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
Sustainable Skills You Need To Survive a Dystopian Teen Novel
When I first started my internship with CELL this summer, I wrote an "About Me" in which I explored the possibility that my interest in sustainability stems from ulterior motives: "maybe it’s because she secretly believes that one day one of those dystopian teen...
Monsanto Isn’t The Enemy
As a writer, I know that if you try to write about something and you just can’t get it right, and find yourself writing and re-writing, drafting and re-drafting, and filling up your waste bin with the balled-up scraps of words and sentences and paragraphs that just...
Keep Mosquitoes At Bay The Natural Way
Up until I was five, I lived in a swampy, marshy area where the air was thick with bugs in the summertime. I distinctly remember the nights I wasn’t allowed to go outside to play because the mosquito truck was going by, spraying poison into the air to quell a rampant...
Football Footprint: How The World Cup Impacts The Environment
When writing a post about the World Cup, I feel like it’s necessary to begin by stating exactly how much of a fan you are. So let the record stand that I am really not that much of a soccer/football fan. But every other person I know is, so I think it’s safe to say...
Green Is The New Red, White and Blue: Eco-4th-of-July Guide
You may be decked out in red, white, and blue on Independence Day, but don't forget the green. There's a plethora of ways you can keep your 4th of July eco-friendly, no matter what your plans are. Inhabitat has some good suggestions for those planning backyard...