Honest question - do you think actions such as will draw more people to act on behalf of the planet? Personally I think acts like this have the opposite effect

Honest question - do you think actions such as will draw more people to act on behalf of the planet? Personally I think acts like this have the opposite effect. "Those environmentalists are loons" is probably a common response. If you want to discredit a movement, giving attention to most extreme people is a good way to do it.