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'''Fuck for Forest''' ('''FFF''') is a non-profit [[environmental organisation]] founded in 2004 in [[Norway]] by Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen. It funds itself through a website of sexually explicit videos and photographs, charging a membership fee for access. A portion of funds are donated to the cause of rescuing the world's [[rainforest]]s. It is the world's first eco-porn organization and may be the only porn website specifically created to raise money for a cause. The group moved from [[Oslo, Norway]], to [[Berlin, Germany]],{{When|date=May 2020|reason=Please provide the year the organisation moved}} following the trial of its founders for having sex in public.<ref name=sfgate>
'''Fuck for Forest''' ('''FFF''') is a non-profit [[environmental organisation]] founded in 2004 in [[Norway]] by Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen. It funds itself through a website of sexually explicit videos and photographs, charging a membership fee for access. A portion of funds are donated to the cause of rescuing the world's [[rainforest]]s. It is the world's first eco-porn organization and may be the only porn website specifically created to raise money for a cause. The group moved from [[Oslo, Norway]], to [[Berlin, Germany]],{{When|date=May 2020|reason=Please provide the year the organisation moved}} following the trial of its founders for having sex in public.<ref name=sfgate>
{{cite web |url=http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-04-13/home-and-garden/17366933_1_fff-forest-rain |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |title=Eco-porn: Great Sex For A Good Cause |date=April 13, 2005 |first=Gregory |last=Dicum |accessdate=October 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name=grist>
{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/homeandgarden/article/GREEN-Eco-porn-Great-Sex-For-A-Good-Cause-3175838.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |publisher=[[Hearst Communications]] |title=Eco-porn: Great Sex For A Good Cause |date=April 13, 2005 |first=Gregory |last=Dicum |access-date=October 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name=grist>
{{Cite news |author= Harris, Lissa |title= Norwegian Wood. Porn activists go all the way to save the rainforest |url= http://www.grist.org/article/harris-naked/ |work= [[Grist (magazine)|Grist]] |date= October 6, 2004 |accessdate= October 27, 2010}}</ref>
{{Cite news |author= Harris, Lissa |title= Norwegian Wood. Porn activists go all the way to save the rainforest |url= http://www.grist.org/article/harris-naked/ |work= [[Grist (magazine)|Grist]] |date= October 6, 2004 |accessdate= October 27, 2010}}</ref>


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==Public sex controversy==
==Public sex controversy==
The group's founders gained notoriety when they had sex on stage during a July 7, 2004 [[Quart Festival]] concert performance featuring Norwegian singer [[Kristopher Schau]] and his band [[The Cumshots]]. After delivering a brief talk on the impact humans have on forests, Ellingsen asked "How far are you willing to go to save the world?" and the pair began stripping. A banner was raised on stage informing the audience of 5,000 that the couple was having sex to save the rainforest.<ref name=sex>{{webarchive |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180719033856/http://pub.nettavisen.no/250240.html |date=7 July 2004 |title=Couple had sex on stage during concert}}</ref> Commenting on the event Ellingsen said, "I had a bit of a stagefright, but it disappeared as soon as I got going." Johansson added that "I got turned on by all the people."<ref name=sexcomments>{{cite web |url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/couple-has-sex-on-stage-at-norwegian-music-festival-photos-available/#jtE2kAjT1VKKYR0r.99 |title=Couple Has Sex On Stage At Norwegian Music Festival: Photos Available |date=July 6, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>
The group's founders gained notoriety when they had sex on stage during a July 7, 2004 [[Quart Festival]] concert performance featuring Norwegian singer [[Kristopher Schau]] and his band [[The Cumshots]]. After delivering a brief talk on the impact humans have on forests, Ellingsen asked "How far are you willing to go to save the world?" and the pair began stripping. A banner was raised on stage informing the audience of 5,000 that the couple was having sex to save the rainforest.<ref name=sex>{{Cite web |url=http://pub.nettavisen.no/250240.html |title=Couple had sex on stage during concert |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=19 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719033856/http://pub.nettavisen.no/250240.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> Commenting on the event Ellingsen said, "I had a bit of a stagefright, but it disappeared as soon as I got going." Johansson added that "I got turned on by all the people."<ref name=sexcomments>{{cite web |url= http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/couple-has-sex-on-stage-at-norwegian-music-festival-photos-available/#jtE2kAjT1VKKYR0r.99 |title=Couple Has Sex On Stage At Norwegian Music Festival: Photos Available |date=July 6, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>


