Career
Schmidt was born and raised in South Africa and, in 1998, moved to Vancouver where he resides. 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 United States action in Iraq. Schmidt created the international clothing-optional World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in 2004.
Schmidt is the author of Workers of the World Relax: The Simple Economics of Less Industrial Work () and Efficiency Shifting, and the director of the documentary, Five Ring Circus.
