Thriving Together: Health Focused Practices
for Ethical & Sustainable Living
Our shared journey toward an evolved diet and lifestyle is rooted in the principles of eco-social collaborative living and loving within the context of communal union – sharing all with all. Together, we strive to align our daily practices with the values of vitality, sustainability, and collective well-being. Each of these principles offers a doorway into deeper understanding and integration, forming a cohesive guide for optimal living.
Below, we explore interconnected subjects that highlight the global network of communitarian union’s approach to health, animal right to life and liberty, social harmony, and responsible stewardship of the earth’s life-giving resources.
The energy to contribute meaningfully to local and regionally networked communal unions across the globe, stems from our diet and lifestyle choices. By prioritizing nutrient-dense, plant-based living foods, communitarian associates fuel their bodies with the energy required for both mental and physical toil to contribute to collaborative Right Livelihood provisioning projects, such as producing clean-green organic living foods in backyard Kitchen Gardens and Permanent Agriculture Food Forests, as well as, participating in the restoration of land and waterways.
Adequate hydration, restorative sleep, and stress management complement this dietary foundation, ensuring communitarians remain vibrant and capable contributors to collective efforts to demonstrate the path to perpetual peace through ‘common’ wealth shared prosperity… explore more
Healing Through Living Nutrition
The food we consume directly influences our mental and emotional states. A nutrient-rich diet supports cognitive function, emotional balance, and stress resilience. By prioritizing foods that nourish both body and mind, we create the conditions for harmonious and productive communal association that includes supporting one another to live their best lives, while also contributing to practical love-in-action activism that frees animals from their current state of exploitation and harm.
Living Foods such as fruit, soft leafy greens, nuts and seeds, along with edible seaweeds and pure water are powerful tools for healing, capable of supporting the body’s recovery from illness and injury. Nutrient-dense foods, rich in vitamins, minerals, and anti-inflammatory properties, play a vital role in regeneration and repair.
By approaching food as medicine, communitarian associates align their diet with the collective goal of achieving maximum health and vitality to play an active role in demonstrating the benefits of a cruelty-free diet and lifestyle for people, animals and the planet… explore more
Disease Prevention
Prevention of ill-health and premature death is the cornerstone of a thriving life. An evolved diet and lifestyle that centres on living plant foods, emphasizes an adequate intake of quality organically grown foods, rich in antioxidants, phytonutrients, and anti-inflammatory properties that fortify the body’s natural defences. Those following a diet and lifestyle of Living Foods, diligently minimize exposure to processed foods, synthetic additives, and environmental toxins. By adopting preventative health practices, communitarians actively reduce the burden of disease and nurture a culture of health, longevity and resilience… explore more
Eat from the Living Trees
The fruit from living trees, shrubs and vines grown within the communal union’s Kitchen Gardens and permanent agriculture Food Forests, offer a bounty of fruits and nuts that form a significant part of the living foods diet. By eating directly from these living trees, we embrace the abundance of nature in its purest form. This practice deepens our connection to the land while also minimizing the need for energy-intensive food processing… explore more
Minerals & Vitamins – Addressing the issue of adequate B12
Optimal health requires an adequate intake of essential nutrients. Among these, vitamin B12 holds special significance in plant-based diets. While we draw most of our nutrition from living plants and natural sources, those following the Living Foods diet, acknowledge the need for B12 supplementation, and, or, the inclusion of fortified foods to prevent deficiencies. For these reasons, in addition to incorporating mineral-rich foods such as seaweeds, nuts and seeds, along with organically grown produce where possible, communitarian associates also add appropriate supplements to their diets to ensure complete nourishment… explore more
Living Water
Water is the essence of life, and the quality of the water we consume effects our health, energy & longevity. For these reasons, communitarians seek out living water from natural springs, harvest water from the atmosphere via Atmospheric Water Generators and implement systems to purify and energize collected rainwater. This approach ensures hydration that supports cellular health and sustains our energy to participate in personal development and productivity as well as communal activities… explore more
Longevity Diet & Lifestyle
Aligning with communitarian principles that makes successful and satisfying collaborative living possible, begins by transitioning to an evolved diet & lifestyle to ensure our inherent biological needs are met, while also serving the greater mission to preserve and extend our capacity to impart knowledge and practical skills in service to the betterment of people, care of animals, and stewardship of the planet.
