Sustainability Journal

  • 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.
  • Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    Summer crafts for kids. Part 2.

    By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf

    Use your senses.
  • 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....