Mary & Emma: Rethinking Slow Living

Mary and Emma, are back on The Good Dirt after about a six-month break, reflecting on how the project began as a sustainable clothing brand and grew into a community and education platform centered on “sowing seeds of slow living.” They recap past retreats, an online community shift from Mighty Networks to Substack, and their book, The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living, now being revised. They discuss moving away from expert-driven, moralized sustainability talk toward nuance, emotional awareness, and defining “the good life,” acknowledging limits of individual action within larger systems while staying hopeful. Updates include Emma’s toddler and move, Mary’s new season as a grandmother and interest in restorative gardening, and plans to revive their online marketplace with recommended products and remaining Lady Farmer apparel.

00:00 Welcome Back Check In

01:11 Meet Mary And Emma

02:12 Lady Farmer Origin Story

04:16 Slow Living Then And Now

08:17 Beyond Individual Responsibility

10:37 Morality Free Sustainability

13:24 Decluttering And Landfill Guilt

15:34 Meaning Emotions And The Good Life

17:16 Creativity Work And Money

19:52 Grandma Life And Restorative Gardening

21:13 Reopening The Marketplace

25:52 Listener Requests And Wrap Up

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