An Extinction Rebellion protester went topless in the hope showing her breasts would help "draw attention" to the climate crisis, she has revealed.
Laura Amherst, 31, was photographed without a top on Wednesday as the environmental campaign group descended on London's Oxford Circus for the third day of their two-week "Impossible Rebellion".
Instead of clothes, Laura dressed herself with a message scrawled across her chest, which read: "WAKE UP."
On her bottom someone had written: "ACT NOW".
The Open University politics student also stuck two "XR" stickers over her nipples.
Laura, a vegan from Brighton, said: "I did it to draw attention to the climate crisis facing the planet."
She added to the MailOnline : "Dancing topless brought a nice energy to the protest and was also a very body positive thing to do.
"A lot of people congratulated me for doing this, especially women.
"I'm not getting paid for this or doing it to draw attention to myself but just to save the planet."
Laura, who follows a plant-based diet and drives a hybrid car, said the men in her life - her Extinction Rebellion-member boyfriend and her dad - were both supportive of her decision to bare all.
But, she said "it's got nothing to do with them".
"This is my body and I'm my own woman," she said.
The 31-year-old campaigner said the men know "how passionate I am about saving the planet".
"I wasn't nervous about it at all and I felt that it made a lot of people happy," Lucy said.
Laura was one of hundreds of eco warriors who have gathered at London's popular shopping street this week.
The activist travelled up to the central London tourist spot to join hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters in their two-week "Impossible Rebellion".
Other women also went topless, reports say, and several of them were carted off into waiting police vans by officers who are trying to keep the sprawling protest under control. .
Protesters have gathered to demand an immediate halt to all new fossil fuel investment by the British government and financial corporations amid the climate crisis and ecological emergency.
The Metropolitan Police said as of 6pm on Wednesday, a further six had been arrested for a "variety of offences".
It brings the total number of arrests made over the four days of protests to 196.
However, dozens of people could be seen being dragged away by officers on Wednesday afternoon after a large group blocked off the surrounding roads near Oxford Circus with a partially-built pink sculpture - putting traffic at a standstill.
The Met moved in after a van dropped off the sculpture and protesters formed a human chain to stop it being taken down, according to Extinction Rebellion (XR).
A spokeswoman for the group said: "The van pulled up and everything was unloaded, including a partially-assembled pink structure.
"The police came charging in to try and stop it being built and rushed through the women to get to it, but the structure was already built by that point.
"Some people then began gluing themselves to the structure."
Police had warned protesters to leave the area or face being arrested.
"Some women then came and formed a ring to allow the structure to be built by holding hands and gluing their hands together.
Using a loudspeaker, a police officer said: "You must this area immediately or you may be arrested."
Topless women with climate messages written on their bodies were among the protesters in the area.
Officers formed a cordon close to where they were located and began carrying away dozens of them to police vans parked nearby.
Members clapped and cheered as they were taken away while others played music and chanted. Pedestrians were urged to find another way around the area.
The Met said in a statement on Twitter : "Officers have intervened when protesters were building a structure at Oxford Circus.
"Some individuals have glued themselves to the structure, specialist officers are working to support their removal.
"There will be some disruption to traffic in the area as roads are currently blocked, which we are working to reduce."
Earlier in the day, activists from Money Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, gathered at the Department for International Trade to hold a mock awards ceremony where a "Charred Earth" award was given to the department.
Other activists gathered at the Brazilian embassy to show solidarity with indigenous people in the Amazon Rainforest.
Extinction Rebellion began its Impossible Rebellion protests on Monday when demonstrators blocked roads in central London, including around Trafalgar Square.
They are demanding the Government immediately end investment in fossil fuels that are driving climate change.
The Met said a "significant" operation would be in place for the protests over the bank holiday weekend but also acknowledged the activists' "important cause".
