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
Culture, Y’all
Before I left my home in Tennessee I didn’t have many expectations about what Iceland would be like, except that it would be cold and icy. I was certainly right about that, but I have learned and experienced far more than I ever could have imagined in the short time I...
A New Hero
Today I met Andri Snær Magnason. Prior to meeting him, we were asked to do some quick research. To look at his books, to see what he has done and what he is currently working on—to get an idea of who Andri Magnason was. But this twenty minutes of research could...
I’m Kind of a Knitwit
I am a multi-tasker by nature. There's too much to do in one day and not nearly enough time, so when I can combine at least two things together, I feel a little more at peace. I am a multi-tasker by nature, but I'm really bad at multi-tasking. I try to do two tasks at...
Appreciate the little things
Throughout my time in Iceland I can almost say that I’ve changed a certain part of how I live my life for the better. Back in Boston, my hometown, I lived from activity to activity to fill my time. It was much more fast paced than my lifestyle here in Sólheimar. I’ve...
Land of Fire and No Small Talk
Since I’ve been here in Solheimer I have had many great experiences. So when asked to talk about a single experience for this blog post was next to impossible. Many of the experiences I have had so far in Iceland have been eye opening. But the experience that...