by CELL Staff | Apr 26, 2017 | Action Plans
by Hannah Arvold I would like to build a cold weather greenhouse at my college or a nearby location. I also want to build a rocket mass heater inside it. My goal is that all the materials used will be reclaimed or sustainably made. Click here to read Hannah’s...
by CELL Staff | Apr 25, 2017 | Action Plans
by Hannah Figgins The town of Ashland, WI is home to just over 8,000 people. Most of them have lived in the north woods their entire lives, often on the shores of the great Lake Superior. The lake is a large part of their identity in these shoreline communities, yet...
by CELL Staff | Apr 24, 2017 | Action Plans
by Galileo Zen My action plan involves transforming my mother’s home and yard into a permaculture garden and energy self-sufficient property. I plan to use this as an opportunity to gain experiential knowledge of how to create a self-sufficient house, especially...
by CELL Staff | Apr 24, 2017 | Action Plans, Staff Column
by Julz Chesshir My overall action plan is to make my parents’ yard more sustainable by fixing their compost, decreasing the shade around their solar hot water panels, building raised beds from reclaimed material, assessing lighting and making a plan for...
by CELL Staff | Apr 23, 2017 | Action Plans
by Alyssa Toye I plan to turn the cul de sac in front of my house into a community garden. I chose this project to engage, educate, and inspire my neighbors about growing your own food. Currently, the space I have in mind is just an island with mulch and a few lily...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Apr 20, 2017 | 2017 Spring Iceland, CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
Fiesta Fiesta!! Sunna, the greenhouse at Sólheimar, was our weekly dose of green. Every Friday we would wake up and shine at the anticipation of playing in the soil in the warm and lively atmosphere of the budding produce. The tomatoes shot up in the...