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
Invest In Your Own Mug
Back to the tips. Do you drink coffee? Tea? Hot chocolate? Each year, over 14 billion paper cups are used for our daily java fix. Want to make a difference (and possibly save a few buck)? Invest in a reusable travel mug! You can recoup the monetary cost of a $15...
Picnic With A Sharpie
Back to the tips. A picnic is a fantastic way to spend a summer afternoon. However, picnics can often result in a pit of trash and waste. Here are a few tips for a greener picnic - all the tasty benefits without the huge environmental impact. Pick a nearby locale....
Aim Lower
Back to the tips. When it comes to energy transfer, food is not all the same. Each link is only able to convert about 10% of what it eats into energy. As the image below illustrates, directly eating plants is 10 times more efficient than first feeding an animal....
Matches > Lighters
Back to the tips. Paper or plastic? This age-old battle is about more than just bags - paper matches or plastic lighters. This report by William Davis is possibly the most comprehensive comparison of matches, disposable lighters, and Zippo refillable lighters. If you...
Shorter Showers
Back to the tips. Like to sing in the shower? Well, pick a shorter song. Obviously, the more time you spend in the shower, the more water you use. Take a look at this image, which illustrates how much water you use per minute. WARNING: image uses the metric system....