Sustainability Journal

  • Fun things to do with fall leaves

    Fun things to do with fall leaves

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Let’s make sustainable crafts with some readily-available nature bits - like fall leaves! They’re so beautiful, and part of what makes them so - outside of the fact that each one is unique like a snowflake and the colors are...

  • A Hierarchy of Recyclables

    A Hierarchy of Recyclables

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    What is and isn’t recyclable isn’t as straight-forward as it feels like it should be. Like how many times I have to tell my husband that soft plastic is not recyclable, or how many times my best friend tells me...

  • Home waste audit. Part 2.

    Home waste audit. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    What now? + a couple recipes.
  • Wild Old Tea: Musings on Pu’erh

    Wild Old Tea: Musings on Pu’erh

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    These are The Wild Old Trees, some said to be standing for thousands of years, and miraculously, still producing high yields of precious pu’erh tea. 
  • Sustainable Holidays With Juniper Station

    Sustainable Holidays With Juniper Station

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    With the holidays, ambience is EVERYTHING. My childhood memories of theyuletide are entirely sensory. They’re basically sugar-coated fever dreamswith Bing Crosby and Judy Garland fading in and out of the background (or NeilDiamond and Amy Grant depending on the company)....

  • The Interview: Naama Brenner-Abramovitch!

    The Interview: Naama Brenner-Abramovitch!

    By Kristina Palmieri

    I had the pleasure of sitting down with and picking the brain of Naama Brenner-Abramovitch, Recycling Specialist for Napa Recycling and Waste Services. Naama is a treasure trove of information and she spends her time educating the community on how...