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警告：文中有些不當字眼──不過這是不得不的做法，畢竟那是本文所討論的主題。呃…其中還有一些限制級網址連結，上班時最好不要去逛。所以，小子們一邊去，玩你的皮卡丘遊戲吧。至於其他人，我想我已經警告過你了。
約略一千年前，一位自由意志主義的思想家戈黛娃夫人（Lady Godiva），曾為了抗議加註她丈夫身上的高稅而全裸騎馬穿過科芬特里的街頭。
一千年後，西方世界拜倒在啟蒙思想、自由戀愛、解放女性、第三波女權主義、還有珍妮•傑克森的於電視轉播露奶之下。雖是如此，為了正義扒下衣物還是一樣的受爭議。
你有多「愛」雨林（照片提供：美國國家大氣研究中心）
追隨戈黛蛙夫人腳步的人總是不怕少。在2004年的美國共和黨全民大會上裸身的抗議者就掀起了一翻風浪──有全身只漆了標語的「抗議行動組織」成員，也有只穿了寫著「揭露布希」內褲的「夏娃之軸」成員，他們都是利用暴露身體來做為抗議方法。全球裸體反戰大團結也時常以裸女（有時是裸男）排列「和平」或是「投票」的方式抗議。為了讓伐木工人砍伐古紅杉時分心，抗議人士多娜•尼托（Dona
Nieto）甚至在伐木工作業時即興裸身讀詩。至於反皮草組織，大家也都知道他們寧可不穿衣服也不要穿動物皮草。
但是如果我們有打算頒發全年最爭議裸身積極份子獎的話，無庸置疑的是要頒給挪威的非營利「為森林做愛」（Fuck for
Forest）組織。
21歲的喬納森（Leona Johansson）和28歲的艾林森（Tommy Hol Ellingsen），算是新生代環保份子，或更好的說法是新生代色情影星吧。利用他們架設的付費色情網站，他們正在為拯救雨林來募款。他們也堅決不會讓其他環保人士阻擋他們的這樣的募款方式。
喬納森（左）及艾林森（照片提供：為森林做愛）
自從喬納森和艾林森去年冬天開啟了這個網站（利用挪威政府所提供的種子基金），「為森林做愛」已經在歐洲的環保群體間留下了許多負面的印象。2004年7月這個團體更是在挪威克里斯蒂安桑的克爾特戶外音樂祭驚人的演出後結交了更多的朋友，同時也樹敵無數。
他們兩位在Cumshots（射精）樂團演奏時衝上了舞台，艾林森並對台下幾千名觀眾大喊：「你願意對拯救世界做多少？」之後兩位便在觀眾面前盡其所能的做了10分鐘之久。
艾林森與喬納森因此被拘捕並各罰約1400美元。目前他們正在等待出庭日，同時他們也聲明了他們寧可坐牢也不願意繳納罰款。
他們為什麼敢「做」
公開性行為與拯救世界似乎沒有很大的關連（畢竟它似乎並沒有為人口控制傳達最佳訊息）。不過參考一下這個訊息：據美國國家研究委員會的調查顯示，2005前每年每個線上色情行業都可以賺到至少50億到70億美元。這大約是世界上所有環保加動物保育團體去年在美國募到的所有款項總額。艾林森認為利用色情行業賺錢將會幫助環保團體獲得更大的財源。
雖然在綠色運動中像「為森林做愛」類利用色情的團體是一個很獨特的例子，但在其他活動中，慈善色情團體早有極佳的成果。例如說一個名叫ALSScan.com的團體去年就已將收入中的10%(約為78,346美元)捐給了幫助童年癌症及肌肉萎縮症方面的基金會。
據艾林森說，「為森林做愛」自開站尚未一年時間已募到超過5萬美元（除去必需花費後）。他說：「我覺得我們有很大的潛力。」
雖然克爾特事件帶
給了這個團體更洗不清的惡名甚至法律問題，這個事件卻同時為他們的網站引來更大的人潮。從這對年輕人受矚目的拘捕算起，這個網站已經多吸收了超過1000名的新會員。用一個會員15美元來算。艾林森預估克爾特事件後已有約40,000美元可以被捐出。
亞斯平國際菁英組織非營利及慈善組的負責人艾倫•艾柏翰指出姑且不管大家對他們的作法的評論，這都是一筆很可觀的數字。
「我認為這是一個不錯的方法」他說：「非營利組織有很多不同的開始方法。如果他們有一個有錢的捐贈者，這些非營利組織可以有百萬元的基金作為基礎。其他的非營利可能就必須在極為節約的狀況下存活幾十年。很難說對作法有沒有一個標準，不過這聽起來是一筆很可觀的數字。」 (待續) |
Warning: The following article contains naughty words -- but we can't
help it, as they're the whole subject of the story. It also contains
links to websites that are, as they say, "not safe for work." So all you
kids, go play Pokemon or whatever it is you do these days. The rest of
you, consider yourselves warned.
