Sustainability Journal

  • Mending a Throwaway Culture

    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...

  • Thoughts on slowing down. Part 1.

    Thoughts on slowing down. Part 1.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Meditation.
  • Mediterranean Secret Garden

    Mediterranean Secret Garden

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Native & Drought Friendly Gardening in Napa
  • Wild Old Tea: Musings on Pu’erh

    Wild Old Tea: Musings on Pu’erh

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    These are The Wild Old Trees, some said to be standing for thousands of years, and miraculously, still producing high yields of precious pu’erh tea. 
  • Sustainable Holidays With Juniper Station

    Sustainable Holidays With Juniper Station

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    With the holidays, ambience is EVERYTHING. My childhood memories of theyuletide are entirely sensory. They’re basically sugar-coated fever dreamswith Bing Crosby and Judy Garland fading in and out of the background (or NeilDiamond and Amy Grant depending on the company)....

  • The Interview: Naama Brenner-Abramovitch!

    The Interview: Naama Brenner-Abramovitch!

    By Kristina Palmieri

    I had the pleasure of sitting down with and picking the brain of Naama Brenner-Abramovitch, Recycling Specialist for Napa Recycling and Waste Services. Naama is a treasure trove of information and she spends her time educating the community on how...