Margaretha Guidone
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Margaretha 'Maggie' Guidone (born ca. 1956)is a housewife from Helmond (the Netherlands) living in Kapellen (Belgium) who recently became famous in Flanders because of her campaign for the environment and against global warming[1][2]. She successfully urged politicians to go see the new climate documentary by Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth[3]. 200 politicians and political staff accepted her invitation, among whom were Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt and Minister-President of Flanders, Yves Leterme[4].
Belgian federal minister of environment Bruno Tobback donated his speech time at the climate conference in Nairobi, Kenya to her[5]. She addressed the conference on November 15, 2006, but was unsuccessful at drawing much attention, for the international press didn't pay much attention to her.[6] Since then, she cancelled her year-long Groen! membership in favor of Tobback's sp.a[7] and published a book.[8]
[edit] References
- Housewife addresses climate conference - VRT, November 16, 2006
- Column "Rood", door Patrick De Witte (PDW). De Standaard 24 mei 2007.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw (Dutch) - De Standaard, November 17, 2006
- ^ Huisvrouw promoot documentaire Al Gore (Dutch) - Gazet van Antwerpen, October 18, 2006
- ^ Pascale Thewissen: Helmondse voor België naar klimaattop VN (Dutch) - Eindhovens Dagblad, November 18, 2006
- ^ Al Gore schopt 200 politici geweten (Dutch) - De Standaard, October 30, 2006
- ^ Huisvrouw spreekt klimaattop toe (Dutch) - De Standaard, November 10, 2006
- ^ Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw (Dutch) - De Standaard, November 17, 2006
- ^ Groene huisvrouw Guidone dumpt Groen! voor sp.a (Dutch) - De Standaard, December 29, 2006
- ^ De kracht om te veranderen (Dutch) - Bond Beter Leefmilieu
[edit] External links
- Guidone's speech (Dutch) - Gazet van Antwerpen, November 15, 2006
- Het Nairobidagboek van Margaretha Guidone (Dutch)