It's been nearly a thousand years since Lady Godiva, the original
libertarian libertine, went on her famous naked horseback ride through
the streets of Coventry to protest high taxes imposed by her husband.
How much do you love the rainforest? (Photo: National
Center for Atmospheric Research.)
Since then, the West has been subjected to the Enlightenment, free
love, bra burning, Third Wave feminism, and Janet Jackson's nipple. And
yet, it seems, getting naked for a good cause is just as scandalous as
it ever was.
There is no shortage of naked activists willing to carry on the
legacy of Lady Godiva. Nude and partially nude protesters shocked this
year's Republican National Convention, from ACT UP supporters clad only
in painted slogans to Axis of Eve members in "Expose Bush" panties. The
California-based ensemble calling itself Baring Witness holds protests
in which naked women (and sometimes men) arrange themselves to form
words like "PEACE" and "VOTE." Activist Dona Nieto holds impromptu strip
poetry readings for logging crews, in the hopes of distracting them from
the task of chopping down old-growth redwoods. And everybody knows the
folks at PETA would rather go naked than wear fur.
But the award for Scandalous Naked Activists of the Year, if there
were one, would have to go to the Norwegian nonprofit organization Fuck
for Forest.
Leona Johansson, 21, and Tommy Hol Ellingsen, 28, are a new breed of
environmentalists -- or perhaps a new breed of porn stars. With their
paid-subscription website, they are raising cash to save the rainforest,
one money shot at a time. And they're determined not to let their fellow
environmentalists stand in their way.
Johansson (left) and Ellingsen.
(Photo: Fuck for Forest)
Since this past winter, when Johansson and Ellingsen
started the site (with seed money from the Norwegian government), Fuck
for Forest has gained considerable notoriety in the European
environmental community. In July, the group won both friends and enemies
around the world after making a special appearance at Quart, an outdoor
music festival in Kristiansand, Norway.
The couple climbed onstage during the performance of a
band called (what else?) the Cumshots. "How far are you willing to go to
save the world?" said Ellingsen, who then proceeded to go all the way
for about 10 minutes in front of an audience of several thousand.
That stunt got Ellingsen and Johansson arrested and
slapped with fines of about $1,400 each. They face a to-be-determined
court date, and say they will serve jail time rather than pay the fines.
Why Don't We Do It in the Roadless?
The link between having public sex and saving the planet
may seem tenuous at best. (After all, it's probably not sending the best
message about population control.) But consider this: According to a
report by the U.S. National Research Council, the online porn industry
could rake in between $5 billion and $7 billion per year by 2005. That's
about as much as all environmental and animal-welfare groups, combined,
raised last year in the U.S. Cashing in on the porn money machine could
be a windfall for environmental groups -- or so Ellingsen believes.
While Fuck for Forest is apparently unique in the green
movement, the porn-for-charity model already boasts some successes. For
example, a site called ALSScan.com (the ALS stands for "All Ladies
Shaved") claims to have raised $78,346 last year for children's cancer
and muscular dystrophy funds, by donating 10 percent of sales.
Ellingsen reports that Fuck for Forest has raised more
than $50,000 in cold, hard U.S. dollars since its launch less than a
year ago, even after paying for necessities like server space and
internet billing services. "We have a lot of potential," he said.
The stunt at Quart, despite gaining them considerable
notoriety and a little legal trouble, appears to have been a net gain
for Fuck for Forest. Since the couple's highly publicized arrest, the
site has attracted more than 1,000 new members -- at $15 per member per
month. Ellingsen estimates that nearly $40,000 of the money they have
raised so far was donated following Quart and the attendant media hype.
Whatever one may think of their morals, that's pretty
savvy fund raising, said Alan Abramson, director of the Nonprofit Sector
and Philanthropy Program at the Aspen Institute.
"I think that's pretty good," he said. "Nonprofits start
in so many different ways. If they had one wealthy donor, they could
start with millions. Others operate on a shoestring for decades. It's
hard to say if there's a norm. But it sounds like a decent amount of
money." |
