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
Food for Thought
by Jordan Mattheisen1) I will eat in season with at least 70% of food sourced locally by the end of this summer, 2) I will lead my family (parents and sisters) through the Food Session in the Choices for Sustainable Reading and assist my sisters in building a...
House Flip
by Gabrielle Rae LawingerWork with family and friends to build a garden in front yard as well as encourage them to use less energy, produce less recyclable waste, and to eat locally. Build a community by using tools from those nearby and have a low budget from skill...
Food Sustainability Through Family
by Emily BovaFor the next 3 months, I will make a vegetarian meal once a week wherever I am. At each new place I will read Choices for Sustainable Living’s chapter on food sustainability and open a discussion around how we can make more conscious food choices....
Native Grass Garden
by Samuel WallaceThe Action Plan is to develop a native grass garden directly and visibly on the University of Michigan campus. Although several native plant reserves already exist on university property, they are often located far off campus where uninterested...
From Roots to Residents
by Olivia TraniI will organize a catering service that will help form a stronger relationship between local food providers and resident students at the College of William and Mary. I will help organize locally grown dinners for different interested residence halls...