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.Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw – De Standaard, 17 November 2006Huisvrouw promoot documentaire Al Gore – Gazet van Antwerpen, 18 October 2006 She successfully urged politicians to go see the new climate documentary by Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth.Pascale Thewissen: Helmondse voor België naar klimaattop VN – Eindhovens Dagblad, 18 November 2006 200 politicians and political staff accepted her invitation, among whom were Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt and Minister-President of Flanders, Yves Leterme.Al Gore schopt 200 politici geweten – De Standaard, 30 October 2006
Belgian federal minister of environment Bruno Tobback donated his speech time at the climate conference in Nairobi, Kenya to her.Huisvrouw spreekt klimaattop toe – De Standaard, 10 November 2006 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.Weinig weerklank in wereldpers voor Kapelse huisvrouw – De Standaard, 17 November 2006 Since then, she cancelled her year-long Groen! membership in favor of Tobback's Different Socialist PartyGroene huisvrouw Guidone dumpt Groen! voor sp.a – De Standaard, 29 December 2006 and published a book.De kracht om te veranderen – Bond Beter Leefmilieu
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References Housewife addresses climate conference – VRT, 16 November 2006
External links Guidone's speech – Gazet van Antwerpen, 15 November 2006 Het Nairobidagboek van Margaretha Guidone