Conrad Schmidt

For the Union Army soldier, see Conrad Schmidt (Medal of Honor).

Conrad Schmidt (born 1969) is a social activist, filmmaker and writer living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who is best known for his role in founding the Work Less Party of British Columbia and for creating the internationally known World Naked Bike Ride protest.

Biography

Schmidt was born and raised in South Africa and, in 1998, moved to Vancouver where he resides.

Community involvement

In 2003, Schmidt organised a protest in which 50 demonstrators from Artists Against War formed a peace sign with their naked bodies to protest against possible US action in Iraq. Schmidt created the international clothing-optional World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in 2004.

In 2003 Schmidt was a coordinator for the Work Less Party of British Columbia, a political party which advocates a 32-hour work week and reduced consumerism.

Media activities

Schmidt is the author of Workers of the World Relax: The Simple Economics of Less Industrial Work (ISBN 0973977205) and Efficiency Shifting, and the director of the documentary, Five Ring Circus.

See also

• Affluenza
• Anti-consumerism
• Canadian federal election, 2008
• Work Less Party

External links

• ConradSchmidt.org
• Work Less Party Web site Web site includes films and clips, some including Schmidt.
• World Naked Bike Ride Web site & Wiki site
• Artists For Peace and Artists Against War activism Web site This is an archive of the old site, which is now hosted on the Work Less Party Web site.
• Work Less Party of Victoria
• You Never Bike Alone Documentary includes interview and footage from first WNBR.