Natural Humanists believe that they are all part of one global, loving family, who recognise each other’s similarities, and celebrate each other’s differences.
Some Natural Humanists may choose to form Natural Humanist Communities, which could be actual physical communities, or they could be ‘virtual’ communities, where members have frequent contact, including via the internet, but don’t actually live together and may even be in different towns or countries.
Natural Humanists believe strongly that ‘unity is strength’; that we can all achieve much more, and succeed in overcoming almost any problem or obstacle, if we work together. This cooperation and collaboration is a very important part of Natural Humanist philosophy, which values the ‘common good’ above personal achievements.
Members of Natural Humanist Communities may share common values, beliefs and goals, and members may choose to socialise and/or work together, perhaps on a project linked to Natural Humanism. They may live in a large home, owned by one member of the community, which they’ve chosen to share with other Natural Humanists, or they may live in different homes, on the same road, or in the same immediate area, and all meet-up daily, or they may all live together in a large communal home, perhaps with their own small, but attractive and well-designed flat for each individual, couple, family or polyamorous group, or even a former hotel that is used as a communal home, where they can share pleasant communal areas, for example, a kitchen and social area.
If a Natural Humanist Community is large, they may share the whole of a large land-efficient high-rise building, with its own not-for-profit café/bar, where they have all, or many, of their meals communally, and where they may socialise throughout the day or week. The high-rise building may have a roof garden or social space on the roof or in a basement, where they can socialise, have parties, dances and perhaps also practice a special Natural Humanist version of yoga, or practice social naturism, without causing offence to neighbours outside the community.
Members of some Natural Humanist Communities may work together in any type of work, but possibly in work which supports or promotes Natural Humanist values and beliefs, for example, collecting and reselling clothes and possessions for charity, growing vegan food using land and water-efficient indoor aeroponic agriculture, possibly in a high-rise building attached to their home, to eliminate the need for polluting transport and wasted time during a commute to work, and to allow them to focus more time on meaningful work or social activities, and to more easily balance their work and family lives.
Some Natural Humanist Communities may consist of only one large polyamorous group, who choose to all live and socialise communally, and possibly to raise children together, either in separate families within the community, or communally as one ‘polyamorous family’.
Some Natural Humanists, or Natural Humanist Communities, may prefer to adopt or foster children, rather than having their own, bringing them up in a deeply loving, supportive Natural Humanist environment, so that they’re not increasing the world’s over-population, and so that no child has to grow up feeling that they don’t have a home, don’t belong, and aren’t part of a stable, loving family of people who care about, value and love them deeply and unconditionally, for exactly who they are.