Full throttle into the climate catastrophe – nothing can stop economic growth and the car boom. Eco-waves and intermittent energy saving remained mere embellishments. But even a hundred years ago, instead of hundreds of thousands, a few notable early hippies wandered the world, itinerant preachers mocked as kohlrabi apostles and potato Christs, who took the 'back to nature' movement seriously and already embraced the entire program of 1967: pacifism, free love, criticism of technology, long hair, vegetarianism. On one hand, the three most important figures fell into obscurity, while on the other hand, many text and image documents were preserved. Five rigorous life stories from cradle to respective downfall: Christian Wagner from Warmbronn, Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Gustaf Nagel, Arthur Gusto Gräser, Willy Sophus Ackermann – five destinies, five highly different characters, embedded in their tumultuous era.