Sustainability Journal

  • Fall Events in Napa

    Fall Events in Napa

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Napa is such a delightful place to live for approximately 7,498 reasons, and one of them is that there are always fun, seasonal activities put on by the community for the community. And there are so many local events to...

  • 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.”
  • Home waste audit. Part 2.

    Home waste audit. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    What now? + a couple recipes.
  • Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Use your senses.
  • Summer Birding in Napa

    Summer Birding in Napa

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Birdwatching is a way to interact with the natural world. So many of us find value in interacting with pets, but to have birds come to a feeder at your house, is a way to metaphorically touch the wild world....

  • The Greatest Hardship

    The Greatest Hardship

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    A while back, I was watching a clip of an interview from the 70’s with Aretha Franklin. The interviewer - someone iconic, though I can’t remember who now - asked what her greatest hardship in life was. She stopped for...