Dstandish's Weblog

Profile: I live in the Veneto region of Italy with my wife, Laura, & 2 sons, Riccardo and Steffan. I teach for the University of Iowa (USA). My book 'Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality' was published by UPA in the USA in January 2012. Blog posts about problems, challenges and improvements related to Venice are added regularly to this weblog. My writing publications are also added to themed pages. I hope you enjoy the content.

Posts by Dominic Standish:

• The MOSE mobile dams were raised five times last week to reduce high flooding in Venice. But work on the dams is still incomplete and two locks are not functioning, placing limits on shipping and affecting the lagoon.
• In the lead up to COP26, environmentalists have been telling us what to do in our bedrooms. I say butt out of our private lives: ‘Vegan condoms, olive oil lube & solar-powered sex toys: Environmentalists want us to have eco-friendly sex and no babies’, published by RT.
• Protests against the imposition of COVID-19 ‘green’ vaccine passports in all workplaces in Italy. My live interview on GB NEWS
• ‘Opposition is growing against Italy’s heavy-handed imposition of mandatory Covid vaccine passes for ALL workplaces.’ My article published by RT
• My live TV interview on TRT World News on the day large cruise ships were banned from the centre of Venice. This ban reveals this unelected Italian government cares more about UNESCO threats and its international reputation than Venetians
• Sportscast of Ideas podcast about England and Italy before the football Euro final. Comments by others and me.
• The return of foreign tourists to Venice is an opportunity for revival.
• ‘Italy’s populists have betrayed their voters’. My article on politics in Italy, democracy, the EU and responses to COVID-19 published by spiked-online.
• Italy’s government decrees on shipping and cruise ships in Venice include more poor decision-making
• “Wird Italien zum Totengräber der EU?” Sabine Beppler-Spahl interviewed me about Italy’s new government and the #EU. Published by Makroskop@FlassbeckEcon