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 Small History: Lawns

    A Small History: Lawns

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    When I was a kid I didn’t know there were yards without lawns. Everyone had a lawn where I grew up, to the point where the word yard is nearly synonymous with the word lawn in my early years. And...

  • 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.
  • Not Invited to the Garden Party

    Not Invited to the Garden Party

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Keeping bugs away from your outdoor living spaces, naturally.
  • 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...