfare, and environmental standards are maintained. They use biodegradable clay pots, reusable glass bottles, coconut palm carriers, and wooden spoons to minimize plastic waste. Clay pots are crushed before disposal to prevent the creation of mosquito breeding grounds. Doni donates a portion of all profits to a children's home in Moratuwa. They also work with supplier communities to provide food and school supplies to families in need.

Don's Recycled Metal Arts transforms scrap metal into artwork to promote creativity, reduce waste, and foster a culture of mindful consumption and environmental stewardship. They create sculptures and functional art pieces from discarded cans, machine parts, and other scrap metal sourced from local waste collection points. Their surplus is used to help disabled animals.

Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) is part of the emerging global movement of new economic thinking and doing. They help create 21st century economies that are regenerative and distributive by design so we can meet the needs of all people within the means of the living planet. As an action lab, they aim to learn with and from changemakers around the world who are turning the ideas of Doughnut Economics into transformative action. In 2020, they launched the DEAL Community Platform as a space to connect, share, inspire, and be inspired. It includes a community map, member profiles, tools, stories, events, news, and other updates. The DEAL team is collaborating with cities, communities, educators, businesses, and governments on pilot projects around the world. The tools and stories that emerge from these initiatives are open access and free of charge. DEAL is a member of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance. They are registered as a Community Interest Company and reinvest all revenue towards their purpose.

Dough Rye Me is an artisan bakery started in the SCOOP production kitchen on the island of Jersey. They specialize in wild yeast sourdough bread made with certified organic flour and other sustainably sourced ingredients. The natural slow fermentation process not only deepens the flavor of the bread, it also improves the body's ability to access the nutritional benefits of the grain and is better for gut health and blood sugar levels. Dough Rye Me provides a freshly baked local alternative to imported, mass manufactured breads available at conventional supermarkets.

Down to Earth Farm is creating a model for building self-sufficient communities and diverse ecosystems that support living soil and holistic health and wellness for all living beings. Their land in the Sri Lankan hill country includes frog ponds, pollinator gardens, fruit orchards, and wild spaces for natural forests to take root again. They cultivate herbs, greens, vegetables, and medicinal plants from open-pollinated or traditional heirloom seeds and make their own compost, biochar, vermicompost, liquid comfrey teas, and other natural inputs. Down to Earth Farm promotes natural building using clay, soil, sand, and other materials from the building site. They have worked with adobe bricks, lime plaster, limecrete, cob bricks, cob ceilings, and Shou Sugi Ban charred wood. They offer farm stays, workshops, and training programs on organic farming and natural building techniques. Down to Earth builds connections and shares practices to help more people grow their own food and medicine.

Dreamer & Co offers fair trade jewelry from the Horn of Africa with a focus on inspiring conscious consumption and empowering women through dignified employment. They partner with Riyo Rumoday, a group of women artisans that specialize in handmade paper beads. Dreamer & Co pays fair trade prices to ensure sustainable living wages and provides design support, materials, skill development, and market access. They are committed to environmental stewardship and have been working to eliminate plastic packaging, expand their range of upcycled products, and transition to environmental responsible materials and fittings. Dreamer & Co is a member of Fair Trade Federation.

DreamSpace Academy is a community innovation center in Batticaloa, an area of Sri Lanka that has been affected by natural disaster and 30 years of war. During this period, hundreds of international agencies came to the region with humanitarian aid and imported solutions. DreamSpace was started to catalyze creative mindsets and empower youth in the region to develop innovative local solutions to complex socioeconomic and environmental issues. They have labs for electronics, mechanics, software, biotechnology, business, art, and design and offer a wide range of MakerEducation workshops. Their personalized empowerment programs, called the DreamSpace Life Cycle, helps local innovators develop their ideas into self-sustaining social enterprises. They also host DreamSpace Terrace, a community cafe, Trash for Trade, a plastic upcycling business, OceanBiome, an ocean research collective, and J Matrix, a 3D modeling enterprise.

Drift Bnb is a centrally located bed and breakfast in Sri Lanka's capital city that is known for its artwork and plants. The mural on the front wall of the hotel is part of the Sea Walls ocean conservation project and is intended to remind people of the importance of keeping our forests and oceans clean. Drift BnB offers private rooms and affordable dormitory beds. They have a water refill station, minimize single use plastics, segregate and recycle waste, and actively support other local businesses that prioritize people and the planet.

