Sustainability Journal
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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...
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Wellness Pie
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
What is wellness? Everything and its mom have their own definitions. Social media will tell you through framed, little boxes with words inside, or pictures of bodies in mirrors, that wellness is a cacophony of contradictory things. I looked up...
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Proof of Life
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
I saw myself smile in the mirror the other day. I noticed how, at 36, there are lots of little lines around my eyes that crop up alongside this contented expression. And in that moment, for whatever reason, I simply...
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Nature Calms
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
How intentionality around aromas can change our nervous systems and raise the quality of our lives. -
Mending a Throwaway Culture
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
When we break or damage an item, in our fastfood-throwaway culture, we quickly offer it up to the precarious, soon-to-topple, God of Landfills and buy a new one. Even if just a piece of it breaks, one that can be...