Sustainability Journal

  • DIY Bath Salts

    DIY Bath Salts

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    I love a long soak, but I haven’t always. When I was a kid, I couldn’t understand the adult obsession with bath-taking. So luxurious, so relaxing…excuse me? So BORING. At least once I got past the point of squeaky toys...

  • 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...

  • 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...