Margaretha Guidone

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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]

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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]

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  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

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