{"id":1285,"date":"2026-03-02T23:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T09:44:48","slug":"guardians-of-the-coasts-meeting-the-inspiring-activist-yannis-makridakis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/guardians-of-the-coasts-meeting-the-inspiring-activist-yannis-makridakis\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGuardians of the coasts\u201d: meeting the inspiring activist Yannis Makridakis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fotoessa participated in the inspiring presentation of Yannis Makridakis from Chios, a prolific writer, authentic ecologist, experienced activist and active citizen, in the crowded hall of the Cultural Association of Fokaea Politeia, in Palaia Fokea, in the Municipality of Saronikos, 2\u00a0March 2026. Yannis Makridakis conveyed valuable experiences, knowledge and inspiration regarding the vital relationship between man and the natural environment and the efforts to raise awareness and mobilize citizens for its protection. Fotoessa was represented by John Sourelis (co-founder and Project Manager) and Aspasia Protogerou (Head of Educational Programs and Intercultural Educator). We are grateful for this inspiring presentation that substantially enriched the European Erasmus KA2 Program &#8220;Guardians of the Coasts&#8221;, which is conducted by Fotoessa and the Portuguese NGO Aequalitas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cFunded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them\u201d.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1287\" src=\"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MAKRIDAKIS-FOKEA-020326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MAKRIDAKIS-FOKEA-020326.jpg 590w, https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MAKRIDAKIS-FOKEA-020326-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MAKRIDAKIS-FOKEA-020326-380x285.jpg 380w, https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MAKRIDAKIS-FOKEA-020326-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fotoessa participated in the inspiring presentation of Yannis Makridakis from Chios, a prolific writer, authentic ecologist, experienced activist and active citizen, in the crowded hall of the Cultural Association of Fokaea Politeia, in Palaia Fokea, in the Municipality of Saronikos, 2\u00a0March 2026. Yannis Makridakis conveyed valuable experiences, knowledge and inspiration regarding the vital relationship between<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/guardians-of-the-coasts-meeting-the-inspiring-activist-yannis-makridakis\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.fotoessa.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}