Sustainability Journal

  • 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 crafts for kids. Part 1.

    Summer crafts for kids. Part 1.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Feed the birds.
  • 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....

  • Not Invited to the Garden Party

    Not Invited to the Garden Party

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Keeping bugs away from your outdoor living spaces, naturally.
  • 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...