The Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN) is calling on UN delegates to take immediate steps to ensure that cruise ships in service anywhere in the world comply with standards that will achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by the…
WahV is the main Italian partner for WaterLANDS one of the first projects to be funded by the European New Green Deal, which also includes the participation ofCa’Foscari University of Venice. Under the Horizon 2020 programme, this five-year project will…
Jane da Mosto has been awarded the Masi Prize for the "Civiltà Veneta". The award, created by the Masi Foundation and now in its fortieth year, chose the theme "Vision and Courage". Jane da Mosto commented as follows: "It is…
The magazine Giardino Italiano, an international magazine supplement of Topscape Paysage, has published an article regarding the project Laguna Viva. Created by We are here Venice in collaboration with the Assemble collective, the intervention converts the external space of V-A-C Foundation…
The publication Whose city is it anyway?, written by Carolyn Smith and Jane da Mosto, won the Istituto Veneto Award for Venice 2021. The award ceremony was held the 11th of September at Palazzo Franchetti and can be watched again here …
WahV has been selected by the City of Venice to participate in the Civic Crowdfunding initiative to support the project "ONDEW* - Let's address climate change together". The project has a total cost of 10000€: if we manage to reach…
WahV and Venezia FC announce the beginning of a collaboration regarding the sustainability of Venice. Sharing WahV's commitment to safeguarding Venice as a living city, Venezia FC has decided to support the activities of the association. Here you can read…
During the demonstration on 5 June 2021, organised by the Comitato No Grandi Navi at the passage of the MSC Orchestra, photographer Michele Gallucci took a shot of Jane da Mosto aboard a rowing boat and iconically expressed the environmentalist…
We strongly support the proposal of the UNESCO World Heritage Center to the World Heritage Committee at the 44th session (16-31 July 2021) under the chairmanship of the People’s Republic of China to place Venice and its Lagoon on the…
The Global Cruise Activist Network (GCAN), together with We are here Venice and Cittadini per l'aria, called on the G20 states to take immediate steps to ensure that cruise ships entering any port comply with standards that will achieve net zero…
Jane Da Mosto gave an interview to CNN about the unsolved problems related to large cruise ships in Venice. "The problem is that the politicians in Rome who have the power to make these decisions are out of touch with…
On 7th March 2021 Camilla Bertolini, Chief Scientist of WahV, challenged herself to run 22km (14miles) following the cycling route where the Sile river meets the lagoon (from Portegrandi to CapoSile), and then along the edge of the lagoon to…
We are here Venice has signed a joint appeal with other associations to be sent to the Italian President of Ministers Mario Draghi, to draw attention to Venice on the occasion of the presentation of the Italian Recovery Plan. The…
We are working with glass company Laguna B on a project to explore the potential of Venice's salt marshes as a carbon sink. One year on from our first group meeting we have established a team of scientists, academics and…
We are here Venice provided comment to CBS News for their feature on the MOSE flood barrier. In it, we underline how the effects of the climate crisis extend beyond Venice, as well as the need for radical choices to…
Ethical travel network PRIOR has endorsed We are here Venice as part of a recent campaign for travellers to make positive contributions to the places that they visit. WahV is highlighted as an organisation that travellers should donate to because…
WahV marked the first anniversary of the disastrous 2019 floods in Venice with the following message: On this day one year ago, Venice was hit by a violent storm, resulting in the worst flooding since 1966. No-one escaped the…
La CNN fornisce un’inchiesta completa a proposito della situazione del turismo in luoghi iconici, da Machu Picchu a Dubrovnik, e fino a Venezia, "forse la destinazione più comunemente associata all'eccesso di turismo". In ognuno degli altri luoghi, i funzionari sono…
WahV contributed to Aroop magazine's volume on Failure with an essay entitled “The Venice Paradox". The review's fourth volume of 2020 also included contributions from acclaimed writers Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee, Vivek Narayanan and Sumana Roy. It was guest-edited by Ananya…
The ASviS Sustainable Development Festival is a national awareness-raising campaign in Italy, held with the aim of spreading a culture of sustainability throughout Italy. It is part of the UN 2030 Agenda. We are here Venice teamed up with the…
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