July 20, 2007 | Read Time: 1 minute
The environmental group Greenpeace is asking some of its bravest supporters to bare all for a campaign aimed at curbing global warming.
The organization’s Making Waves blog invites readers to strip naked next month on a shrinking glacier near Switzerland.
It hopes to get hundreds of in-the-buff volunteers to pose for a photo shoot with the noted photographer Spencer Tunick, who is known for staging large displays of public nudity.
“The message we want to get across is, ‘the human body is as vulnerable as a dying glacier,’” the organization writes on its blog. “Although lots and lots of people are talking the talk on climate change, real change continues to be painfully slow.”
Are provocative efforts such as this one help activist organizations spread their message? Or do they detract from their credibility? Click on the comments link below this post to share your thoughts.
