Sustainability Journal

  • Activated Charcoal, So Hot

    Activated Charcoal, So Hot

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Wellness ingredients wax and wane with the times, but it is the hope that we’re continually moving toward a more natural way of life. I’m grateful that this seems to emphatically align with the time we’re living in now. One...

  • Timeless Muses & Sustainable Gift Baskets

    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...

  • Building Sustainability & Creativity with Eco-Bricks

    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...

  • What is Zero Waste, Exactly?

    What is Zero Waste, Exactly?

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    What exactly is Zero Waste? Is it a literal term? Is it a goal? Are there people who are able to live without creating any waste at all? If there are, how in this plastic world, do they do it?...

  • A Look Into Urban Foraging

    A Look Into Urban Foraging

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    I recently read Sarah Moss’s deeply unsettling novella, Ghost Wall. (Highly recommend if you’re up for a dark, poignant read.) Among the brilliant multitude of disturbing details, another more benign bit of the story stuck out to me. This was...