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Wolfgang Gründinger - Future needs a Lobby!
Mission
Intergenerational justice and sustainability belong to the most
important issues for the young generation. In a parlamentarian
democracy, however, the rights and interests both of today's
youth and future generations become forgotten, ignored and
neglected. The threats of nuclear power, climate change,
the demographic challenges to the social welfare and pension system,
increasing state debt, the urgent need for reforms in the education
system, or the bad chances of young people on the
labour market: Intergenerational justice and sustainability are a
mere rhetorical goal too often.
As one of many voices of youth in Germany, Wolfgang strives
for the rights and interests of his generation and conceives
himself also as an advocate for following generations. Together
with many fellows, he developes strategies and solutions and
introduces them into the public debate, building bridges between
Old and Young as well as between the Present and the Future.
Vita
Wolfgang Gründinger, born 1984, is a German political writer,
scientist and activist. He is known as the "advocate of the youth" (as
Prof. Ernst U. von Weizsaecker, Dean at the UC Santa Barbara
put it). Important German newspapers and magazines named him "Germany's
model mid-twenty" (Der
Spiegel) and "lobbyist of the young generation" (Frankfurter
Rundschau). The
"Handelsblatt"
counts him among a ranking of 30 of the most important young
Germans as "Germany's elite of tomorrow".
Ashoka counts him as one of
the 25 most distinguished "young leading changemakers" of Germany.
Wolfgang is member of the German section of the
Think Tank 30 of
the Club of Rome. He is spokesperson of
the Foundation for the Rights of
Future Generations and served as a youth representative in
several committees e.g. for the German Federal Ministry for the
Environment and the German National Action Plan for a World Fit
for Children. He used to be the only one German delegate for
the International Youth Parliament and attended several
conferences of the United Nations.
Wolfgang received many awards, e.g. the German Environment
Award, the German Study Award, the Award for Intergenerational
Justice and the Award for Demography Studies. He holds a
scholarship of the
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation.
Wolfgang studied political and social sciences with a focus on
the research of democracy at the University of Regensburg, the
Humboldt University in Berlin and the University of California,
Santa Cruz (UCSC).
Wolfgang enjoys dancing Salsa, is engaged in the Couchsurfing
hospitality network, fell in love with Bavarian culture, likes
cooking and is addicted to travelling and exploring other
countries and cultures.
Books
You will find books written by Wolfgang Gründinger in the
folder "Bücher".
Impressions of Wolfgang's political work
Videos (in German language) and pictures of Wolfgang's
political work can be found in the folder
"Impressionen". Some examples:
Wolfgang and Al Gore
Speech about nuclear energy in Berlin
Demonstration for climate protection, at the UN World Summit
in Poland
At the UN World Conference for Climate Protection
Wolfgang, the British Secretary for Foreign Affairs and the former
German Minister for the Environment
Young Leaders Exchange Conference, Bejing/China
Wolfgang and
Prof. Edenhofer, leading author at the IPCC World Climate
Council
Contact
Wolfgang Gründinger
125 Bixby St., Apt. # B
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
USA
email: gruendinger (at) tt30.de
cell: +1-510-409-7011
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