Ellingsen and Johansson were fined 10,000 Kroner (US$1,470) each for a public sex act, a violation of Norwegian law. Commenting on their arrest, Ellingsen said "It is ridiculous that we are prosecuted and sentenced on a moral basis at the same time as Norway is in the war against Iraq...Violence is aired on TV every day, and if this is so terrible, we could have called this performance art, and we wouldn't have been fined then?" The event promoters were not fined because they claimed they were not aware beforehand.<ref name=NETTAVISEN>{{cite news |url= http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article250722.ece |work= NETTAVISEN |title= Couple refuses sex fine |date=August 7, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref>
Ellingsen and Johansson were fined 10,000 Kroner (US$1,470) each for a public sex act, a violation of Norwegian law. Commenting on their arrest, Ellingsen said "It is ridiculous that we are prosecuted and sentenced on a moral basis at the same time as Norway is in the war against Iraq...Violence is aired on TV every day, and if this is so terrible, we could have called this performance art, and we wouldn't have been fined then?" The event promoters were not fined because they claimed they were not aware beforehand.<ref name=NETTAVISEN>{{cite news |url= http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article250722.ece |work= NETTAVISEN |title= Couple refuses sex fine |date= August 7, 2004 |accessdate= October 25, 2013 |archive-date= July 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130720174330/http://pub.nettavisen.no/nettavisen/english/article250722.ece |url-status= dead }}</ref>


The two made their court appearance dressed in children's clothes. Ellingsen dropped his trousers and showed his penis during a break in the court proceedings. Ellingsen told [[Nettavisen]] that "We would have liked to have fucked here in court as well, it’s a nice space, but we would probably be thrown in jail."<ref name=appearance>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/11/10/lack-of-discretion-award/ |title=Lack of Discretion Award |work=NETTAVISEN |date=November 11, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> The group consequently moved its headquarters to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].<ref name=sfgate/><ref name=city-journal>{{cite journal|url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_08_26_05td.html |journal=[[City Journal (New York)|City Journal]] |first=Theodore |last=Dalrymple |title=Ethical Pornographers? |date=August 26, 2005|accessdate=October 25, 2010}}</ref>
The two made their court appearance dressed in children's clothes. Ellingsen dropped his trousers and showed his penis during a break in the court proceedings. Ellingsen told [[Nettavisen]] that "We would have liked to have fucked here in court as well, it’s a nice space, but we would probably be thrown in jail."<ref name=appearance>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/11/10/lack-of-discretion-award/ |title=Lack of Discretion Award |work=NETTAVISEN |date=November 11, 2004 |accessdate=October 25, 2013}}</ref> The group consequently moved its headquarters to [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].<ref name=sfgate/><ref name=city-journal>{{cite journal |url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_08_26_05td.html |journal=[[City Journal (New York)|City Journal]] |first=Theodore |last=Dalrymple |title=Ethical Pornographers? |date=August 26, 2005 |accessdate=October 25, 2010 |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104213354/http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_08_26_05td.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Ellingsen said that within three months of their arrest, the website has attracted more than 1,000 new members, each paying $15 per month.<ref name=grist/>
Ellingsen said that within three months of their arrest, the website has attracted more than 1,000 new members, each paying $15 per month.<ref name=grist/>


