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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Topfree Equal Rigths Association works to encourage women to walk around topless

Topfree Equal Rights Association, TERA, works to encourage women to walk around topless.

I guess it is not an interesting activism for us, living in the cold north part of the world. Today is summer and it was just 10 degrees Celsius.

But for the rest of the world, the activism of TERA migth be useful. In a blog I read about Jordan Matter, a photographer who has been shooting 100 portraits of topless women in New York City's streets, restaurants and parks. He is a part of TERA.


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