Marieke Eyskoot

Marieke Eyskoot (Zaanstad, 7th May 1977) is a Dutch author, speaker/presenter and sustainable lifestyle expert. 
== Career ==
In 2000, Eyskoot graduated from the University of Amsterdam in both Film and Television Studies, and Theatre Studies. After working as a television producer, she started in 2002 as European coordinator at the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), an NGO for better working conditions in the global garment industry. In 2009, Eyskoot started leading the Dutch national campaign, and became the figurehead of the organisation.
In 2011 she began as self-employed, independent sustainable fashion and lifestyle expert. Since, she has been working as speaker, presenter, voice-over, author and consultant.https://duurzaamheid.nl/artikelen/je-hebt-geen-producten-nodig-om-goed-genoeg-te-zijn/ 
Eyskoot was the co-founder in 2011 of MINT,https://www.duurzaamnieuws.nl/slow-fashion/ one of the first international trade fairs in the world for fair fashion. Between 2011 and 2016 she curated and organised eleven editions of the trade fair.
Eyskoot gives keynotes on all topics related to sustainability, conscious living, equal rights and freedom.https://www.ted.com/talks/marieke_eyskoot_how_the_pressure_to_look_good_prevents_us_from_doing_good
In 2020 Eyskoot launched #SustainabilityAgainstShame,https://eco-age.com/resources/commercialisation-body-image-puts-planet-at-risk/ a worldwide movement that calls out shaming as a tactic by brands, advertising and media to get people to buy more products.
Eyskoot often speaks out on issues such as feminism, equal rights, body image, taboos and commercialisation of our body and being (and how this hampers sustainable behaviour).
As presenter and moderator, Eyskoot regularly hosts programmeshttps://iffr.com/nl/2021/events/press-conference-iffr-2021 and events.https://www.broadcastmagazine.nl/online/netflix-geeft-sneak-peek-van-nieuwe-nederlandse-en-belgische-films-en-series/
== Books ==
Eyskoot is author of four books. 
* In 2012 fair fashion guide Talking dress – vertelt je alles over eerlijke kleding (en lifestyle) was released (Dutch only).
* In 2017 Eyskoot published Dit is een goede gids – voor een duurzame lifestyle. This popular handbook includes tips, choices, know-how, interviews, brands and stores for topics such as fashion, beauty, food, living, working and leisure time. At the start of 2020, the fifth, completely revised and updated edition of this bestseller came out. 
* In 2018, the international version This is a Good Guide – for a sustainable lifestyle was published worldwide. In 2021, the revised and updated, third edition was released. 
* At the end of 2020 Eyskoot published Dit is een goed gidsje – voor een betere wereld. This is the youth edition of the series. The second edition came out in December 2020.
== Volunteer work, awards, juries ==
- She was nominated Amsterdam Citizen of the Year in 2011, was repeatedly part of the Trouw newspaper’s Sustainable Top 100, and regularly appears in top women's lists in magazines. 
- Eyskoot has been on the jury of the annual ASN Bank World Award for Sustainable Initiatives since 2012, was a jury member for the Sustainable Leather Award and has been a jury member of the international Redress Design Award for circular and sustainable fashion design since 2018.
 
Category:1977 births
Category:Dutch writers
Category:Dutch motivational speakers
Category:Dutch television presenters
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