ReGrounded: Simple, realistic ways to raise kids who care about the Earth

Enough philosophy - let's get practical. In this episode, Jess tells the story of a scraggly weed growing on the path to her son's school, and how a ten-second moment on an ordinary Tuesday morning turned out to contain almost everything the ReGrounded approach is about. Plus: what's coming in the next three episodes, and one small thing to try this week that requires no preparation, n...

Most eco-parenting advice starts with a list of things to do: Recycle. Buy less plastic. Walk to school. And while none of that is wrong - something crucial is missing from almost all of it. In Episode 2, Jess makes the case that focusing on mindset isn't the soft alternative to real environmental action. It's actually the foundation that makes lasting change possible - the root from which...

In this first episode, Jess shares the story behind ReGrounded and the tension that inspired it. On one side of the internet, eco-parenting advice often looks like slow-living perfection: wooden toys, homemade everything and families living close to the land on communal homesteads... On the other side, parenting is framed as pure chaos and survival mode. But what if there’s a middle ground? Jess e...