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A venitian inhabitant and his peculiar relationship with the lagoon

The propitiatory rite

First time I fell into the water in Venice, I was 6 years old.

My father was always sending me and my brother to take our small rowing boat (topa) from the end to the beginning of the canal in Castello district where we lived.

I was in charge of holding the stick at the stern, while my brother was pulling with energy the other stick from the bow so to turn the boat and reach the destination 200 meters far from there..

I remember I remained fixed on the stick when the boat was quickly moving far from it and I slipped under the water in less than one second.

Here in Venice we consider it as a propitiatory rite as a child to fall into the water of the Lagoon!

So it was ok! And the smell (parfume?) of mud and saline water became part of my soul.

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WHY THIS PROJECT

A single project can be a “Trojan horse” to help normalize environmentally friendly choices for consumers who might not have thought of themselves as eco-conscious before: the rechargeable Sail Boat can inspire its backers to take bigger steps toward environmentalism.
the immense love and respect for nature is priceless

Rethinking green branding

Designers tend to add a leaf to projects to be green: the whole thing needs to look recycled.. I believe the higher popularity of ‘green’ projects can be reached if looked to aesthetic very deeply. That’s why I imagine the boat should be so nice to see to create a visual contradiction with the project itself.

A replica model of the Joshua

Credit Photo Dominique Charnay

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF VENICE AND ITS LAGOON

Give me wind and I will give you miles."

appeals even to people who don’t think about the environment much   trasformala per essere adattata a green boating in venice interviste reali: I asked people about sustainable habits, and what they would be interested in doing. Composting and gardening came up a lot, but solar did too, often as a question, like, ‘I know that I should go solar, but I don’t own a house. How would I possibly do that?’ I thought that was interesting. You only don’t know how to do it because there’s not a solution for you, but there easily could be.
spazio per frasi motivazionali esempio da cancellare (non mio) “You don’t have to overturn capitalism to be sustainable,” she says. “Just fuel it with environmental stuff that people want.”

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Electric motor sail boat in venice

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