Hippies ☮️🌼
Photo: Explorer22frets / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0.
Explore volunteer projects, communities and articles where hippie culture, identity or history is explicitly part of the context. Some may involve communal living, farming, self-sufficiency, gatherings, alternative lifestyles or cultural exchange, but these characteristics alone do not make a project hippie.
What does “hippie” mean on this page? ☮️🌼
This section is for projects, communities and stories where people identify themselves as hippies, describe their community in those terms, or have a clear historical or cultural connection with the hippie movement. The term is not used here as a general label for everyone who chooses an unconventional or alternative way of life.
Hippies and alternative living
Hippie culture can overlap with communal living, environmentalism, simple living, spirituality and other alternative lifestyles, but these concepts are not interchangeable. A person can live off-gridOff-grid refers to a place or lifestyle operating partly or fully independently from public utilities, often using its own systems for electricity, water or waste., join an intentional communityAn intentional community is a group of people who deliberately choose to live or organise together around shared values, goals or practices. It may or may not be an ecovillage. or reject conventional lifestyles without identifying as a hippie.
Likewise, projects connected with the Rainbow Family or Rainbow Gatherings should only appear here when a connection with hippie culture is also explicit or clearly relevant.
How to use this page
Read each listing or article individually rather than assuming that all projects share the same beliefs, lifestyle or community structure. For volunteer opportunities, check the publication date, current activities, working hours, accommodation, meals, minimum stay and any fees or costs before arranging a visit.
Related opportunities: Alternative living · Rainbow Gatherings · Intentional communities
Last reviewed: October 2026.
Browse hippie communities and volunteer opportunities ☮️🌼
Browse the projects and articles below where hippie identity or culture is explicitly part of the story or community. Some older opportunities may no longer be active, so always check current information before contacting a host or travelling.
Do you host a volunteer project or community that explicitly identifies with hippie culture or has a genuine connection with the movement? You can submit your opportunity to Voluntouring.org for editorial review.
