by dave | Oct 17, 2017 | Oceans
Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. (Thomas Jefferson) On Saturday, October 14, Dave, along with two friends: Karen and Steve, sailed down the East River from Long Island Sound – beneath 9 iconic bridges, by 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...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Job 12:7-8 says as following; “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish in the sea inform you.” I think that this verse has really resonated with me...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
The film Racing Extinction is about species extinction and the current mass extinction event we are experiencing now because of human related causes such as ocean acidification or overfishing. I learned about the importance of plankton in freshwater systems from...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Now that we’ve reached the halfway point, I’m beginning to realize that I’m learning without noticing it. Not only this, but it feels as though I’m being equipped, rather than simply taught. Being a student is very easy for me. I tend to excel in the traditional...
