"Heb je echt vijftig verschillende soorten shampoo nodig? Dat is niet mijn idee van keuzevrijheid. Er zijn bijvoorbeeld maar weinig mensen die echt kunnen kiezen tegen welke baan ze ja of nee zeggen." 👉️ @gayaherrington.bsky.social in tijdschrift de Helling

Join us Tuesday April 21 for my Masterclass 'Navigating the Polycrisis' at De Veranderschool in Leusden! Tickets here: www.degroeneafslag.nl/activiteit/m... I'll speak about the polycrisis, what we can realistically strive for, and what it means to be human. Give me your Dutch direct questions!

"Het fascisme is gericht op een concentratie van macht, zogenaamd om de orde te herstellen, maar in werkelijkheid om de belangen van de gevestigde orde te verdedigen. Dat zie je ook heel duidelijk aan de huidige Amerikaanse regering." 📣 @gayaherrington.bsky.social in tijdschrift de Helling

Growth-at-all cost support is declining across the globe. That's what this new survey reveals. globescan.com/2026/03/11/i... Last month, 150 governments approved a report that blames the growth pursuit for biodiversity loss and proposes economic reforms, incl. degrowth. www.ipbes.net/business-imp...

"De enige oplossing is om wat we hebben, eerlijker te verdelen. Er zitten grenzen aan inkomensongelijkheid, aan hoeveel rijkdom je voor jezelf zou moeten kunnen vergaren." 📣 @gayaherrington.bsky.social in tijdschrift de Helling

The basis of life is cooperation. Some healthy competition brings real progress too sometimes. But let's not engage in races to the bottom, shall we, Europe? (Or any other continent, really.) www.linkedin.com/posts/lucern...

"Of je het nou donut-, post-growth- of regenerative economy noemt; het komt allemaal neer op 'we need to let go of growth as the ultimate goal; it needs to serve life.'" Heel interessant interview met @gayaherrington.bsky.social in De Helling. www.wetenschappelijkbureaugroenlinks.nl/tijdschrift/...

Last week I gave 5 lectures and keynotes about collapse resilience in at the University of Maryland and the Green Building Council's event in NY #nysgbc2026. A realistic path forward is not at all idyllic, but still, offers a reconnection with ourselves, one another and the rest of the web of life.

#NYSGBC2026 paraphrased @gayaherrington.bsky.social You don’t need to break the system, you just need to do the work - in the cracks that are appearing, you need to connect, build toward the new system birth…

thehill.com/homenews/med... A spokesperson for Gallup said. “We look forward to continuing to offer independent research that adheres to the highest standards of social science.” The devolution into fascism continues.

In @theguardian.com this week: the growing demand for alternatives to neoclassical economics around the world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When something is funny but you've been starved of smart and decent leaders for so long that it makes you cry a little.

I often get asked: What can I do to change this economic system? It starts with changing your inner narrative, otherwise you'll just apply fixes to the current system. I discuss this deeply personal aspect of systems change on Marley Finnigan's podcast The Blueprint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L4S...

Nancy Giordano is the host of the top 10% global podcast #FuturistMom and I recently had the honor of being her guest to talk about our kids' post-growth future. @nancygiordano.bsky.social Here's a snippet: www.youtube.com/shorts/QZo3D... Link to podcast: podcast.futuristmom.com/episodes/the...

Last month at the European Economic Forum, I told the audience: our choice isn't whether to keep growing or not. It's whether the end of growth comes by design or disaster. www.linkedin.com/posts/gayaus... Business must use entrepreneurship to solve society's largest needs, not further extractivism.

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.

Ecological Economics and #degrowth

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....

In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 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!

Meet 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...

Looking 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

Is 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 @gayaherrington.bsky.social @katyrshields.bsky.social

The first episode of the podcast about Herman Daly's life is out! Listen to it here: lnk.to/HDE1

Can 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. 🎧 lnk.to/HDE1 @gayaherrington.bsky.social

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

Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.

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 Montréal 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

📣 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. 🎧 www.buzzsprout.com/2054827/epis...

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

"There was a time" when the WaPo was trying to "cover all views". Now it's a full-blown propaganda machine.

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...

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve 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?...