Building the counterculture, creating right livelihoods: the counterculture at work

The men and women dedicated to building an alternative society in the United States in the Sixties era began without a blueprint. These cultural rebels disdained the workaday life they believed American society demanded of them. They wanted to create a less restrained community of free individuals dedicated to new forms of wisdom and pleasure. Over time, some of these cultural radicals struggled to put their values into play by creating right livelihoods that built their sense of community and provided for economic sustainability.