On 2 June 2011, Fuck for Forest members simulated intercourse in [[Oslo Cathedral]] during Mass. The leader of Oslo Bishopry told Norwegian media that the stunt makes him "sad on behalf of those who did it."<ref>{{cite web |author=kl.10:02 |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/06/03/nyheter/kirke/innenriks/16775501/ |title=Blir mest trist - nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2009-08-18 |accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref>
On 2 June 2011, Fuck for Forest members simulated intercourse in [[Oslo Cathedral]] during Mass. The leader of Oslo Bishopry told Norwegian media that the stunt makes him "sad on behalf of those who did it."<ref>{{cite web |author=kl.10:02 |url=http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/06/03/nyheter/kirke/innenriks/16775501/ |title=Blir mest trist - nyheter |publisher=Dagbladet.no |date=2009-08-18 |accessdate=2013-03-22}}</ref>
Two of the individuals performing in the Cathedral were ordered by the [[Oslo District Court]] to pay fines of 9,000 ($1171.86) and 7,500 ($976.55) [[Norwegian krone|krone]]r for indecent behavior and outraging public decency (''seksuelt krenkende og uanstendig atferd''), and also to pay 2,000 kroner ($260.41) each for the trial cost.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10088204 Verdens Gang - Fikk 15 500 i bot for sex-stunt i kirke]</ref>
Two of the individuals performing in the cathedral were ordered by the [[Oslo District Court]] to pay fines of 9,000 ($1171.86) and 7,500 ($976.55) [[Norwegian krone|krone]]r for indecent behavior and outraging public decency (''seksuelt krenkende og uanstendig atferd''), and also to pay 2,000 kroner ($260.41) each for the trial cost.<ref>[http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10088204 Verdens Gang - Fikk 15 500 i bot for sex-stunt i kirke]</ref>


==Film==
==Film==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [http://bitchmagazine.org/article/tree-so-horny Can Sex Sell Environmentalism?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409185859/http://www.bitchmagazine.org/article/tree-so-horny |date=2008-04-09 }} ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'' article discussing FFF in relation to other, comparable initiatives.
* [http://bitchmagazine.org/article/tree-so-horny Can Sex Sell Environmentalism?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409185859/http://www.bitchmagazine.org/article/tree-so-horny |date=2008-04-09 }} ''[[Bitch (magazine)|Bitch]]'' article discussing FFF in relation to other, comparable initiatives.
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Latest revision as of 00:08, 1 November 2024

Fuck for Forest
Established2004
FounderTommy Hol Ellingsen, Leona Johansson
FocusEnvironmentalism
Location
Area served
Norway, Latin America, Brazil
MethodActivism, pornography[1]
Websitefuckforforest.org
Activists at Karneval der Kulturen (Carnival of Cultures) in Berlin, 2008
Founder of Fuck for Forest, Tommy Hol Ellingsen

Fuck for Forest (FFF) is a non-profit environmental organisation founded in 2004 in Norway by Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen. It funds itself through a website of sexually explicit videos and photographs, charging a membership fee for access. A portion of funds are donated to the cause of rescuing the world's rainforests. It is the world's first eco-porn organization and may be the only porn website specifically created to raise money for a cause. The group moved from Oslo, Norway, to Berlin, Germany,[when?] following the trial of its founders for having sex in public.[1][2]

History

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Fuck for Forest co-founders Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen had backgrounds in progressive and green theater and teaching troubled teens. The two started Fuck for Forest to protest the state of the world's rainforests and to make a difference. In its first six months of existence the group received seed funding from the government of Norway for the creation of an alternative environmental group. Ellingsen believes that "eco-porn" is the obvious choice to make a difference. He explained: "Porn makes really, really a lot of money, so why not use that money for good?" In 2004, its first year of existence, the organisation's website netted over $100,000 for rain forest protection through the sale of paid memberships.[1][2][3]

