Adri van Westerop

Adri van Westerop (9 December 1957 – 23 December 2009) was a Luxembourg politician, author and scientist. She was born in Haarlem, Netherlands. She moved to Luxembourg in 1983 and became the first environmental counselor in 1997.

As an engaged environmentalist, she set herself a more healthy and responsive life and sought to organize and broaden ecologically and socially responsible acts. The following topics were of particular interest to van Westerop: healthy eating, ecological construction, environmental protection, retailers responsibility, fair trade, and solidarity with developing countries. In January 2011 she was awarded the 2010 Help for Nature Award.

She was active in the press and in the media, and on different radio stations.

Adri van Westerop was married and mother of one child.

Van Westerop died 23 December 2009 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Politics Adri van Westerop was elected to the municipal council of Betzdorf in 1999. She was president of two communal commissions: the Climate Change Commission (the Alliance for the Climate) and the Foreign Commission. She was involved in the Climate Alliance and LEADER programme. Adri van Westerop was a candidate for the Greens for European elections - and for the Chamber elections.