Gaya Herrington: "Humanity's Soul: Life or Growth?"
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens
Nate Hagens
4.8 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, Nate speaks with econometrician and sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington about her new book, Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse, a more in-depth and personal telling of her 2021 review of the Limits to Growth (LTG). More than 50 years after the original LTG report was released, the model trajectories remain both relevant and controversial, as we continue with the 'business as usual' scenario, in which the LTG model resulted in collapse. Why are we stuck on this road and how are our growth based economic systems optimized to keep us there? Is it possible to shift our goals to a different path, away from growth, focused on the well-being of all life? Can we plan or mitigate the path to descent?
About Gaya Herrington:
Gaya is a Dutch econometrician, sustainability researcher, and women's rights activist. Gaya holds masters' degrees in both econometrics and sustainability studies. After becoming disillusioned by initially working in the financial sector Gaya became the executive director of StoereVrouwen, a non-profit Dutch women's movement promoting sustainable economic policies through activism. In 2014, Herrington became the Director of Sustainability Services of KPMG. Most recently, her study on the projections made in the 1972 Limits to Growth report was widely publicized internationally. She is currently Vice President Sustainability Research at Schneider Electric.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The Great Simplification with Nate Higgins. |
| 0:06.3 | That's me. |
| 0:07.7 | On this show, we try to explore and simplify what's happening with energy, the economy, the environment, in our society. |
| 0:17.0 | Together with scientists, experts, and leaders, this show is about understanding the bird's eye view of how everything fits together, where we go from here and what we can do about it as a society and as individuals. |
| 0:33.0 | 50 years after the Limits to Growth study was published, it is still incredibly relevant to tracking, |
| 0:41.6 | imagining, and planning for a different energy and material and environmentally constrained future. |
| 0:48.9 | Today, I'm very pleased to have a conversation with Gaia Harrington, who recently released a widely publicized |
| 0:57.2 | study updating the limits to growth projections with current data. |
| 1:02.1 | Gaia is a Dutch econometrition, a sustainability researcher, and a women's right activist. |
| 1:08.8 | Gaia has worked in senior sustainability related positions at KPMG and now at Schneider |
| 1:15.1 | Electric and holds master's degrees in both econometrics and sustainability studies. |
| 1:20.9 | Have we learned anything since 1972? |
| 1:23.8 | Are we even more primed to ignore the reality and implications of these models? |
| 1:32.5 | What is her take on pass forward? |
| 1:35.7 | This is another great conversation on the great simplification. |
| 1:39.8 | Please welcome Gaya Harrington. |
| 1:54.3 | Thank you. welcome Gaya Harrington. Gaya, goodndack. |
| 1:57.2 | Ah, close. |
| 1:59.2 | Good morning. |
| 2:00.3 | Good morning. |
| 2:00.8 | Did you know that my family on Boathe Ah, close. Good morning. Huimorka. |
| 2:06.4 | Did you know that my family on both sides is Dutch? |
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