Eco-porn in the rainforests: What's up with them crazy Norwegians?

If I may reference The Beatles, this story should give a whole new meaning to "Norwegian Wood":

No, it's not a Sign of the Apocalypse, but it's a sign of some serious stupidity/immaturity (even if the cause, I suppose, is a good one). As reported in Der Spiegel, a young Norwegian couple... oh, hell, there's no way I can describe what they're up to. Just read the article here. Otherwise, let's just say it's about environmental porn, or porn for the rainforests (the good cause), and the story includes:

• a website called Fuck for Forest (which apparently I've just promoted, if not necessarily endorsed, with a link from The Reaction: go see for yourself, if you're over 18, as "the [website] -- liberally interspersed... with scenes of woodland carnal abandon -- features informed discussions about our world's imperilled rainforests and information on the dangers they face");
• public fornication (specifically, sex on stage during a performance by a band called, uh, The Cumshots -- in front of 50,000 people, believe it or not);
• a trial at the Kristiansand City Court in southern Norway (where the young Norwegian couple was found guilty of "[c]onducting an improper act in a public place" and fined $1,400 each, a penalty which the couple -- which promptly absconded to "a slightly more liberal environment: Berlin" -- refused to pay);
• a movement, if I may put it so officially, with (thus far) 1,000 members and $120,000 raised;
• efforts to attract new volunteers and contributions from pros and amateurs alike (porn, that is); and
• opposition from advocacy groups like the World Wildlife Federation (which, living in the real world, recognize that hyper-Catholic Brazil, home to much of the world's rainforest, wouldn't be too comfortable with eco-porn).

From the FFF website (I'm a creative guy, but I couldn't make this stuff up):

Each year, huge areas of rainforest are systematically being cut down. Invaluable animal and plant life is being decimated to make way for commercial interests.. . For too many humans, development has become more important than the balance of nature. Is humanitys cynical behave more powerful than idealism..?

FFF are concerned youngsters, using the freedom of open-minded sexuality to save nature. We believe it is possible to use people’s need for sexuality as a way to raise money for nature. And at the same time create awareness about what is happening to mother earth. It is time to pay respect, and give something back. Try to force peoples minds open, using free sexuality!

Lars von Trier should make a movie about these people. Oh, right, he did. It's called The Idiots (an offensive, jarring masterpiece that I gave ****).

Yes, this bird has flown... I hope you're all enjoying the weekend.