Comments on: Are you a hippie?

By: allotmentadventureswithjean

allotmentadventureswithjean — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:13:14 +0000

I found that list interesting Morag. I can tick quite a few of those boxes, and my life is happier for it. Your workshops, have enriched my life. The first workshop I ever went to you mentioned Northey Street City Farm for organic food, and from there I went on to being an allotment holder so that I could grow my own organic food, and found so many like-minded folk at the community garden. It's all good.

By: Nanna Chel

Nanna Chel — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 12:13:09 +0000

Hi Morag, lovely article. I am in my late 60s so remember well the Hippie era. I was never a hippie but I do appreciate the simple things in life much the same as you do and it is nice to see a young person who is not caught up in the materialism of these times like so many others your age are. Love your blog by the way.

By: Selina B

Selina B — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:25:20 +0000

great article!
it's true too about labels limiting us, thanx for the eye opener!
thanx for sharing

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 23:37:32 +0000

I think we're more 'cynic' (the philosophical definition not psychological one) than hippie/hipster. I'm inspired more by the early Greek philosophers than the 60s flower children counter culture simply because there's less hypocrisy. Which I already have plenty of!! 😉

By: Jenn

Jenn — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 21:43:26 +0000

Lovely article, I feel really identified with your words, I have been also classified as a hippie in the past and it wasn't until I was actually surrounded by people that think of themselves as hippies that I understood that the term 'hippie' had nothing to do with me, despite my love for sustainability, peace, the environment and using less stuff. Thank you for writing about this, I think is a very underexplored topic that need to be addressed more often 🙂

By: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:59:37 +0000

Thanks for writing Anna. I guess a tag is useful if it supports what you are trying to do and be, how you feel and who you connect with, where you've come from. What I have found, and was trying to express in this post was that a tag can also become a limitation. We can still be all those things we love – sustainable, earth connected, peace-loving… without having to give ourselves a label. By moving out of a certain clique, we could open ourselves to new and unexpected connections and pathways.

By: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:54:27 +0000

Thanks Fiona – you too!

By: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:54:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing Jenn. I sometimes think there needs to be a new term, but then we'd just be boxing ourselves again. I think it's best just to be what we are, live our life fully, walk our talk, be leaders in change by doing it, living simply and having integrity.

By: Morag Gamble

Morag Gamble — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:51:16 +0000

Good on you! I love hippies and earth mothers, but like I wrote in the article, I am personally trying to avoid labels. This is particularly because I teach a lot and do a lot of public speaking. So often I hear the term 'hippie' used as a way to dismiss/marginalise ideas around living simply and sustainably. The less excuses there are for not taking action the better – e.g.: to hard (I offer simple techniques), too time consuming (I offer super quick methods), too 'hippie' , to this, to that…. 🙂

By: earthmotherwithin

earthmotherwithin — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 14:35:37 +0000

Well I think the term hippie is an honourable one, and being an earthmother something I aspire to!