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…
During lockdown, WahV co-founder Jane da Mosto joined the steering group of what is a fast growing network of community activists scrutinising and campaigning about the unsustainable environmental, economic and humanitarian aspects of cruise ship activities. As a result of…
For the 2020 Festival of the Italian network ASviS We are here Venice joined forces with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection to propose a series of free events involving young people. All events are free and open to the public. The…
On Wednesday 16th September, MEPs voted to include shipping emissions within the European Emissions Trading Scheme from 2022, obliging shipping companies to cut their CO2 emissions by at least 40% by 2030. We signed a joint letter on behalf of…
The participative re-visioning of WahV’s poster campaign conceived and curated by Eleonora Sovrani is featured in the solo show of Andrew Huston at Beatrice Buratti Anderson gallery in Venice. Huston produced 2 of the 31 posters made by 27 residents of…
Image by Annie Drew. In collaboration with Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam and Professor Caroline Nevejan (Chief Scientific Officer of Amsterdam), WahV is co-curating the Exploratorium - a multi-disciplinary outreach programme which was due to run parallel to the Dutch Pavilion…
Drawing on our anti-cruise ship poster campaigns, which have been photographed and shared by hundreds of people since they began three years ago, Back soon (but better) sees WahV hand over the recognisable posters to residents across Venice for them…
Cruises should adapt to cities, not the other way round. - Eleonora Sovrani We are here Venice contributed to an article by The Guardian exposing the failings of the cruise ship industry in light of the Covid-19 crisis, but also…
The last few months have seen the challenges facing Venice projected sharply onto the global stage: most recently in the form of Covid-19, preceded by major flooding, governance issues and over-tourism. We hope that Venice will soon return to occupying…
This report examines the shortcomings of cruise ship companies in light of the Covid-19 global emergency - using Venice as a case study. We hope that this challenging period will bring about positive change in the form of cruise ship…
This brief manual was conceived as a guide for other groups and associations which are fighting against similar problems caused by cruise ships all over the world. We invite other organisations to use this manual to create their own awareness…
These photographs by Eleonora Sovrani expose the eternal beauty of the city as well as the emptiness created by the absence of tourists but also by the remarkable reduction in residents in recent years. On the other hand some of…
WahV was the only NGO to take part in the Cartagena Cruise Dialogue 2020, where we presented "The Venice Paradox" - our analysis of the negative impacts cruise tourism in Venice. The abstract underlines the importance of reformulating the issue…
An article written by Jack Wright And Jane da Mosto has been published in local Venetian newspaper La Nuova Venezia. The piece underlines the link between local air pollution and global climate change, as well as signalling the irony of…
Italian national broadcaster RAI has explored the causes and impact of high tides in Venice, featuring an interview with Jane da Mosto.
The Polpo restaurants in London have chosen We are here Venice as the charity to benefit from their Christmas fundraising campaign and will be generously collecting money from their diners to support our work here in Venice throughout December. Please…
“One has to realize the kind of existential question that that serious flooding has given rise to. People are asking: will Venice be defendable against these kinds of episodes?’’ The Associated Press have shone a light on the apparently never-ending…
We are here Venice is collaborating with Palazzo Polignac to raise funds for the community of Pellestrina. Palazzo Polignac, which hosts cultural and musical events, held a fundraising concert on the 8th of December. You can help the people of…
Canadian journal Le Devoir has featured our work in a special series on rising water levels, with the first issue focusing on the disastrous flooding in Venice. The article, written in French, has been translated into English below. “I’d love…