| World Open Space on Open Space 2008 |
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The Invitation |
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To Register |
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The Site |
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Getting There |
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Who's Coming? |
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Our Sponsors |
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Schedule and Times for Events |
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Accommodation— recommendations and links (delegates are responsible for their own accommodation) |
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Airports and Ground Transportation |
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Opportunities to help share resources with others so they, too, can join us at the WOSonOS |
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Information and suggestions about financial aid, home stays, and other resources |
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Visa information |
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Global Village Marketplace and Silent Auction |
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Maps and driving directions for the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, Fort Mason, and San Francisco |
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Other Places and Things to Do in and around San Francisco (including whale watching, a WOSonOS tradition in regions shared with whales) |
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Currency Conversion |
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Weather (summer in San Francisco shifts from warm to foggy and cold) |
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About Open Space Technology |
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If you have any questions we welcome you to contact us: WOSonOS 2008 Host Team lisaheft@openingspace.net |
Hippies
San Francisco is the home of the hippie movement of the 1960's. For our Thursday, July 24, 2008 dinner and celebration, you are encouraged to pack into your luggage your dancing shoes and a costume representing a hippie, and also to pack some food or drink from your region of the world. You are also welcome to wear clothing from your country's own culture as we celebrate, and share food, laughter and world music.
For a look at some hippies, see:
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&q=hippies&btnG=Search+Images
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960's and spread around the world. The word hippie derives from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. These people inherited the countercultural values of the Beat Generation, created their own communities, listened to psychedelic rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and used drugs like cannabis and LSD to explore consciousness.
In 1967, the San Francisco Human Be-In popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast.
Hippie fashion and values had a major effect on culture, influencing music, television, film, literature, and art.
The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in a myriad of forms—from health food, to music festivals, to contemporary sexual mores, and even to the cyberspace revolution.