Drift offers surf and yoga wellness retreats from a base in the Channel Islands. Their Jersey retreats operate from Kempt Tower, a restored heritage property inside a national park with 1,900 hectares of protected coastline. Meals and snacks are plant-based and made from organic and local ingredients sourced through SCOOP The Sustainable Cooperative. In addition to surf and yoga, there are opportunities for standup paddleboarding, nature walks, coastal foraging, mindfulness meditation, massage treatments, creativity workshops, and more. Drift also offers day programs, staycations, and Drift Away retreats in Portugal. Their commitment to environmental responsibility includes avoiding all single use plastic, providing eco packs and natural toiletry products, prioritizing local plant-based food, composting food waste, coordinating beach cleans, planting trees through Trees for Life in Jersey, offering opportunities for guests to offset their travel, and supporting conservation initiatives by Bukit Lawang Trust.

driverED provides affordable and accessible driving lessons and driving test support for people experiencing transport disadvantage in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Their experienced multilingual instructors offer low-cost, culturally appropriate lessons to learner drivers experiencing barriers to obtaining their driving license due to language, income, or a limited understanding of Australia’s road laws and regulations. driverED partners with local organizations that support migrant, refugee, and humanitarian entrants who require driving lessons for employment, economic empowerment, and connection. They also help women from migrant and refugee backgrounds become driving instructors, develop their own businesses, and achieve financial sustainability. driverED is a Social Traders Certified Social Enterprise and a member of Social Enterprise Network of Victoria (SENVIC). They operate under Whittlesea Community Connections, a not-for-profit community organization founded in 1973.

Drum House brings people together through percussion. They coordinate drum and percussion lessons, workshops, performances, and drum circles for groups of all ages. Drum House also sells drums and percussion instruments made with no animal products. Their drum workshops and drum circles contribute to listening and communication skills, creativity, team building, and connection.

Dryp aims to make high quality Sri Lankan coffee and brew methods locally accessible. They work directly with small upcountry farms, roast in single origin micro lots, and provide transparent sourcing information. Dryp Coffee is available as cold brew, whole bean, or ground in a range of roasts. Profits are reinvested to educate their partner farmers on sustainable production techniques, harvest quality, and waste reduction. Dryp has developed their own brewing equipment as an alternative to imported plastic filter cups and single-use paper filters. Their Drypper is a clay cup designed for optimum flow rates with reusable cotton filters. They are now working to develop sustainable packaging alternatives.

DTOCS offers tableware from palm leaves to reduce resource use and waste and create livelihood opportunities for women in India. They supply plates, bowls, platters, serving trays, spoons, and straws made from naturally shed areca and coconut palm leaves that are collected, cleaned, pressed, trimmed, and sterilized. DTOCS provides natural, leak-proof, compostable alternatives to single-use plastic and industrial paper products. They give back by funding scholarships for disadvantaged children in the United States and India. DTOCS is certified Composter Approved by the Compost Manufacturing Alliance and certified Women Owned by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. They are a member of Members United for Sustainable Events (MUSE) the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN), and Naturally Network.

Good Market is a curated platform that brings together people creating a better world. All of the vendors on the site have been through an application and review process to ensure they meet Good Market standards and are good for people and good for the planet.

Dudley Silva Batik focuses on preserving the batik tradition in Sri Lanka. Their workshop in Ambalangoda uses cotton, silk, fiber reactive dyes, paraffin, beeswax, and traditional dummala resin to produce unique batik shirts, sarongs, lungis, skirts, blouses, beachwear, scarves, shawls, bags, wall hangings, tableware, bed spreads, pillows, home decor, greeting cards and original artwork. Dudley Silva Batik provides living wages, meals, holiday bonuses and training for workers.

DumoWongi produces herbal products, promotes sustainable agriculture, and provides income-generating opportunities for women in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. They offer edible flowers, fresh and dried herbs, potted succulents, herb salts, superfood powders, natural soaps, herbal salves, and hydrosols. They also make eco print lanyards, coasters, hair accessories, and gift wrap from upcycled fabric printed with natural botanical dyes. DumoWongi trains and supports local women to grow herbs and edible flowers using natural farming techniques and produce herbal products. They use 10 percent of their sales for community development initiatives.