At the end of October, after around ten years, Zeitenspiegel and the environmental magazine went their separate ways. nature separated.
It was one of the largest and most enduring time-mirror projects: for almost ten years, since the beginning of 2014, we were responsible for most of the editorial work at nature Responsible for everything from text to image editing, CvD coordination to final proofreading. We delivered hundreds of articles for the legendary environmental magazine founded by Horst Stern in 1980 – a controversial and eloquent environmentalist known to TV audiences for his series „Stern's Hours,“ in which he made critical and highly surprising „Remarks about...“ red deer, dogs, spiders, and many other creatures.
We developed series such as „China's Environmental Power“ and „Environmental Power India,“ for which we conducted on-site research and collaborated with colleagues from these countries. We traveled through Germany's „Charming Regions“ from a nature and environmental perspective (a small selection can be found hereWe featured the pictures of the month and the science news.
And we went on interview walks with „Moor Pope“ Michael Succow and China's river protector Wang Yongchen. With chocolate patriarch Alfred Ritter and „Futurzwei“ visionary Harald Welzer. With green money pioneer Alfred Platow and growth critic Nico Paech. With Klaus Töpfer, the green conscience of the CDU, and Sunita Narain, India's green conscience. With Reinhold Messner, it was, of course, a mountain hike. With energy expert Claudia Kemfert, an electrifying tour through Berlin. And with Sahra Wagenknecht, we played a round of Monopoly.
In a time unfavorable to print media – declining circulation, rapidly rising energy, distribution, and paper prices – the editorial paths of Zeitenspiegel and natur have now diverged. In October, the Zeitenspiegel team was involved in the magazine production for the last time (nature 12/23) involved.