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Can pornography help save Tasmania’s rainforests? Kirsha Kaechele hopes so

By · Via The Guardian Environment · Published by Everything Blog

In short

The initiative features 12 forest-themed kink videos produced with the help of local forestry workers acting as crew members on private land and sawmills. Revenue from these subscriptions will fund loggers to erect boardwalks and art installations within coupes instead of chopping down trees. The campaign emerged from the Forest Congress, a collaborative entity formed in 2023 that brings together industry figures, Palawa elders, scientists, and conservationists. Sustainable Timber Tasmania has praised the dialogue while noting its legal boundaries as a state enterprise.

Key points

  • Project earnings are intended to ensure forestry workers do not lose paid hours while red…: Project earnings are intended to ensure forestry workers do not lose paid hours while redirecting their labor toward conservation efforts.
  • Sustainable Timber Tasmania held talks regarding the forest management initiative but mus…: Sustainable Timber Tasmania held talks regarding the forest management initiative but must operate strictly within its government enterprise charter.
  • Collaborating directly with the logging industry has drawn skepticism and questions from…: Collaborating directly with the logging industry has drawn skepticism and questions from traditional environmental groups.

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The forestry workers took unusual care as they picked their way through the mossy undergrowth of a Tasmanian forest. They were carrying a small group of furries – humans in animal suits that can cost thousands of dollars – mindful of not letting any tails drag in the mud. Hired as production crew for the day, they were more used to hearing the drone of heavy logging machinery than the moans of animal lust. Once the furries were in place, the director closed the set so that they could film their group sex scene in private.

“They were just adorable. Even when they’re doing adult acts, it still just looks really cute and kind of innocuous,” artist Kirsha Kaechele says.

This fluffy tableau is one of 12 featured in OnlyFerns, Kaechele’s “artwork-cum-economic engine intended to protect Tasmania’s ancient forests”. Known by the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) as its first lady (she is married to the museum’s founder, David Walsh), Kaechele will be familiar to readers who followed her captivating 2024 discrimination case against the Mona’s Ladies Lounge.

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