by Iceland Study Abroad | Nov 5, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
After visiting the Aquaculture Farm where they raise Arctic Char, I have learned a lot more about the process of raising fish for food in large amounts. I did not have the best view of fish farms before seeing one and after seeing one, my view has changed to a more...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Nov 5, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
The next time I walk up to the seafood counter in any grocery store, I am going to pause and listen to the stories of those fish displayed behind the glass. I imagine closing my eyes and returning to Iceland’s Þingvellir National Park where I stood on a bridge...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Nov 5, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
When it comes to how we feed ourselves, where should our priorities be? Minimizing my negative environmental impact has been a guiding interest in my life for the past two years; I spent a year fully vegan when I left for college. After I began studying the...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 16, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
I think it is fair to say that building strong communities is something that CELL Iceland strives to achieve. The program itself does so by offering the students different ways to build our personal connection to the communities in Iceland and Sólheimar Ecovillage....
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Yesterday as I walked the streets of the only road in sight, I was mesmerized by the unequivocal beauty in emptiness that filled the horizon. As far as the eye can see pastures with stalky horses and sheep grazed the hillsides, rainclouds sprinkled the landscape and...
