Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Naked activists strip for trees



40 people braved the early morning mist Saturday, ignoring startled joggers, to strip buck naked and hug or dance around a condemned tree at Lake Merritt for a San Francisco photographer. It was the kind of frigid day that only the Chamber of Commerce could love, but the cause is a good one, the photographer, Jack Gescheidt, said.

The tree, a weathered, scarred, towering old eucalyptus, is one of 224 trees facing the city of Oakland's axe, an early step in a $88.3 million bond project to give the lake a 21st century facelift. Facelifts are fine, Gescheidt said. "We're all for development. But that doesn't mean killing trees.

Tree Spirit Projekt publish A photographic celebration to our connection to nature.

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