Sustainability Journal

  • The Beauty Scaries

    The Beauty Scaries

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    There are a multitude of voices swirling through the ethosphere, telling us what we should fear. Actually they’re not just swirling - they’re swirling and screaming like banshees. So. Much. Noise. So. Much. Anxiety. Here are a few of the...

  • 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...

  • 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...