@gayaherrington.bsky.social
Embracer of limits. Researcher, published author, and public speaker on wellbeing economics. TED talk: https://youtu.be/JfeRLwlnuHo?si=QIK6BwksPn9vNuox
I'm leaving for my little European tour soon, with several speaking engagements about postgrowth economic system change in the Netherlands and at the European Economic Forum in Lucerne, Switzerland: www.linkedin.com/posts/lucern... Tickets for the latter event are still available.
17.11.2025 01:12 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Ecological Economics and #degrowth
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Looking forward to speaking at the (Re)Purpose summit in 2 days.
What does a move towards a wellbeing economy offer the West?
My answer in one word: Purpose.
For more words, see tickets here (with steep discounts for those impacted by recent lay-offs): checkout.eventcreate.com/repurposebyi....
"Are women ruining men?".
No, that's actually the one thing men are really better at than women.
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27.10.2025 21:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In ππ©π¦ ππͺπ₯π₯π¦π― ππΆπ΄πͺπ―π¦π΄π΄ ππ’π«π°π³πͺπ΅πΊ report from earlier this year, the vast majority (86%) of UK employees were found to be supportive of post-growth business principles, such as profit serving a higher societal goal.
Would this really be that different for US workers? www.lse.ac.uk/pbs/assets/d...
New Nature article: all carbon intensity reductions (good!) have been offset by economic growth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
It's almost like perpetual growth is the root cause of, instead of the answer to, our global predicament.
2 weeks ago I skipped Climate Week for the Future of Finance organized by FMO, a bank with a vision of a world where we live well within planetary boundaries. I was happy FMO was pleased with my keynote on economic system change, and even happier to see participants connecting to work towards it!
13.10.2025 04:40 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Meet Gaya Herrington (@gayaherrington.bsky.social), sustainability researcher and well-being economist, at this year's Nexus Conference! Saturday 22 November 2025 in Amsterdam. nexus-instituut.nl/activity/apo...
23.09.2025 09:30 β π 0 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Looking forward to the Nexus conference this November in the Amsterdam Opera House. Nexus is not the average event with name tags and panel discussions. It's an "intellectual opera" between thinkers from all over the spectrum, including this year also VP Mike Pence and @mamphelaramphele.bsky.social
25.09.2025 19:39 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Is growth the obvious way to eliminate poverty? Economist Herman Daly realised it wasn't.
In the third episode of the Cities 1.5 miniseries, we learn more about his economy for the common good. Listen here: lnk.to/HDE3
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The first episode of the podcast about Herman Daly's life is out! Listen to it here: lnk.to/HDE1
22.08.2025 23:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can we have infinite economic growth on a planet with finite resources?
Join podcast host David Miller for episode 1 of our Cities 1.5 mini series about the life and legacy of economist Herman Daly - the father of ecological economics.
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The podcast about Herman Daly will be out soon now! I'm so honored to have been included by @c40cities.bsky.social in this series along with @timjackson.org.uk and @kateraworth.bsky.social. Daly's legacy is the mycelium feeding our work and that of so many others. Link to the teaser: lnk.to/HDteaser
19.08.2025 00:35 β π 5 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
15.06.2025 00:37 β π 24044 π 5609 π¬ 2336 π 1235
2 weeks ago I used my keynote speech for the Sustainable Finance Summit in Montreal, Canada, to talk to bankers, CFOs, and investors about limits to growth.
Did they boo me off the main stage? You can now check for yourself: youtu.be/kfNRfpQnlGQ?...
"Is investment a claim to future profit, or a commitment to a common future? Is ownership a right to do with something as one pleases or a responsibility of care?"
I spoke about #limitstogrowth, a #wellbeingeconomy and #degrowth in my keynote at the Sustainable Finance Summit in MontrΓ©al last week.
The podcast featuring my talk with former Toronto mayor David Miller is now live. I love how the C40 team blended it together with truth bombs from the inspiring Mayor Aki-Sawyerr. Thank you for holding the line, @c40cities.bsky.social
12.03.2025 14:17 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Cities 1.5 podcast logo shows a globe with Cities 1.5 written on it and a thermometer
Mayor Aki-Sawyerr is speaking into a microphone
Gaya Herrington looks at the camera
π£ Cities 1.5 is back
David Miller speaks to Mayor Aki-Sawyerr on overcoming the challenges of unlocking urban climate finance.
Economist @gayaherrington.bsky.social shares why changing our economic system is the only solution to the climate crisis.
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Art by Banksy
Anyone working in systems change knows this moment in history is about being half hospice and half midwife. The old system is dying, and the new one is coming into existence. It's a painful experience (as I after two home births can attest to). But the outcome is what we've been waiting for. #Banksy
27.02.2025 16:06 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0Maybe you're right. Enormous inequality and overconsumption seem to have made you such a peacefully happy person, after all.
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"There was a time" when the WaPo was trying to "cover all views". Now it's a full-blown propaganda machine.
26.02.2025 15:12 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think you'll thoroughly enjoy this: blog.se.com/sustainabili...
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What's the role of business in economic systems change? In this new podcast episode, I talk about the tension that comes with being part of a system that creates results nobody wants, the fear of being placed outside of it, and why connecting with others is key. impactlabs.earth/reboot-busin...
20.02.2025 06:14 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
π§΅"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trumpβs first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
Iβve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Measuring progress by how many girls ride their bikes to school. Simple single number, still better than GDP. My buddy Katherine Trebeck wrote a blog last month for the Earth all Commission of the @clubofrome.org about indicators for a better world. Worth a read.
earth4all.life/views/indica...
The current economic system is at its breaking point. This was forewarned, including by the authors of the 1970s book The Limits to Growth. Breakdown doesn't mean the end of humanity. So we'll need a new and better system afterwards. My proposal: a #wellbeingeconomy youtu.be/JfeRLwlnuHo?...
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