Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Gaya Herrington (episode 125)

Gaya Herrington is Vice President Sustainability Research at Schneider Electric (voted most sustainable corporation in the world in 2021). She studies how environmental, social, behavioral and economic trends interact and what systems changes are needed for achieving true global sustainability. Gaya is best known for her research on the Limits to Growth (LtG), and how it informs us about a more human and ecocentric economic system, one fit for the 21st century: wellbeing economics.  

Gaya has given keynote speeches and guest lectures around the world, and is an Advisor to the Club of Rome, an international 100-member club of scientists, economists, and other thinkers. She has a Master’s degree in Econometrics from the Liberal Amsterdam University and another Master’s in Sustainability from Harvard University. She lives in Washington D.C.

 

Recent interview with Gaya about her work: https://www.wired.com/story/gaya-herrington-avoiding-global-collapse/

Peer-reviewed journal article on Gaya’s LtG research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13084

Gaya’s book (free for download): https://www.mdpi.com/books/mono/6206

 

Social media: Gaya's Facebook and Schneider Electric's: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

 

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