Have sex, save the world.
Meet Fuck for Forest:
Berlin’s Fuck For Forest is one of the world’s most bizarre charities. Based on the idea that sex can save the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the internet.
So, basically, they make hippie porn, sell it online, then donate the proceeds to environmental groups.
They also do live sex acts.
The group gained notoriety when two of its members had sexual intercourse on stage during a 2004 Quart Festival concert featuring Norwegian singerKristopher Schau and his band The Cumshots, after delivering a brief talk on the impact humans have on forests. The group then faced legal action as a result (including a fine imposed on the group after its male member dropped his pants in a Kristiansand, Norway, courtroom), and consequently moved its headquarters to Berlin, Germany.
But, moving to Berlin didn’t solve all their problems:
The Norwegian chapter of the Rainforest Foundation Fund as well as the WWF both in the Netherlands and in Norway have refused to accept donations from FFF. As a result, Fuck for Forest is working on a project to work directly with indigenous communities in Costa Rica and the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.
The leader of the organization vaguely resembles Russell Brand if you ran him through a Portlandia sketch. (That may be redundant, now that I think about it.)
Michał Marczak has made a documentary about the group. It was released on Earth Day:
The list of screenings can be found here.
(H/t: Sannion.)
