Art installations for a cause have historically been extremely effective in calling people’s attention to the world’s most pressing problems. Below are pictures of environmental activists taking a stand against climate change in peaceful creative ways.

Hundreds of activists lying on a glacier in the Swiss Alps to spread the message that the human body is as vulnerable as a melting glacier:

A video of youth climate activists in Sydney, Australia doing a dance on Climate Action Day:

An art installation in Bonn, Germany this past June as a part of the 350 campaign:

This giant piece of art floated down the Thames River in London to bring attention to the fact that polar bears, the world’s largest land carnivore, could go extinct if we continue to treat our planet irresponsibly.

A few days before the G-20 summit, a group of activists in Philadelphia hold this parachute in an effort to curtail corporate-driven climate policy:

These Indonesians lie in a prominent spot to remind passer-bys that sea turtles continue to be threatened by climate change—In some areas the turtle population has been reduced by 90%:

Here are college students in Kerala, India who came from around the country to raise awareness about the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen:

This is a “critical mass” in Budapest. Bicyclists rode through the streets in droves, stopping traffic all together, to promote alternative modes of transportation as a means of reducing carbon emissions. This Budapest demonstration on Earth Day 2008 set a world record with 80,000 riders:

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