Psigedelies en groen: Die invloed van Stephen Gaskin en sy hippiebeweging op omgewingsdenke in die VSA
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Du Pisani, Kobus
Alberts, Yolandé
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School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University
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This article argues that the hippy movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s, both in
terms of its underlying philosophy and its practical lifestyle, made significant
contributions to the environmental movement. The focus is on one specific
hippy community, the followers of Stephen Gaskin, first in Haight-Ashbury,
San Francisco and later on The Farm at Summertown in Tennessee. Their
views concerning the natural environment and how they put these views to
practice in their day-to-day lifestyle are investigated. Of particular relevance is
their use of drugs as a holistic sacrament and their lifestyle close to nature as
a self-sustaining community in the countryside. It is concluded that traces of
the impact of their outlook and their lifestyle on environmental thinking can
still be observed in contemporary society.
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Du Pisani, K. & Alberts, Y. 2015. Psigedelies en groen: Die invloed van Stephen Gaskin en sy hippiebeweging op omgewingsdenke in die VSA. New Contree : A journal of Historical and Human Sciences for Southern Africa. 72:43-68, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4969]