| Founder(s) | Tommy Hol Ellingsen |
|---|---|
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Area served | Norway, Latin America |
| Focus | Environmentalism |
| Method | Activism |
| Website | Fuck for Forest |
Fuck for forest, or FFF, is a non-profit environmental organisation founded in Norway by Leona Johansson and Tommy Hol Ellingsen, which raises money for rescuing the world's rainforests by producing pornographic material or having sex in public.[1][2]
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In its first year of existence, the organisation's website netted over $100,000 for rain forest protection through the sale of paid memberships.[1] In their first six months of existence the group received seed funding from the government of Norway.[1][2][3] They are the world's first eco-porn organization.[2] However, the organisation's unorthodox methods have made it difficult to distribute the money it makes. The Norwegian chapter of the Rainforest Foundation Fund[2] as well as the WWF both in the Netherlands[2] and in Norway have refused to accept donations from FFF.[1] 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]
The group gained notoriety when its two members had sexual intercourse on stage during a 2004 Quart Festival concert featuring Norwegian singer Kristopher Schau and his band The Cumshots, after delivering a brief talk on the impact humans have on forests.[2] The group then faced legal action as a result (including a fine imposed on the group after its male member dropped his pants in a Kristiansand, Norway, courtroom), and consequently moved its headquarters to Berlin, Germany.[1][3]
On 2 June, 2011, Fuck for Forest were covered i in Dagbladet when some members of the group simulated intercourse in Oslo Cathedral during Mass. The leader of Oslo Bishopry told Dagbladet that the stunt "makes him sad on behalf of those who did it."[4]
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.[5]