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Gaya Herrington

Researcher, published author and public speaker on replacing the economic goal of growth with human and ecological wellbeing.

 

Gaya Herrington is a internationally known thought leader in sustainability, celebrated for her transformative research and advocacy for embracing limits to growth by putting human and ecological flourishing at the heart of our economy. Whether it is speaking at conferences from the U.N. to TED, lecturing at universities around the globe, or being interviewed for TV, radio, and print, Gaya's insights resonate around the world. Read more about Gaya here. 

publications & public speaking

Book

Nexus clips online

TED talk

When Gaya was asked to write a book about limits to growth and the necessity of economic systems change for true sustainability, she did so under the condition that it would be freely available for download (there's also an option to purchase a hardcopy). 


All publications can be found here. 

TED talk

Nexus clips online

TED talk

Gaya' delivered this TED talk at the Bloomberg Green Festival in July 2024, sharing the stage with other speakers like Johan Rockström. 


Other (free) videos of lectures and keynote speeches here.

Nexus clips online

Nexus clips online

Nexus clips online

Snippets of the last Nexus Conference are now online, including this 4-minute speech by Gaya about 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, its implications for inequality, the root cause of the polycrisis, and the imperative of economic transformation.


The Nexus Conference is an "intellectual opera", which gathers a diverse group of thinker

Snippets of the last Nexus Conference are now online, including this 4-minute speech by Gaya about 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩, its implications for inequality, the root cause of the polycrisis, and the imperative of economic transformation.


The Nexus Conference is an "intellectual opera", which gathers a diverse group of thinkers on stage for deep conversations. Other guests included anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele, political scientist Patrick Deneen, and former US Vice-President Mike Pence.

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