The Outrageous History Of Environmental Protests (SLIDESHOW)

Those committed to Mother Nature have been known to express their grievances with public happenings and large-scale art projects rather than anti-war style marches. We've compiled a slideshow with some of the best acts of civil disobedience committed in the name of the environment.

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The mainstay of environmental activism, from Greenpeace to the Rainforest Action Network, has been the banner drop. A number of skilled climbers scale a building or monument and unfurl a message, sometimes larger than 100 feet in length.



In September of 2002, Greenpeace activists rappelled from the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro prior to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, or Rio 10, in Johannesburg. The banner reads: 'Rio 10 = Second Chance.'

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[Sandranista]

11:39 PM on 10/22/2009

what about any of the yes men shennanigans? surely they should have been included! http://www.theyesmen.org/

[TazoWolf]

05:57 PM on 10/22/2009

Where's Boulder's Naked Bike Ride? Here it is!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPJnt1suVw

[brady61995]

09:08 PM on 10/22/2009

those naked bike rides are pretty gross. obviously protesting showers and shaving.

[TazoWolf]

08:14 AM on 10/23/2009

The Boulderites looked pretty clean to me.

[brady61995]

05:51 PM on 10/22/2009

i ike the anti smoking commercials where they all drop to the street and play dead. the peta ones are pretty amusing as well.

[jsgaetano]

04:12 PM on 10/22/2009

Red Staters actually protest that they aren't getting ENOUGH pollution.

[Jpwill]

01:58 PM on 10/22/2009

I've got massive respect for anyone who takes direct action especially when it involves scaling very high statues perched on very high mountains. That said, perhaps the best way of protesting about our screwed up way of life is to show how easy it is to live differently.

That's why I have even more respect for the people of Christiania whose every day life is a form of environmental protest.

http://greenexplorer.ovi.com/getinspired/europe/denmark/copenhagen/dropping-in-on-copenhagens-drop-outs/

[TheWanderer]

01:41 PM on 10/22/2009

Outrageous is a word better applied to the world-wide destruction and exploitation of the environment driven by corporate greed.

[fcsakes]

01:09 PM on 10/22/2009

I'm too old to be too daring in my protests anymore but go for it!! I will be cheering you forever!

[Thomas Murphy]

12:22 PM on 10/22/2009

Nice butt.

[openhand]

12:14 PM on 10/22/2009

Active today or Radio Active tomorrow.
Your choice.

[jws2346]

12:09 PM on 10/22/2009

I coulda' went all day without seein' those naked motorcyclists. When I see them doin' that in Antarctica I'll really believe they're dedicated.

[Thomas Murphy]

12:24 PM on 10/22/2009

Oh, shut UP!

[fcsakes]

01:09 PM on 10/22/2009

You can thank activists for the right to open your big fat trap and complain. You fool.

[brady61995]

05:50 PM on 10/22/2009

the right to flap our traps did not come from protesters

[etiennemacchias]

11:40 AM on 10/22/2009

Unless you're an activist yourself, you won't understand the approach of these intrepid protesters.

Some may be repulsed by their rebellion and licentiousness, but what they're doing is an unequivocally altruistic act that will benefit everyone in the long run.

[openhand]

12:18 PM on 10/22/2009

Absolutely.

[brady61995]

09:45 AM on 10/23/2009

some are just silly sorry they are just self serving, i do not think that they should not protest or organize but when its just silly your message gets lost in the cracks.