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Gaya Herrington
Gaya Herrington
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Speaking Expertise
limits to growth, postgrowth economics, postgrowth-aligned businesses, bioregional finance, collapse resilience
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Gaya Herrington is a published author, lecturer, and public speaker on wellbeing/post-growth economics. Since her empirical data comparison to The Limits to Growth in Yale’s Journal of Industrial Ecology went viral in 2021, Gaya has been shaping conversations at local and global levels with her message that true sustainability will not be achieved without transforming our economic system away from an obsession with perpetual growth to one that centers around societal and ecological wellbeing. Her work has been featured in global media outlets and events, including the European Economic Forum, WIRED, Vice, The Guardian, The Independent, and in her TED talk. 

Gaya holds a Master’s degree in Econometrics (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) and another in Sustainability (Harvard University) and has worked at the Dutch Central Bank, KPMG US and the multinational Schneider Electric.