“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.” – John Burroughs By regarding Nature as a teacher, we are given the opportunity to learn from the one...

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.” – Lao Tzu Every forest began with one seed. Every plant that has ever blossomed to provide the world with beauty, food, and shelter, began with a tiny seed. Every oak, every orange tree,...

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir Going into a forest wilderness, we are given one of the most resplendent  displays of Nature’s offerings. Whether it is a rain forest, a redwood...

“As long as the Earth can make a spring every year, I can. As long as the Earth can flower and produce nurturing fruit, I can, because I’m the Earth. I won’t give up until the Earth gives up.” – Alice Walker The Earth gives...

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu In this hurly burly society of ours, we seem to find a need to do pretty much everything, and we must do it all now. Even though we’ve been given several handy-dandy...

“If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.” – Horace Traubel As we look out into the world around us, we are seldom at a loss for needs which long to be filled. There is always a hand outstretched for help though it...

When I first got my iPhone, I also had to get the obligatory protective casing for the uninsurable device, a meager piece of plastic with a thin strip of foam padding inside. Although it was green in color and served its purpose through many drops, once...

“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” – Spanish proverb Each of us is only given one body through which we experience this life. Its capacity for service to us is limited...

It's been a whole year! That’s right folks, Modern Hippie Mag, your online resource dedicated to promoting hip, healthy conscious living and environmental sustainability has been coming at ya for a whole year!  Technically our anniversary...

“The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.” – Marcus Aurelius As we grow older, our bodies change as the rest of the world changes around us. We have, in our society, developed a compulsion to despise some of these...

“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use.” – Carlos Castaneda Our business is not merely...

Though the oil spill in the Gulf seems to have been brought to an end, ire over the oil industry still remains in the hearts of many just as oil still lurks throughout our waters. Shortly after the spill first happened, I had the privilege of reading...

“If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn.” – Bernie Siegel For as much damage as we may bring to the earth, through oil spills, pollution, or other forms of environmental...

Forty-seven years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered one of the most stirring speeches in the history of America. It was the culmination of thousands of people gathering to stand up for their civil rights at a time when racism and segregation...

“The spread of civilization may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power.” – Nikola Tesla We are driven by a fire within us. Though that fire often...

“It seems to me that we all look at Nature too much, and live with her too little.” – Oscar Wilde There are few who never stop and gaze at a beautiful mountainside vista or take in a sunset with a deep breath of solace. However, as...