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
Reject Phonebooks
Back to the tips. Each year, over 650,000 tons of phone books are left at the front door our America's 100+ million households. According to the EPA, only about 20% of these phone books (117,000 tons) are recycled. It can cost between $50 and $75 to recycle each ton...
Second-Hand Isn’t Always Second Best
Back to the tips. If you are looking to save some cash while decreasing the demand for manufactured goods, take a peek at second-hand goods. Many of these items become much cheaper used, without taking a huge hit in quality. While there are some things that should be...
Avoid The Heat
Back to the tips. Do you like cold showers? No? Well, your clothes don't seem to mind. In fact, switching to cold water for your laundry can save you up to $100 per year. That is because 90% of the energy used by a washing machine goes towards heating the water. Check...
Kill Weeds With Balsamic
Back to the tips. Got weeds? Don't want to sprinkle poisons on your lawn? Give vinegar a try! The acetic acid in vinegar will help draw the moisture out of weeds. However, vinegar is a contact killer, and does not discriminate - carefully target the weeds to preserve...
Download Your Software
Back to the tips. Downloading is not all bad! Just make sure you do it legally. More and more software providers are offering digital downloads of their products. Consider the humble CD: for each disc that is created, two pounds of carbon dioxide is emitted into the...