Contemporary Counter Cultural Presentations

While brainstorming ways to solve inherent emptiness of suburbanization and corporatization of our contemporary culture, we came up with the following list of alternatives to the dominant paradigm:

• Getting involved in actual communities.
• Buying local (farmers market, support small stores, second hand stores).
• Dropping out like Thoreau.
• Living toward your dreams / staying focused on personal happiness… hold on to creativity.
• Getting responsibilities met, but keep identity alive.
• Developing creativity with activities such as arts, music, writing, photography, etc.
• Working for political change.
• Embracing spirituality through organized religion or through contemplative practices such as yoga and meditation.
• Embracing the natural world.
• Using travel as a way of learning about alternative lifeways.
• Doing serious theraputic work that helps you identify and face critical and deep seated issues.

For your contemporary countercultural presentations, I would like you to identify an individual or group of individuals who are currently implementing one of these strategies, research their activities and philosphy.