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...

  • Pure Creative Flow: Q+A with Elyse Rainbolt

    Pure Creative Flow: Q+A with Elyse Rainbolt

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Feminine groove. Exquisite tastes. Rainbow explosions. Pure creative flow. All of these things pour from the screen while FaceTiming with Elyse Rainbolt - even when the connection from her remote Pennsylvania flower farm is too dodgy for you to see...

  • Honoring the History: Q+A with Napa's Danielle Eastman

    Honoring the History: Q+A with Napa's Danielle Eastman

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    “You can have a really beautiful relationship with a piece if you insert yourself into it...and just embody it.”
  • 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.
  • Clean Screens

    Clean Screens

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    The United States is not a leader in clean ingredients. Our standards for cleanliness in food and cosmetics are frighteningly low compared to those of other developed countries. However, we actually have better standards when it comes to sunscreen. I...