Publications

  • „Es ist teils Technik im Einsatz, die 50 Jahre zu alt ist“

    „Some of the technology in use is 50 years too old“

    Published on „Zeit Online“ on August 25, 2024
    Interview: Markus Wanzeck

    Detlef Neuß has been advocating for train passengers for 20 years. He says there have never been as many problems as there are today. The railway has been allowed to go to ruin.

    Published on Zeit Online.

  • Lieferketten-Leuchtturm vom Bodensee

    Supply Chain Lighthouse from Lake Constance

    Published in the „Frankfurter Rundschau“ on June 15, 2024
    New York Markus Wanzeck, Photos: Isabella Finholdt

    Vaude is one of Europe's leading outdoor brands and focuses on social and ecological sustainability.

    Published in the EN and on Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

  • Die Offliner

    The Offliners

    Published on „Zeit Online“ on July 2, 2024
    New York Markus Wanzeck

    Three million people in Germany live without internet access. This can become a matter of survival for those affected. Is there a need for a right to an analogue life?

    Published on Zeit Online.

  • Vollgas immer, Rückwärtsgang nimmer

    Full throttle always, reverse gear never

    Published on „Zeit Online“ on July 2, 2024
    Csaba Tóth and Markus Wanzeck

    With a quasi-socialist planned economy, Viktor Orbán wants to make Hungary a battery superpower. What this means for local residents and the environment is already becoming apparent.

    Published on Zeit Online.

  • An den Rand gedrückt

    Pushed to the edge

    Published in the "Wochentaz" on 8 June 2024
    Anke Lübbert and Markus Wanzeck

    Hungarian civil society is being stifled in many ways by Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party. This is also hitting environmental NGOs hard.

    Published in the Weekly diary and on Taz.de.

  • Die unwahrscheinliche Geschichte von Rosa und Maka

    The Unlikely Story of Rosa and Maka

    Published on „Spiegel Online“ May 18, 2024
    New York Anna Dotti, Photos: Roselena Ramistella

    An elderly Italian woman and a young Malian man are farming in an abandoned village in Calabria, despite all obstacles. Is their relationship a model for the future?

    Published on Spiegel Online.

  • Der alte Punk und die Totenkopffahne

    The old punk and the skull flag

    Published in „Stern“ on April 25, 2024
    New York Anna Dotti, Photos: Kai Weise

    As Doc Mabuse, Torsten Herrmann was a legendary figure in Hamburg's squatters' scene. FC St. Pauli owes its pirate flag to him. Now everything is different. A visit.

    Published in Stern and on stern.de.

  • Wie Tofu in lecker

    How to make tofu delicious

    Published on „Zeit Online“ on April 1, 2024
    New York Markus Wanzeck, Photos: Isabella Finholdt

    It grows rapidly and does without artificial flavors: the root system of mushrooms. A Hamburg-based company is cultivating a completely novel meat substitute in a bioreactor.

    Published on Zeit Online.

  • Billige Scheinlösung oder viele kleine Schritte, die wirken: Wie fair ist Fairtrade?

    Cheap quick fix or many small steps that work: How fair is Fairtrade?

    Published on „Stern.de“ on March 27, 2024
    Interview: Markus Wanzeck, Photos: Frank Schultze

    One of them, Friedel Hütz-Adams, is an expert on cocoa supply chains. The other, Claudia Brück, is president of Fairtrade. Both want better working conditions for farmers in West Africa – but how? They have different opinions on this. The occasion for a debate.

    Published on Stern.de.

  • Zu jung für Buddha

    Too young for Buddha

    Published in „Taz“ on January 13, 2024
    Bernd Hauser, Photos: Sascha Montag

    Every minute, 23 girls who are not yet of legal age get married somewhere in the world: child marriage is a global problem. A visit to young women like Migma Diki Sherpa in Nepal, where these marriages are particularly prevalent.

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  • Das Leben frisieren

    To style life

    Published in „Annabelle“ 2/2024
    Kristin Kasten, Photos: Sascha Montag

    Change is not arriving at full speed for women in the West African state of Burkina Faso, but it is coming: for example, in the form of a center that trains them to be auto mechanics.

  • Freiwillige vor!

    Volunteers, step up!

    Published in „Die Zeit“ 11/2024
    New York Markus Wanzeck, Photos: Vic Harster

    For room and board, Markus Wanzeck helps a biological winemaker on the Kaiserstuhl with the harvest – because the wine simply tastes even better when you pick the grapes yourself.

    Published in The time and on Zeit Online.

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