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
Climbing Mountains, Climbing Obstacles
I would never call myself a talented hiker. I have experience walking along rivers and gradual slopes, but nothing like Vörðufell. Vörðufell is a mountain relatively close to Sólheimar. My cleat-covered boots crunched into the snow and ice with every step. I was...
The Mystical Land of Ice
Three weeks ago I landed in a mystical land: Iceland. This is where the border of the arctic circle begins. I didn't know what to expect upon arriving in this far away land, but it has turned out to be a more than spectacular journey so far. Sólheimar, the Eco-village...
Without Reservation
I think the most surprising thing about coming to Iceland has been that I have found a group of people who I can say, without reservation, have become my friends. With the end of our stay quickly approaching my thoughts have wandered to the post-trip experience and I...
Learning a new form of creative expression from one of the best
As a group, we traveled into the heart of a not-so-dystopian reality. We were invited to talk with the brilliant Andri Snær Magnasson. My mind has been blown at the reach and sphere of influence that this man possesses. His humbleness and sense of humor sets him apart...
From Ideas to Actions
I thought I was a thoughtful consumer before the plane touched wheels in Iceland. I bought organic (sometimes), I was a vegetarian (well, pescatarian), and while living in Hoboken, NJ I was as avid biker, while I’d walk and use public transport on occasion (though I...