The Counterculture Environmental Technology Movement
Along with its strong impact on religion, counterculture greatly impacted several aspects of politics, specifically environmental politics. Before the mid 1960s, most environmental campaigning was based on the preservation of American wilderness and protecting it from the invasion of urban development and technology. Due to the increasingly complicated politics of the 1960s, the strong division between wilderness and technology was not as effective after this time period, which lead to changes within the environmentalist movement. There was a change of focus in counterculture environmentalism from preserving the untouched wilderness to protecting the environment as a whole. While there were still some youths during this time that moved to the
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The counterculture environmentalists also created the Whole Earth Catalog. This catalog became a basis of the movement, and it brought together people from all aspects of the counterculture. The legacy of counterculture environmentalism is the marriage between technology and nature. Americans began to see technology as a good thing that we could use in order to help the environmental and create an ecological living. Ecology and technology coming together created a more realistic approach to the environmental problems. The counterculture environmental technology movement had some more disturbing consequences, such as leading to the creation of new technology powers. However, overall, the new advancements in ecological technology led to things that have now become mainstream ideas for helping the environment, such as solar power, energy-efficient devices, and even energy efficient houses. The environmental counterculture movement greatly changed the way people approach environmental issues, and led to many developments in the environmental movement in the United …show more content…
During the 1960s the mainstream drug use was a crucial aspect of the hippie culture, and many of the youth saw using drugs as making a statement. The most popular drugs were Marijuana and LSD, both mid-altering drugs. LSD is a hallucinogen, meaning it affects the central nervous system and changes the way a person sees and feels the reality. One reason hippies turned to LSD was because they needed a culture when they no longer trusted the natural world, and LSD gave this to them. The entire hippie culture centered on LSD, impacting the music, art, and living of the hippies, and this was the first time something like this occurred. These impacts were seen specifically through acid tests, festivals that essentially celebrated LSD, from which the psychedelic style emerged. One explanation for the popularity of LSD is the strong influence and association it had with the psychedelic rock of the sixties. At concerts taking the drug was almost seen as a necessity. After the 1960s, the risks of using LSD became better known. LSD is unpredictable, and many situations in which it had caused death were being publicized through the media. While LSD usage dropped significantly after the 1960s, marijuana and more casual, widespread drug use was a legacy of the counterculture, and hippies specifically. Drugs redefined the Western world-view, as they destroyed the traditions of time,
The counterculture environmentalists also created the Whole Earth Catalog. This catalog became a basis of the movement, and it brought together people from all aspects of the counterculture. The legacy of counterculture environmentalism is the marriage between technology and nature. Americans began to see technology as a good thing that we could use in order to help the environmental and create an ecological living. Ecology and technology coming together created a more realistic approach to the environmental problems. The counterculture environmental technology movement had some more disturbing consequences, such as leading to the creation of new technology powers. However, overall, the new advancements in ecological technology led to things that have now become mainstream ideas for helping the environment, such as solar power, energy-efficient devices, and even energy efficient houses. The environmental counterculture movement greatly changed the way people approach environmental issues, and led to many developments in the environmental movement in the United …show more content…
During the 1960s the mainstream drug use was a crucial aspect of the hippie culture, and many of the youth saw using drugs as making a statement. The most popular drugs were Marijuana and LSD, both mid-altering drugs. LSD is a hallucinogen, meaning it affects the central nervous system and changes the way a person sees and feels the reality. One reason hippies turned to LSD was because they needed a culture when they no longer trusted the natural world, and LSD gave this to them. The entire hippie culture centered on LSD, impacting the music, art, and living of the hippies, and this was the first time something like this occurred. These impacts were seen specifically through acid tests, festivals that essentially celebrated LSD, from which the psychedelic style emerged. One explanation for the popularity of LSD is the strong influence and association it had with the psychedelic rock of the sixties. At concerts taking the drug was almost seen as a necessity. After the 1960s, the risks of using LSD became better known. LSD is unpredictable, and many situations in which it had caused death were being publicized through the media. While LSD usage dropped significantly after the 1960s, marijuana and more casual, widespread drug use was a legacy of the counterculture, and hippies specifically. Drugs redefined the Western world-view, as they destroyed the traditions of time,