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Formally established in 1993, NEF is an organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the awareness of naturism and body acceptance. https://naturisteducation.org

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Jun 24

Naturist Education Foundation is a non-profit organization supported entirely by the generous donations of involved Naturists like you. Your contribution allows Naturist Education Foundation to further the understanding and acceptance of naturists throughout North America.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · 5d

The first performer to be charged with indecent exposure

The story of Jim Morrison being arrested for indecent exposure whilst on stage is the stuff of legend, but Charlotte Moorman beat him to it by two years.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · 10d

Naked Dining in Manhattan

Once a month in New York, a particular group of friends gathers to dine at various restaurants around Manhattan. Nude. Gwen Macsai brings us this report from her first Clothing Optional Dinner at a re...

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Planet Nude @planetnude.co · 14d

Dance shorts to put on www.planetnude.co/p/dance-shor...

Dance shorts to put on

Planet Nude's fifth volume of nude-themed short film reviews, this time about the art of dance

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Planet Nude @planetnude.co · 16d

Final report: The Planet Nude reader survey www.planetnude.co/p/final-repo...

Final report: The Planet Nude reader survey

600 naturists. 60 questions. The first Planet Nude reader survey paints a candid, complex portrait of the modern nudist movement

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · 25d

Ile du Levant: nudist resort and military zone – DW – 08/23/2022

On Ile du Levant, a French island in the Mediterranean, two unlikely communities have been living side by side for decades — one without clothing and one in military uniform.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · 25d

Woman, 50, walks naked in Buckinghamshire for the first time

The group takes day trips to public parks and museums.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 10

Mass. has one of the best nude beaches in the U.S., according to CNN

Mass. has one of the best nude beaches in the U.S. and it's located on Martha's Vineyard, according to CNN.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 9

Why this Maine woman hikes naked

Naked hiking in the great Maine woods is about more than enjoying fresh air on Laura Casey's exposed skin.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 8

Jul/Aug/Sep Newsletter

NAC and NEF on the road, new items, Baxandall Book Room

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 3

The naked truth

Chris’ body had always been a source of shame and disappointment. But deep down, he had the burning desire to bare all — to be seen.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oakland: Historic Mural Depicting Nude Ohlone Man Targeted For Paint-Over

A historically accurate mural about the Ohlone Native Americans' brutal annihilation by Spanish missionaries which has graced the corner of 41st Street and Piedmont Avenue for 20 years is slated to...

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 1

What do Americans think of public nudity? | YouGov

Britons are more likely than Americans to say it’s acceptable for someone to be naked at a private nudist site, at a nudist beach, in their own garden, and while swimming in a natural body of water.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Sep 1

Vienna’s most naked secret lives in the open on the Danube - Monocle

The Austrian capital’s artificial island hosts a community of nudists keeping the 19th-century tradition of “free bodies” alive. Here’s what...

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 26

Naked In The Woods

In 1970, Margaret Grundstein abandoned her graduate degree at Yale and followed her husband, an Indonesian prince and community activist, to a commune in…

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Planet Nude @planetnude.co · Aug 20

Lupin Lodge turns 91 in Los Gatos
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Lupin Lodge turns 91 in Los Gatos

A weekend birthday celebration in the redwoods of Northern California

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 19

The best books on understanding the nude recommended by Annebella Pollen

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 17

6.4.15: A Cultural History Of Nudism, Unexplained Sounds, & Real Crime In The Digital World

“Birthday suit”, “in the buff”, “wearing nothing but a smile.” Call it what you will, on today’s show we’ll strip bare the American nudism movement and…

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 17

The naked truth: Vermonters bare it all about nudism, naturism and being in public in the buff

This hour, host Connor Cyrus talks about Vermont's laws around being naked in public, and with several Vermont nudists and naturists about why they feel most comfortable without clothes.

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Planet Nude @planetnude.co · Aug 16

Today is World Naked Music Day! www.planetnude.co/p/today-is-w...

Today is World Naked Music Day!

Today is the day to help bring the healing power of music to people in need

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 16

Naked: No Clothes, No Problem

Anita learns about non-sexual, social nudity and why opting to live life mostly in the nude could actually make her think about her body LESS.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 16

How Canada's oldest nudist club helped this filmmaker understand his family history | CBC Radio

Daniel Berish was going through old photographs with his grandmother one day when they came across one of her as a young woman in the forest, wrapped in a towel and beaming at the camera.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 16

The naked billboard that shocked the establishment – and blazed a trail in the art world

It's been 40 years since the controversial activist group Guerrilla Girls formed. Their most powerful campaign, the "naked poster", broke new ground – and has had a lasting influence.

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 16

The naked ambition of the Nude Garden Party: This week in history

In 1975, a group of B.C. nudists formed a new political party — the Nude Garden Party.

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The New Gymnosophy @newgymnosophy.bsky.social · Aug 11

NEEDED: More naturism — “Nature connectedness is now accepted as a key root cause of the environmental crisis. It’s important for our own mental health as well. It unites people and nature’s wellbeing. There’s a need for transformational change.”
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Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years, study finds

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

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Naturist Education Foundation @naturisteducation.bsky.social · Aug 11

Back to basics: Can Croatia revive nudism's glory days?

As an early pioneer of nudism, Croatia's idyllic Adriatic coast has a long and storied history of people stripping down to swim and commune with their surroundings in the naturist tradition. But as th...

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