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.
  • 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...