Greta Taubert

Greta Taubert (2014)

Greta Taubert (* 1983 ) is a German journalist and author .

Life

Taubert studied journalism and political science at the University of Leipzig and Breslau . In between she volunteered at the Berliner Zeitung . She was a member of the development team of Stefan Aust's magazine “Woche” and wrote for SZ magazine , Vice and Die Zeit , among others . Her topics include social utopias , sustainability , urban life and criticism of growth .

Taubert was introduced to a wider audience in 2014 with the non-fiction book Apocalypse Jetzt! known, which documents her one - year self- attempt to get out of the western consumer culture. In 2016 she published her experiences with the concept of time prosperity in her book Im Club der Zeitmillionäre . Both books were published by Eichborn- Verlag. She appears as a moderator and speaker at events in Germany and abroad.

Awards

In 2009, Medium Magazin ranked her among the “Top 30 under 30”. The investigative report "The Prodigal Son" on international child trafficking was awarded the Kinderothilfe media prize in 2011 . In the anthology “Die 500” in 2014 she was presented as one of the most excellent women on the German media scene.

Publications

• In the club of the time millionaires. How I went in search of another wealth . Eichborn, Cologne, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8479-0622-3 .
• Apocalypse now! How to prepare for a different society. Eichborn, Cologne, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8479-0540-0 .
  • As a paperback under the title Von one who got out , 2016, ISBN 978-3-404-60905-5 .

Contributions (selection)

• Contribution in: love. The best love stories from the Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine . Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition, 2017.
• Contribution in: Benjamin Gesing, Jochen Markett, Björn Richter (Eds.): Profile! Views of the generation P. Glück & Schiller Verlag, 2005

broadcast

• Climate chaos and capitalism collapse? A new beginning instead of the end of the world, Deutschlandradio Kultur - Political Features from March 12, 2014
• Renunciation of consumption, Beckmann talk show (TV broadcast) , Das Erste, August 14, 2014
• In Search of Time, Westart live , WDR, November 21, 2016

Web links

• Personal website
• Literature by Greta Taubert in the catalog of the German National Library
• In the club of time millionaires at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Utopias in self-experiment · Deutschlandfunk Nova . In: Deutschlandfunk Nova . ( deutschlandfunknova.de [accessed June 26, 2017]).
2. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Doom in self-experiment: Perspective garbage container - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Panorama. Retrieved June 26, 2017 . 
3. ↑ 3sat.online: Greta Taubert - “Kulturpalast” on October 22nd, 2016 - 3sat.Mediathek. October 22, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017 . 
4. ↑ medium - magazine for journalists. Retrieved June 26, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Greta Taubert / Benjamin Reuter: The prodigal son . In: the daily newspaper . ( taz.de [accessed June 26, 2017]).
6. ↑ Angelika Böhling: 13th Media Prize: Kindernothilfe honors journalists. Kindernothilfe, November 4, 2011, accessed June 24, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Initiative Newsroom.de: "Die 500": Greta Taubert tried out alternative lifestyles. Initiative Newsroom.de, August 21, 2014, accessed on June 26, 2017 (German). 
8. ↑ End of the Abundance Society - Climate Chaos and Capitalism Collapse? In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed June 26, 2017]).