by CELL Staff | May 22, 2014 | Staff Column
It’s mid-May, which means that farmers market season is in full swing. For the next several months, markets across the country will have fresh produce, dairy, meats, baked goods, and other products ready for the sustainable shopper to swoop in and snag. If you...
by CELL Staff | May 21, 2014 | Staff Column
For my first post as CELL’s newest Content Intern, I was given the assignment to write “what sustainability means to me” in approximately 300-500 words. That should be easy enough, I thought, and went ahead and wrote the post all about what...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Apr 14, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
Most houses today veer far from homes. A new house takes a lifetime to pay for and as real earnings decline, housing costs continue to rise, trapping people into 30-year mortgages. Homeowners take jobs they can’t stand to pay for houses that don’t suit...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Apr 14, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
That banana peel. That old tomato. Those potato skins. That rogue heel of a bread loaf. Where do you put these things, these things you would normally never eat? Which road would you take? The path more traveled—the trashcan? Where these items go from the trashcan to...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Apr 13, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
Do you want to try to be more sustainable in the way you live? You should try planting a garden! Even better, try planting a permaculture garden! What is that you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. Having a permaculture garden is among other things having a garden that is...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Apr 13, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
Unsustainable resource use has led the world to the brink of total ecological collapse. Most educated people agree on this. Unless present human societies radically change their lifestyle habits (and breeding habits, too), the world of the future will be much more...
