SUMUS
Our vision
Co-constructing a world in harmony with the Living
6 of the 9 planetary limits (climate change, integrity of the biosphere, chemical pollutants, soil depletion, etc.) have already been exceeded, the other 3 are also threatened (ocean acidification, ozone layer, aerosols). We are witnessing a widening of inequalities and an explosion of diseases… all of this threatens the survival of humanity in the medium term.
The planet is suffering, humanity is suffering.
Faced with a systemic crisis (health, ecological, economic, social, etc.), in fact a crisis of meaning, a systemic solution must be provided.
A profound change in society is already underway. It is to accompany this gestation of the future that SUMus was created. It is a humanist association, independent and open to all those who believe that the time has come to change our outlook on life and modify our relationship to the living for a happy tomorrow. Its objective is to initiate, co-construct and promote with as many people as possible a new regenerative and therefore prosperous paradigm, allowing everyone to live in harmony with themselves, with others and, more broadly, with the planet, nature. and animals.
This new model, deeply respectful of the living, will gradually induce technological, agricultural, economic, financial, educational, media, artistic changes, etc. and will gradually shape a new healthy society in which it will be good to live and flourish.
Citizens, businesses and communities will work for the general well-being, in a caring and responsible ecosystem. The new generations will be associated and their aspirations taken into account in order to bequeath to them a " regenerated, revitalized and sustainable " world that meets both our quest for meaning and the necessary sustainability of the planet.
Venice, laboratory of the future
SUMus considers that it is at the level of towns and villages that change can take shape.
Given the race against time in which planetary challenges put us, SUMus considers that Venice has incredible qualities to initiate this movement of humanist renewal, and by its universal side can influence other cities. We propose to all Venetians of heart or origin, individuals, associations, private and public sectors, to unite to co-construct their future around a pioneering and avant-garde platform where it will be good to live in harmony with the Living !
The Venetian archipelago, a treasure of the future
Incredible natural predispositions to play a role model
Venice has a highly strategic asset: water which is at the origin of Life, water which is also the memory of Time.
Venice and its archipelago form a world “in itself”, intimately linked to its lagoon and marine environment. Environmental balance has always been a primary concern. Water, lagoon and marine fauna and flora will be at the heart of bio-inspiration and constitute one of the main pillars of living things on which the renewal project will be based.
Its architectural beauty, its cultural treasures, its craft traditions of excellence, its atypical universities, the products of its lagoon, its car-free way of life, as well as all the immediate challenges it must meet (rising waters linked to climate, depopulation, mass tourism, economic diversification, etc.) make Venice both a universal place and a highly symbolic city. It is also an incredible sounding board for spreading the guiding principles of a more awakened humanity.
Finally, a geographical crossroads between the East and the West, Venice enjoys an exceptional worldwide reputation and has always exerted a fascination. Succeeding in its transformation will primarily serve its inhabitants and will also inspire other cities around the world.
Many believe that by uniting the world can save Venice, SUMus believes that by becoming the laboratory of the future, Venice can create planetary hope and thus contribute to healing humanity!
Tomorrow, Venice for its inhabitants…
Ode to life!
Rethinking Venice for decades, and perhaps centuries to come, around a common vision, must first enable the archipelago to offer a wonderful and authentic living environment to all its inhabitants. To come back to life, Venice must attract new inhabitants.
In the future, Venetians, more numerous, and more conscious, will study, work, cultivate themselves, meditate, have fun. .., they will be healthy, fulfilled and full of joy. The quality of air and water will be optimal, transport and housing will be ecological, the city will have many gardens open to all, food will come from the surrounding islands ensuring quality food self-sufficiency for all inhabitants. .
Economic activities will be diversified and have a positive environmental and societal impact. The innovation will be open source for all companies wishing to contribute to creating a sustainable future, it will be mainly organic inspired by the fauna and flora of the lagoon and the sea, education will be redesigned so that everyone can find their talents and freely express them. Art will be at the service of self-upliftment and quality of life.
Craftsmanship will be revitalized to provide a conscious response to mass overconsumption. Enlightened participatory democracy will be privileged, involving young people and residents in the future of their place of life, co-construction will be the rule. Abundance will result from incredible creativity and regenerated biodiversity. Finally harmony will reign between all, the balances respected with respect to nature, the fauna, the flora will become obvious.
Venice will then become a sort of living ode to the planet, to humanity animated by a new consciousness, to the intelligence of life. It will thus celebrate singularity, beauty, freedom, peace, abundance and joy!
Tomorrow, Venice for the rest of the world…
Venice will once again play an eminent and inspiring role for the rest of the world, as was already the case during the Renaissance when it was a leading economic, cultural and spiritual model.
It will of course keep its great tradition of international openness. It will attract experts from all over the world who will come to contribute to the avant-garde co-creation of this new model of society.
Tourism will also be reinvented to promote the experience of "Venetian life" to meet its inhabitants. Thus future tourists will be eco-responsible people, looking for quality tourism and looking for inspiration on a new way of living and behaving.
In the current international fog, Venice will be able to regain the role of beacon it has had in the past and show the direction.
A buoyant international and local context
SUMus supports the momentum driven by the United Nations within the framework of the 2030 Agenda and the 17 main Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SUMus is also part of the New European Bauhaus launched in April 2021 by the European Commission and which aims to support the emergence of a new European civilization through pilot cities.
SUMus intends to contribute to the Venice Capital of World Sustainability Foundation , created in April 2022 by the Italian State, the Veneto region and the Venice City Hall.