Sustainability Journal
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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...
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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...
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Zero Waste Home: a book review
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Bea Johnson is one of modern day’s OG zero wasters. I was gifted her book Zero Waste Home years ago by one of my closest friends and have come to rely on it for quick and easy reference. The book...
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Summer Films
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
It’s summertime. Not really though, the summer solstice is twenty-four days away. That longest day spent on the deck or in the pool, baking in the glorious oven that is summer heat, still tantalizingly awaits. BUT the weather is dependably...
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Where Do The Leaf Boats Go: Q+A with Napa’s A. Cort Sinnes
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
“Mama, we’re like skyscrapers to the ants,” my five-year-old told me last week on a walk. Admittedly, the way my childrens’ thoughts hit me depends on the day. But on this day it was square between the eyes. “Yes, baby....
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Transparency in Pricing
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
It’s a commonly held belief that when you want to start a new thing, you’re to look at how other people have done that thing and use it as a model. The logic is there, but the problem is that...