CELL News
Our CELL News section provides information, updates, and feedback for past, current, and future CELL students. A CELL experience is more than an exciting “study abroad” program. The purpose of any CELL experience is to ignite a life-long commitment to living sustainably and to giving and receiving support for this commitment through community. Students are introduced to concepts of sustainability during their semester abroad program, but more importantly, once they return home, they learn how to employ these concepts in their own lives through living sustainably and through implementing sustainability action plans in various communities.
Recent Blog Posts
Icelandic Issues 101
Livestock has always been of importance and pride in Iceland. This is particularly true with the pure Icelandic breeds such as the horse and the sheep. However overgrazing by livestock has lead to a series of problems with the environment,...
Important Icelandic Information
Natalie Steinberg and Sadie Goldfarb
Welcome to CELL’s Scotland Findhorn Program
Welcome to CELL's 2016 Scotland study abroad program at Findhorn Eco-village - one of the most famous sustainable communities s in the world. During your time with CELL, you will be living and learning from people who have committed their lives to creating...
Your pick: Refill or Landfill
I know, I know, I know, you’ve heard it before. Its old news, disposable water bottles are bad and reusable ones are good. Simple right? The question at hand is WHY a reusable bottle is so much better than the plastic one you’ve probably punched A, 5 on a...
Laundry Lament
By Julie Webb What’s the carbon footprint of a single load of laundry? Washed at 40⁰C (104⁰F) and tumbled dried, it rings in at 2.4kg per a load of laundry. Dryers alone can use anywhere from 1,800 to 5,000 watts of electricity per an hour depending on their...