Life experience brings perspective and resilience, both of which are essential components of effectively seeding collaborative eco-socio-economic CHANGEMAKER projects within local and regional, globally networked communitarian unions that positively impact the wider-world. When we commit to maintaining our health by adhering to our natural diet of LIVING FOODS, we set an example that allows us – without hypocrisy, without contradiction – to educate, inspire, and support current and future generations to install peace and harmony as the default in all social, economic, and environmental interactions.
Adopting and maintaining a diet and lifestyle that nourishes health and longevity requires time and effort to acquire knowledge, along with consistent commitment, daily discipline and preparedness to align our dietary choices with natural and seasonal cycles, focusing on whole, minimally processed foods that foster nutritional balance that supports optimal health. Practical strategies include preparing meals with care, communal meal sharing, and prioritizing fresh, organic produce sourced from Kitchen Gardens and Permanent Agriculture Food Forests that align with eco-social sustainable and healthful daily practices… explore more
Physical Exercise
Physical exercise is seamlessly integrated into communitarian daily routines through toiling in Living Food Kitchen Gardens as well as contributing to the larger clean-green organic Permanent Agriculture Food Forests, collaborative food production endeavors. Planting, harvesting, and maintaining these growing spaces provide a full-body workout while connecting us to the rhythms of nature. This practical approach to fitness sustains both individual health and communal productivity… explore more
Eating through the Seasons
Seasonal eating connects communitarians to the natural cycles of the Earth while also ensuring fruits, nuts and soft leavy greens are consumed at their peak freshness and highest nutritional value. By aligning our diets with the seasons, we reduce the environmental cost of out-of-season imports and embrace the diversity of nature’s offerings throughout the year. This practice also supports local regenerative agriculture while strengthening our communal food systems to obtain a functional level of food security… explore more
Conscious Eating
Adopting the habit of mindful eating encourages us to slow down and savour each and every morsel of nourishment, fostering a deeper connection to the food we consume. By cultivating awareness of our hunger, satiety, and emotional triggers, we can transform our relationship with food into one of gratitude and intentionality. This practice enhances digestion and brings a sense of peace to our communal meals… explore more
Honouring the Right to Life & Liberty of All Creatures Great & Small
Adopting a predominately fruit-based living foods diet reflects a commitment to honouring the Right to Life and Liberty of all creatures, great and small. By choosing to nourish ourselves exclusively with plant-based, unprocessed foods, we align our daily practices with the principles of nonviolence, compassion, and respect for the intrinsic value of all living beings. This dietary choice acknowledges that every creature, regardless of size or species, possesses a natural right to exist and thrive free from harm or exploitation. It is a tangible expression of our collective responsibility to live in harmony with the web of life, reducing suffering and promoting coexistence.
Moreover, embracing a vegan living foods diet aligns with the eco-social One Cloak tenet of conservation that calls communitarians to contribute to the restoration and extension of ecosystems and biodiversity that ensures the habitats of countless creatures remain intact. Industrial animal agriculture and the commodification of living beings for consumption undermines the welfare of animals, and also the health of our planet. By rejecting these practices, we affirm that liberty extends beyond humanity to include the broader community of life.
By adhering to an evolved eco-social collaborative lifestyle and love-style, communitarians advocate for a world where all beings are free to fulfill their natural roles, fostering a deeper connection with the Earth and each other. In this way, our plates become platforms for justice, compassion, and peace… explore more
Environmental Stewardship
Communitarians act on the understanding that our diet and lifestyle choices are inextricably linked to our role as stewards of the Earth. By actively growing food organically, coupled to converting waste into clean-green nutriment-rich compost, we restore and extend the fertility and beauty of the earth, while also reducing our ecological footprint. The communal association’s dedication to regenerative horticulture and biodiversity practices that integrate sanctuaries for previously exploited animals such as cows, chickens, sheep and goats, enhances soil health and supports ecosystems, ensuring sustainability for future generations of both people and diversity of animal species… explore more
Living Simply
Sustainable Living centred on sharing resources, ethical consumption, collaborative provisioning and recycling, restoring and repurposing is the hallmark of an evolved lifestyle. Communitarians practice minimalism that focuses on quality over quantity. By embracing a diet and lifestyle that prioritizes eco-social sustainable living principles, communitarians contribute to creating environments where the nourishment of our bodies mirrors the nourishment of the global network of ‘common’ wealth eco-social communal unions. In practice, this means embracing diets centred on seasonal and locally sourced living foods that reduce environmental impact while strengthening communal ties through shared meals and Right Livelihood collaborative food production.
