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Herman Daly and family

The Seeds Herman Planted: Final Episode of Going Steady with Herman Daly

In tandem with the 80th United Nations General Assembly, we’re asking a vital question: where do we find hope at such a challenging time? And the answer is in our cities.

September 18, 2025

Herman and Marcia Daly

For the Common Good: Episode 3 of Going Steady with Herman Daly

We rejoin Herman Daly in the  late 1970s – a tumultuous time for our renegade economist.  His so-called “radical” critiques of endless growth – and his insistence that the economy must operate within the Earth’s limits – left him isolated in his field and at odds with colleagues. Yet, from this difficult period emerged a new vision of economics.

September 5, 2025

Episode 2

The Canary Has Fallen Silent: Episode 2 of Going Steady with Herman Daly

We follow Herman from the lecture halls of Louisiana to the forests of Brazil – and through a period of global upheaval and personal transformation. It’s the late 1960s: war, civil rights, and the first whispers of ecological collapse are reshaping the world.

August 28, 2025