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Natural Living
Improving & Protecting the Earth, Mind, Body & Spirit
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Live simply that others might simply live. -Elizabeth Seaton

The world is filled with toxins, harmful chemicals, pollutants, and other damaging substances. Things can seem so complicated sometimes that it's hard to know what to do to help our bodies and our earth, rather than harm them.

This community is dedicated to posing and answering those questions, and having conversations about everything that deals with natural living. We are here to encourage each other to live a simpler life.

Topics range from natural remedies for illnesses and homemade body product recipes to biking, organic gardening and thrifting (yes, shopping at thrift stores is wonderful for the earth!). Posts about vegetarianism, veganism, macrobiotic and raw diets are also welcome. Even posts that deal with being kind and compassionate to our fellow humans and the species we share the earth with are discussed. As long as there's a spin on natural living, almost anything goes!

Join in! It doesn't matter if you're just starting out, or if you've been at it for years. We'd love to have you as a member of our community.


The members of this community are some of the kindest and most reasonable on LiveJournal. We are rarely forced to delete anything, which is amazing and a testament to the maturity of our members.

However, we are occasionally blessed with a burst of fun-filled drama, so the following guidelines and disclaimers are necessary. If you fail to adhere to these guidelines, your post, comment, and any discussion that follows may be frozen, screened, or deleted, based on moderator judgment. Bans (explained in further detail below) may be done with or without prior warning. All bans are permanent.



Here are the guidelines for posting to [info]naturalliving:
  • Please keep posts on-topic. The topic of this community is "living naturally," so anything that falls into that category should be fine. [Explained] [More Explanation]

  • Please tag your posts with all relevant tags from our list. If you'd like a tag added to the list, just ask. Please note that moderators reserve the right to modify your tags at any time. If you need more help using tags, please see this LJ FAQ, or a little tutorial post written by one of our mods here.

  • Please do not post about illegal activities. (i.e. getting out of drug tests)

  • Comment-disabled posts and flounce posts and comments will be automatically deleted and the user banned. Please accept this macro as a parting gift. [Explained]

  • Please do not delete, screen, or freeze comments (your own or those posted by others). This is not fair to others and, should an issue arise, the moderators will be able to deal with it best if all comments are present. If you feel a comment is inappropriate, please contact a moderator. [Explained]

  • Please post housekeeping/moderator questions and comments ("How do I use the memories?", "Why was my post deleted?", etc.) to [info]naturallvn_mods, or email a moderator directly at naturallivin@gmail.com. DO NOT contact the moderators using their personal email addresses, personal journals, or personal IMs.

  • Advertisements, Community Promotions, and Vote-for-me posts are not allowed unless you email the moderators first (at naturallivin@gmail.com) and we approve it as something the members of this community would find relevant. This includes ads/promotions not associated with LiveJournal. If your post is approved, you may only post once and *cannot* continue making promo posts indefinitely on this community. Any ad/promotion not approved by a moderator, even if it's on topic, will be deleted. [Explained]

  • For your own safety and for the protection of the community and its members, please do not post entries asking for a diagnosis of a health condition or ideas as to what might be causing your particular symptoms. However, if you are simply seeking remedies, feel free to ask away! [Explained] [More Explanation] [Even More Explanation]

  • Finally and most importantly, please remain civil. Do not engage in discriminatory and insulting language, hostility, rudeness, or elitism. What's meant by "elitism" is putting others down because you feel you live more naturally. Examples include insulting members for smoking, eating/not eating meat, not breastfeeding, etc. This particular rule is taken very seriously. Everyone is willing and able to do more or less than others, but something is always better than nothing. We will not hesitate to ban members who engage in habitual hostility, rudeness, or elitism(one-comment bans will very very rarely occur). [Explained] [More Explanation]


Many members of our community are very knowledgeable when it comes to natural (and often conventional) medicine. However, your health concerns (or those of a pet) should ultimately be between you and your (or its) health care professional. [info]naturalliving does not claim responsibility for the consequences of advice you obtain here. Symptoms of a life-threatening nature should be treated immediately by contacting your (or your pet's) health care professional, or by calling 911, NOT by asking the internets. Please use common sense when symptoms are severe! [Explained]


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