{"id":499,"date":"2022-12-12T11:37:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinakatsari.com\/to-parapono-toy-poseidona\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:02:43","slug":"to-parapono-toy-poseidona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinakatsari.com\/en\/to-parapono-toy-poseidona\/","title":{"rendered":"Poseidon\u2019s Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bulldozer destroys the Posidonia seagrass deposits<\/strong> on a beach in Cyprus in an attempt to make it more attractive to tourists. This provokes the wrath of Poseidon, god of the sea<\/strong>. The Olympian god makes an unexpected appearance and tries to convince mortals of the importance of preserving Mediterranean coastal ecosystems and marine life. His departure is equally unexpected, as he warns humans not to force him to return\u2026<\/p>\n

A story about protecting Posidonia, beaches and the sea<\/strong>, filled with amusing encounters, hilarious dialogues and\u2026 divine one-liners!<\/p>\n

This children\u2019s story was published by the Enalia Physis Environmental Research Centre<\/strong> and funded by the POSBEMED2 \u2013 \u201cGovernance and Management of Posidonia Beach-Dune Systems across the Mediterranean\u201d<\/strong> programme (INTERREG MED 2014\u20132020).<\/p>\n

Written by:<\/strong> Vaggelis Gettos
\nIllustrated by:<\/strong> Miranda Verkade
\nPedagogical editing:<\/strong> Marina Katsari
\nScientific editing:<\/strong> Dr Louis Hadjioannou
\nPublication editing:<\/strong> Revekka Katsari<\/p>\n

Available from:<\/strong> Enalia Physis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bulldozer destroys the Posidonia seagrass deposits on a beach in Cyprus in an attempt to make it more attractive to tourists. This provokes the wrath of Poseidon, god of the sea. The Olympian god makes an unexpected appearance and tries to convince mortals of the importance of preserving Mediterranean coastal ecosystems and marine life. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publications"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t