Operations

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Website subscribers pay $20 per month and the organization says that over 80 percent of the money goes to charities that work to preserve the world's rain forests. The organisation's unorthodox methods have made it difficult to distribute the money it makes. Both the Norwegian chapter of the Rainforest Foundation Fund, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in the Netherlands have refused to accept donations from FFF. As a result, Fuck for Forest is working on a project to work directly with indigenous communities in Costa Rica and the Brazilian Amazon rainforest.[1][2][3]

Public sex controversy

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The group's founders gained notoriety when they had sex on stage during a July 7, 2004 Quart Festival concert performance featuring Norwegian singer Kristopher Schau and his band The Cumshots. After delivering a brief talk on the impact humans have on forests, Ellingsen asked "How far are you willing to go to save the world?" and the pair began stripping. A banner was raised on stage informing the audience of 5,000 that the couple was having sex to save the rainforest.[4] Commenting on the event Ellingsen said, "I had a bit of a stagefright, but it disappeared as soon as I got going." Johansson added that "I got turned on by all the people."[5]

Ellingsen and Johansson were fined 10,000 Kroner (US$1,470) each for a public sex act, a violation of Norwegian law. Commenting on their arrest, Ellingsen said "It is ridiculous that we are prosecuted and sentenced on a moral basis at the same time as Norway is in the war against Iraq...Violence is aired on TV every day, and if this is so terrible, we could have called this performance art, and we wouldn't have been fined then?" The event promoters were not fined because they claimed they were not aware beforehand.[6]

The two made their court appearance dressed in children's clothes. Ellingsen dropped his trousers and showed his penis during a break in the court proceedings. Ellingsen told Nettavisen that "We would have liked to have fucked here in court as well, it’s a nice space, but we would probably be thrown in jail."[7] The group consequently moved its headquarters to Berlin, Germany.[1][3]

Ellingsen said that within three months of their arrest, the website has attracted more than 1,000 new members, each paying $15 per month.[2]

On 2 June 2011, Fuck for Forest members simulated intercourse in Oslo Cathedral during Mass. The leader of Oslo Bishopry told Norwegian media that the stunt makes him "sad on behalf of those who did it."[8] Two of the individuals performing in the cathedral were ordered by the Oslo District Court to pay fines of 9,000 ($1171.86) and 7,500 ($976.55) kroner for indecent behavior and outraging public decency (seksuelt krenkende og uanstendig atferd), and also to pay 2,000 kroner ($260.41) each for the trial cost.[9]

Film

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The 2006 documentary film Fuck was released during the Cannes Film Festival (though not as a part of the festival). The poster for the film showed FFF onstage during the Quart Festival incident. The film sought to explore artists who experiment with modes of expression that challenge prevailing social mores.[10]

A feature-length cinema documentary entitled Fuck for Forest was released in 2012. The film, directed by Michał Marczak, is a narrative-driven story that loosely revolves around the group's environmental projects, but focuses on subjects like sexuality, contemporary lifestyles, western morals and cultural variants of human perception.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Dicum, Gregory (April 13, 2005). "Eco-porn: Great Sex For A Good Cause". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Harris, Lissa (October 6, 2004). "Norwegian Wood. Porn activists go all the way to save the rainforest". Grist. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Dalrymple, Theodore (August 26, 2005). "Ethical Pornographers?". City Journal. Archived from the original on January 4, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Couple had sex on stage during concert". Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Couple Has Sex On Stage At Norwegian Music Festival: Photos Available". July 6, 2004. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  6. ^ "Couple refuses sex fine". NETTAVISEN. August 7, 2004. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  7. ^ "Lack of Discretion Award". NETTAVISEN. November 11, 2004. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  8. ^ kl.10:02 (2009-08-18). "Blir mest trist - nyheter". Dagbladet.no. Retrieved 2013-03-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Verdens Gang - Fikk 15 500 i bot for sex-stunt i kirke
  10. ^ Karlsen, Morten Ø.; Johnsen, Vibeke (May 21, 2006). "Fuck for Forest i Cannes". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on April 12, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
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