Sixteen Extinction Rebellion activists hold NUDE protest to expose ‘naked truth’ about climate change outside Cambridge University over ‘£400m it has invested in the fossil fuel industry’
- Extinction Rebellion group stood naked on King’s Lawn to protest investment
- Activists claim the university invested £400million into the fossil fuel industry
- Naked protest was one of several demonstrations held at the university this year
Extinction Rebellion activists held a nude protest yesterday to expose the ‘naked truth’ about climate change outside Cambridge University.
The sixteen protesters stripped off on King’s Lawn to protest the institution’s £400million investment in the fossil fuel industry.
This is not the first time the activists have taken to campaigning in Cambridge, with a group of eco-warriors ripping up the lawn outside Trinity College in February this year.
Extinction Rebellion activists held a nude protest yesterday to expose the ‘naked truth’ about climate change
sixteen protesters stripped off on King’s Lawn to protest the institution’s £400million investment in the fossil fuel industry
The XR group stood metres apart and wore face masks as they took their clothes off outside the university
In the naked protest, the XR group stood metres apart and wore face masks as they took their clothes off to reveal messages written on their bodies, including: ‘Stop funding death’, ‘We want to live’ and ‘This is scary’.
During the campaign, they told members of the public about the university’s investment and informed them that it was ‘directly funding those that cause climate breakdown and destroy the global ecosystem we all depend on.’
XR Cambridge activist Jess, who was one of the naked protestors, told CambridgeshireLive she is more scared about what is happening to the earth than she is taking her clothes off in public.
‘Entire ecosystems are breaking down, thousands of species are going extinct, and the glaciers are melting. We are all vulnerable to the consequences of this, not just the people living in areas that will soon be flooded,’ said Jess.
As they stripped off they had messages written on their bodies, including: ‘Stop funding death’, ‘We want to live’ and ‘This is scary’
Throughout the demonstration they told members of the public about the university’s £400million investment
They informed passersby that the university was ‘directly funding those that cause climate breakdown and destroy the global ecosystem we all depend on.
Naked XR Cambridge activist Jess said she is more scared about what is happening to the earth than she is taking her clothes off in public
‘The worst start to the Amazon wildfire season ever has just been seen and yet the University of Cambridge and its colleges are investing in the companies causing the huge environmental damage that makes these events possible.’
To end the protest, the group staged a die-in, lying on the ground with white sheets covering them like dead bodies.
Just last week more protesters gathered on the lawns of the Senate House at the university to play croquet.
During the display they demanded the establishment ‘stop playing games with the planet’ as they reenacted hitting the earth with their mallets.
To end the demonstration, the group staged a die-in, lying on the floor motionless and covered in white sheets like bodies
Police officers let the Extinction Rebellion protest (pictured) outside Trinity College, Cambridge, in Feburary, continue undisrupted, causing a Tory MP to say he was ‘horrified’
No arrests were made on the day of the protest, although police later accepted that ‘a crime has been recorded for criminal damage’