Sustainability Journal
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Zero Waste Home: a book review
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Bea Johnson is one of modern day’s OG zero wasters. I was gifted her book Zero Waste Home years ago by one of my closest friends and have come to rely on it for quick and easy reference. The book...
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Wellness Pie
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
What is wellness? Everything and its mom have their own definitions. Social media will tell you through framed, little boxes with words inside, or pictures of bodies in mirrors, that wellness is a cacophony of contradictory things. I looked up...
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Mending a Throwaway Culture
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
When we break or damage an item, in our fastfood-throwaway culture, we quickly offer it up to the precarious, soon-to-topple, God of Landfills and buy a new one. Even if just a piece of it breaks, one that can be...
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Timeless Muses & Sustainable Gift Baskets
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
It’s time to roll out a waggish Juniper Station sustainable gift guide. Gift basket edit. I created six baskets ranging in price from $175 to $275. Of course, there’s room for budget adjustments and editing - these eco-chic bundles are...
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Building Sustainability & Creativity with Eco-Bricks
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
If there’s one specific type of technology we’re desperately in need of, it’s plastic transition tech. Plastic is no longer just a product material - it’s an accidental landform; it’s micro and moving through our veins, causing hormonal changes in...