Evolved Living Nutrition extends beyond sustenance to embody the spirit of collective care. It recognizes that the food choices we make directly impact our health, the vitality of collaborative relationships and the ecosystems we inhabit. By integrating these principles into daily life, we cultivate a holistic approach to health and longevity, wherein the simplicity of our living becomes the foundation for vibrant, resilient communal living.
Through sharing kitchens, collective gardens, and conscious consumption, communitarians demonstrate that the practice of living simply is not an act of deprivation; on the contrary, it is an evolution toward achieving food security through actively contributing to, and benefiting from, ‘Rich by Association shared prosperity’ principles that underpin clean-green organic food production and distribution endeavours… explore more
The Living Kitchen
Within communal living spaces, Living Kitchens are a hive of activity where associates transform fresh produce into nourishing meals that reflect our commitment to living simply, environmental sustainability, and collaborative provisioning. We embrace traditional, low-energy food preparation methods that preserve the vitality of our fresh organically grown ingredients and align with our principles of evolved eco-social living and loving. Techniques such as harvesting greens and microgreens directly from Backyard Kitchen Gardens, along with sun-drying tomatoes and zucchinis, apples, pears, peaches and apricots, enables those adhering to a diet of Living Nutrition to enhance the nutritional value of living foods, while also maintaining its natural integrity.
Whether preparing fruits and salads, harvesting living water, or growing greens and microgreens, each step in our food journey reflects a holistic approach that nurtures our bodies, associations and local as well as wider-world eco-systems that support people, animals and the planet.
Beyond its role in meal preparation, the Living Kitchen is a vibrant space that provides abundant opportunities to learn, be creative, and collaborate. As active and skilled contributors to preparing and hosting communal meals, communitarians enthusiastically cultivate and share knowledge associated with the safe and correct use of the Living Kitchen’s essential tools and equipment that support meal preparation methods that ensure efficiency without reliance on energy-intensive processes.
Associates work together to explore and refine raw food recipes, experiment with flavors and textures, and develop a deeper connection to the food we share. Every activity, from tending to micro-green growing trays to thoughtfully assembling nourishing salads, fosters a culture of cooperation founded on the principles and practices of Liberated Love that culminates in the physical and emotional fulfilment of Deep Union… explore more
Common Purse Collaborative Provisioning Food Systems
A planned common purse food production system strengthens bonds within communitarian communal associations while ensuring food sovereignty. Shared Kitchen gardens, Organic Food Forest groves and communal kitchens, along with cooperative local and regional food storage initiatives, distribute the labor and joy of food production. This approach fosters a sense of shared purpose and reinforces the collective benefits of working together… read more
Food Sovereignty & Resilience
Food sovereignty emphasizes the importance of controlling our food systems to ensure alignment with communitarian union values, mission and vision that centre on evolved eco-social and collaborative economy principles and practices that serve the common good. By prioritizing local and organic food production, the communal unions are able to enhance their resilience to external disruptions and reduce dependency on industrial supply chains. This principle supports self-sufficiency while also strengthening the unions’ collective food security… explore more
Laying down Stores
Preserving the harvest ensures food security and builds the resilience of the globally networked communal associations. We practice traditional methods such as sun-drying to create stores of nutrient-rich essential life-sustaining provisions. This principle aligns with our commitment to self-sufficiency and preparedness, reinforcing our ability to weather unforeseen challenges… explore more
Aligning Diet & Lifestyle with Cultural Wisdom
Emulating the dietary practices of the wise and honourable who have long ago forged the path to diets that respect the right to life and liberty of all creatures great and small allows communitarians to tap into time-tested knowledge and dietary practices that promote health and vitality as well as ethics. The traditions of peaceful and ethical communities, such as the Pythagoreans, Essenes, Cathars, Buddhists, Jains and Hindus, along with a host of ancient Egyptian and Greek Priests, nobles and philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and Porphyry – as well as the Early Christians and certain Medieval Monastic Orders and lay people, emphasised adherence to whole unprocessed foods that are seasonally available, and also partaken of at communal meals.
By integrating these principles into our daily diets and lifestyle, communitarian connect to cultural heritage able to enrich communal practices… explore more
Communal Customs that Create Solidarity
Shared customs surrounding food preparation and consumption strengthen the bonds within the communitarian union friendship circles and associated gatherings. Rituals such as shared meals, collaborative food preparation sessions, and celebratory feasts foster a sense of unity and mutual respect. These customs transform the act of eating into an opportunity for connection and reinforce the solidarity which is at the heart of the associations… explore more
