Margaretha Guidone

Margaretha Guidone (born c. 1956) is a housewife from Helmond (the Netherlands) living in Kapellen (Belgium) who 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 15 November 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 Different Socialist Party[7] and published a book.[8]

  1. ^ Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw (in Dutch) – De Standaard, 17 November 2006
  2. ^ Huisvrouw promoot documentaire Al Gore Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch) – Gazet van Antwerpen, 18 October 2006
  3. ^ Pascale Thewissen: Helmondse voor België naar klimaattop VN (in Dutch) – Eindhovens Dagblad, 18 November 2006
  4. ^ Al Gore schopt 200 politici geweten (in Dutch) – De Standaard, 30 October 2006
  5. ^ Huisvrouw spreekt klimaattop toe (in Dutch) – De Standaard, 10 November 2006
  6. ^ Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw (in Dutch) – De Standaard, 17 November 2006
  7. ^ Groene huisvrouw Guidone dumpt Groen! voor sp.a (in Dutch) – De Standaard, 29 December 2006
  8. ^ De kracht om te veranderen Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch) – Bond Beter Leefmilieu