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
E-Bills
Back to the tips. Do you pay your bills electronically? No? Well, it may be time to switch to e-bills. Paying your bills online can save trees and eliminate the fossil fuels needed to ship your envelope back and forth. In addition to the environmental benefits, you...
Check The Q-Tips
Back to the tips. Cotton swabs often use either a paperboard or plastic spindle (the stick between the two cotton ends). If the entire U.S. switched to paperboard spindles, the petroleum energy saved would be equivalent to over 1,500,000 gallons of gasoline. By the...
Plant A Tree
Back to the tips.Common sense, right? Plant a tree, save the planet. Well, here is what trees do: “The net cooling effect of a young, healthy tree is equivalent to ten room-size air conditioners operating 20 hours a day.” —U.S. Department of Agriculture “If you plant...
Skip The Stirrer
Back to the tips. Every morning, millions of Americans swing by a coffee shop to pick up their java fix. Lurking on the counters of these caffeine dispensaries is the coffee stirrer. These seemingly innocuous disposables can add up quickly. Really need to stir in your...
Don’t Pre-Heat
Back to the tips. "Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees" See that familiar step? Skip it. Seriously, skip it. Why spend the energy to heat a small volume of air, only to release that air when you open the oven door to put in your delicious baked good (or roasted...