Sustainability Journal

  • A Pile of Leaves on Fire

    A Pile of Leaves on Fire

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Fall is highly symbolic, I think. And also highly charged in a human behavior sort of way. For me, fall is a mixed bag of colorful, rotting leaves. And maybe the pile of leaves is on fire. It seems highly...

  • 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...

  • Thoughts on slowing down. Part 4.

    Thoughts on slowing down. Part 4.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Removal of the extraneous.
  • 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.
  • Thoughts on slowing down. Part 3.

    Thoughts on slowing down. Part 3.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Meditating with a cat.