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
Take Two Wheels
Back to the tips. Five reasons to ride your bike: Riding at moderate speed burns over 500 calories per hour. The average person loses 13 pounds in their first year of commuting via bicycle. Most car trips in the US are shorter than 3 miles. That may be less than 15...
Diaper With A Conscience
Back to the tips. Caution: you may not want to read this tip if you are eating. By the time a child is potty trained, a parent will have changed up to 8,000 dirty diapers. That is over 3 million tons of waste that is added to landfills each year! Two more sustainable...
Rethink the Bottle
Back to the tips. Throw out that bottled water. Wait, recycle! Better yet, skip the bottle altogether! Each year, 1.5 million tons of plastic waste is produced from bottled water. Need some more reasons to kick the habit? Keep on scrolling down! Don't...
Turn Off The Lights
Back to the tips. We are pretty sure you've heard this one before. When you leave a room, you should turn off the light. If you are using CFL's, then each bulb is eating roughly 20 watts per hour. If you are still running incandescent bulbs, that amount could be...
Plastic Bags Suck
Back to the tips. Paper or plastic? How about neither. Not only do plastic bags require a bagful of resources, but they are also are not biodegradable. Plus, they are boring! Spice up your next trip to the grocery store with a eco-friendly, cloth bag. Need another...