NoMOSE and recent environmental history in Venice
New article “NoMOSE: Contested Flood Barriers in Venice, Italy" —> https://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/nomose-contested-flood-barriers-venice-italy The MOSE panels at dawn, with the Dolomites present in the background. A rare sight captured by resident Paola Juris, who said, “I heard the bora blowing in Venice at 5:30 and knew the barrier would be raised. I imagined that from Lido the mountains would be visible behind MOSE. It was true, and I ran desperately to the vaporetto, making the last trek on foot because there wasn’t an early bus. I went alone through the blackberry brambles and pine trees while the sun was rising. And I guessed correctly, the visibility with that type of wind was perfect. It was two degrees Celsius.” ——— A few months into my research in Venice I got introduced to one of the grandfathers of the NoMOSE campaign, which back in the early 2000s was the main organized voice against massive lagoon engineering. Stefano Micheletti graciously sat...