1963 – 1968 Studied economics at the Universities of Heidelberg, Vienna and Innsbruck
1968 Dipl. rer. pol., University of Heidelberg
1968 – 1969 University Heidelberg, scientific assistant
1970 - 1973 Working at Siemens and the Munich department for Urban Development
1973 Promotion, University of Heidelberg
1973 – 1977 Chancellery for the State of Hessen, Department for Regional Planning
since 1978 voluntary and freelance activites; scientific assistant at the Freiburg Eco-Institute and for the BUND
1990 – 1998 vice-president of the BUND
1989 – 2007 president of the BUND, since 2008 honorary president of the BUND
2001 - 2013 member of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE)
2006 awarding of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2009 appointment as a professor by the minister-president of Baden-Württemberg
since 2010 Fellow at the IÖW
Seidl, Irmi; Zahrnt, Angelika (Hg.) (2010): Postwachstumsgesellschaft. Konzepte für die Zukunft. Metropolis-Verlag, Marburg.
BUND/Misereor (Hg) (1996) Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland, ein Beitrag zu einer global nachhaltigen Entwicklung, Birkhäuser, Basel
BUND/Brot für die Welt/EED (Hg) (2008): Zukunftsfähiges Deutschland in einer globalisierten Welt, Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt a.M.
Kurz, Rudi; Zahrnt, Angelika (1999): Marktwirtschaft und Umwelt. Bd. 15. Economica Verlag, Bonn.
Nutzinger, Hans; Zahrnt, Angelika (Hg) (1989): Öko-Steuern, Müller, Karlsruhe
Projektgruppe Ökologische Wirtschaft (Hg) 1987: Produktlinienanalyse, Kölner Volksblatt Verlag, Köln