9 Jun 2007

Shed your clothes for ecosocialism


About 700 cyclists in various states of undress have cycled through central London in another leg of the World Naked Bike Ride.
The naked cyclists - and others with strategically-placed body paint, sticky tape or bum bags - were highlighting the damage caused by car dependency.
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Went on the Palestine demonstration, hot sticky day in central London, just right for a naked cycle ride to draw attention to climate change....which I missed shame they were on the same day.

a repertoire of delight if you ask me, certainly better than giving out bland leaflets with windmills on the front.

I suspect we are going to have make quite a bit more noise before we achieve real action on this problem of potentially catastrophic climate change.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

maybe it should become illegal for all members of the green party to wear clothes. we'd get a lot more publicity, and as temperatures start hotting up, its would be practical too.

its worth a thought...!

Anonymous said...

I think its just wrong tons of naked people riding bikes. Like WTF is that its just like the gay parade like WTF. i dont care if your gay but i dont want to see no guys marching naked you dont see no straight people having naked marches

Derek Wall said...

I don't think it was a specifically gay protest but even if it was..so what.

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