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Can online porn and vegan strip clubs save the rainforest? The erotic industry believes there's a market for idealists who want to hug more than just trees.



Four years ago, Tommy Ellingsen and Leona Johannson decided to do something for the environment.

Like many other eco-activists, the young Norwegian couple opted to set up a Web site to educate others about the death of the rainforest, and to collect donations for the cause. ... Fun, to Ellingsen and Johannson, meant sex, and the result was the creation of a Web site whose acronym, FFF, stands for an unprintable verb in front of "ForForest.com." ... The founders of FFF are not the only ones using nudity and sex to promote a cause.

Some men out for a good time might choose to visit Casa Diablo, billed as the country's first vegan strip club, which opened Feb.

1 in Portland, Ore.

"Veganism is all about love, ethics and morality," said owner Johnny Diablo, 41.

When the dancers, all women, take the floor, Diablo promises that the clothes they shed will not contain any fur, leather or feathers.

While Diablo aims to make a profit from the club, he also hopes that his soy burgers and homemade non-dairy nacho cheese will convince customers of the benefits of an all-plant diet.

Diablo, who has been vegan for 23 years, sees no conflict in taking a stance against the exploitation of animals while simultaneously exploiting, as some would say, the women he employs.

"Sex-positive women that entertain others in their natural-born clothing is different from cutting up animals," he argued.

Natural-born clothing is also celebrated at Veg Porn, an adult-only web site targeted to "titillating tofu eaters" and run by a woman who calls herself Furry Girl.

Here, all of the amateur models are said to be vegan or vegetarian, and visitors are encouraged to send photos of themselves cooking their favorite vegan meal - wearing nothing but their birthday suits.

The idea is to allow paid members to pick up recipes for tofu pie and vegan cupcakes while indulging in their erotic fantasies.

On The Sensual Vegan, a related site, Furry Girl offers vegan condoms, lubricants and sex toys to animal-lovers who want to avoid the milk-protein found in some latex items.

The growing desire for sex with a conscience can be exhausting.

"We are totally overworked," said Ellingsen from FFF, who is currently putting together an erotic documentary on deforestation.

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