Hope that glitter’s biodegradable! Extinction Rebellion climate change protesters strip off for ‘Nudie Parade’ through Melbourne – and paint some VERY colourful messages onto their bodies
- Activists in Melbourne’s Nudie Parade by Extinction Rebellion protest stripped down to their underwear
- Hundreds of protesters were prepping themselves by painting climate change messages on their bare bodies
- The march took place at 10am as revelers demanded action from the government about climate change
- Extinction Rebellion had organised a week long of disruptive protests across major cities around the world
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Extinction Rebellion activists have stripped almost bare as they took to the streets in Melbourne for their sixth day of protesting.
Climate change activists marched down Exhibition St in Melbourne as part of a ‘Nudie Parade’ on Saturday.
‘Feeling vulnerable about the Climate and Ecological Emergency? Us too,’ the group wrote on a Facebook event prior to the march.
‘So we are going to put it all on display Saturday 12th October. Meeting at Carlton Gardens at 10am, get noodie down to the knickers.
‘We will paint our bodies with messages and logos, then march through the streets and get people talking.’
Extremely scantily-clad Extinction Rebellion activists stripped bare as they take to the streets in Melbourne for their sixth day of protesting
A man stripped to his black underwear was captured holding a single-use Mount Franklin 500ml plastic water bottle
As part of Melbourne’s Nudie Parade, protesters ‘put it all on display’ as they stripped down to their underwear and painted climate change messages on their bodies
Women with ‘glitter boobs’ and rainbow stars covering their breasts marched in the protest. One woman had the words ‘compost the rich’ written on her body.
A man stripped to his black underwear was captured holding a single-use plastic water bottle.
The climate change protester also had ‘stop Adani’ painted in blue on his chest.
A woman in a bra and underwear with ‘Rebel for life’ painted on her chest and stomach, is seen painting something on another woman who had stripped down to just her underwear
Brave semi-naked activists waved the Extinction Rebellion flag, representing the organisation, while others had the symbol painted on their bodies
Once it hit 10am, hundreds of people walked through the streets of Melbourne as they chanted for more action from the government regarding the climate.
They headed towards Bourke St and then to Melbourne Central before returning to Carlton Gardens.
Videos were posted to the movement’s Twitter page, showing passionate protesters chanting, ‘stop the extinction, start the rebellion’.
Brave semi-naked activists waved the Extinction Rebellion flag, representing the organisation, while others had the symbol painted on their bodies.
‘The hourglass symbolises the threat of extinction and that time is running out,’ the group wrote online.
The rebellion organised a week long of disruptive protests across major cities across the world demanding change for climate change
Activists took to the streets of Melbourne in their underwear as part of an Extinction Rebellion protest demanding action on climate change
The week long disruptions saw a number of protesters arrested by police for their behaviour (pictured: Melbourne Nudie March)
The rebellion organised a week long of disruptive protests across major cities across the world demanding change for climate change.
Queensland police arrested 125 protesters this week with 43 of them just on Friday.
Victoria only recorded 110 arrests for the week and Adelaide only brought in two men aged 61 and 44 on Friday.
Sydney police arrested almost 40 people on Monday with two more later in the week after they fixed a banner to the Harbour Bridge.
‘The hourglass symbolises the threat of extinction and that time is running out,’ the group wrote online (pictured at the Melbourne Nudie March)