Life Media

Unbiased, trustworthy, reader-supported magazines and books
about green family living and learning since 1976.

Inspiration & Information for a Better World

Life Media is an independently-owned, environmentally-conscious multimedia information publishing company, launched in 1976 and still owned and operated by the founding family. Our goal is to provide editorially independent, quality products, and a high level of service and integrity, in a way that minimizes our ecological footprint and respects all the inhabitants of Mother Earth.

We operate in print and electronically. Our paid subscription magazines – Natural Life, Life Learning, and Natural Child and books published under The Alternate Press imprint, as well as the websites Natural Family Life, Home-Based Education in Canada, and Child's Play, provide readers with straightforward, trustworthy facts, analysis, opinions, and how-to information about green living, natural parenting, and unschooling/life learning.

We are sometimes controversial, always honest, and forever practical. As one of the original North American sources of information about natural family living and its foremost publisher of resources about progressive homeschooling, life learning and unschooling, we work hard to provide a fresh perspective on these important topics. As a result, you'll find us always a bit ahead of the pack.

We invite you to explore the various websites, policies, and profiles linked from this page, in order to learn more about Life Media and how we can help you and your family live a greener, healthier, more self-reliant lifestyle. Here is a convenient summary of the members of the Life Media family of magazines and websites.

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We are available to provide media sponsorship for events, conferences, fundraisers, and organizations. Learn more.

Beyond School e-book by Wendy Priesnitz

Food and Fellowship - Projects and Recipes to Feed a Community

Natural Life Magazine's Green & Healthy Homes

Natural Life magazine

Life Learning online magazine

Life Learning book

For the Sake of Our Children by Leandre Bergeron

Natural Life Books

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Recently Published

Beyond School by Wendy PriesnitzBeyond School: Living As If School Doesn't Exist
by Wendy Priesnitz - A collection of seventeen essays in e-book format about how families and individuals can live and learn without coercion or struggle, and with trust, respect, dignity. This book holds high the beacon of respect for and trust in children – not only to learn what they need when they need it, but to fully participate in the lives of their communities and to take their places in a democratic society. At the same time, it reassures homeschooling parents (as well as those other adults in their lives who haven't yet realized there are possibilities for education beyond school) that their chosen path is the inevitable way forward. Buy now.

Bringing it Home: A Home Business Guide Bringing it Home: A Home Business Start-Up Guide for You and Your Family by Wendy Priesnitz - A newly revised and updated e-book version of this venerable home business guide for people who want to combine a home-based income with looking after their families. Buy now.



Books Now Available

Food and FellowshipFood and Fellowship: Projects and Recipes to Feed a Community
by Andrea Belcham - Save money and time, eat healthy food, have fun, and strengthen your community by creating a food buying club and/or a batch cooking group (or community kitchen). Buy now.

Natural Life Magazine's Green & Healthy HomesNatural Life Magazine's Green & Healthy Homes by Wendy Priesnitz - A guide to creating a healthy, environmentally sound home for yourself and your family. Some of Natural Life Magazine's readers' favorite topics about sustainable, healthy living. Buy now.

What Really MattersWhat Really Matters by David H. Albert and Joyce Reed - Two veteran homeschool advocates discuss what learning is really all about. The second title in our Natural Life Natural Parenting Book Series. Buy now.

For the Sake of Our ChildrenFor the Sake of Our Children by Leandre Bergeron (foreword by John Taylor Gatto). The first title in our Natural Life Magazine Natural Parenting Book Series. A memoir of a year in the life of a Quebec family that illuminates non-coercive parenting and progressive homeschooling. Now available.

Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational FrontierLife Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier
A unique collection of essays from Life Learning Magazine.The philosophy and the experience of living the unschooling lifestyle, from the perspective of both parents and unschooled young people. Now available.


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You can subscribe to Natural Life Magazine's digital edition for a fraction of the price of the print edition. And Life Learning and Natural Child magazines are exclusively digital magazines.
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