Sustainability Journal

  • A Small History: Geraniums

    A Small History: Geraniums

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Owners of beautiful, eclectic homes giving tours to TV crews seem to have a universal fondness for geraniums, or pelargoniums. There’s something about them. They’re leafy greenness plus a brilliant pop of colorful petals is surely a draw. The sheer...

  • Honoring the History: Q+A with Napa's Danielle Eastman

    Honoring the History: Q+A with Napa's Danielle Eastman

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    “You can have a really beautiful relationship with a piece if you insert yourself into it...and just embody it.”
  • Thoughts on slowing down. Part 4.

    Thoughts on slowing down. Part 4.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Removal of the extraneous.
  • Home waste audit. Part 2.

    Home waste audit. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    What now? + a couple recipes.
  • Home waste audit. Part 1.

    Home waste audit. Part 1.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    How to do it.
  • Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Use your senses.