by CELL Staff | Jun 2, 2014 | Staff Column
Americans have stronger responses to the phrase “global warming” than “climate change,” according to a study conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. This finding begs the question—how important is word choice when it...
by CELL Staff | May 29, 2014 | Staff Column
Even when you’re trying to embrace nature (and all the dirt that comes with it), it goes without saying that it’s important to keep things clean. Unfortunately, many of our common cleaning habits leave something to be desired when it comes to sustainability....
by CELL Staff | May 27, 2014 | Staff Column
On May 6 Greenpeace USA announced that Annie Leonard will take the helm as the Executive Director of Greenpeace starting in August 2014. Leonard is the creator of the 2007 short web film The Story of Stuff, which explores where all the “stuff” we consume...
by CELL Staff | May 26, 2014 | Staff Column
I think I am familiar with sustainability. It is a word I have been hearing since elementary school. But when I sit down and think quietly, what is sustainability? I can only think of the counterpart, a series of outcomes that will happen if we forgo sustainable...
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 Gordon Liu | May 20, 2014 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog
Welcome to the Center for Ecological Living and Learning’s (CELL’s) Iceland 2014 Maymester program blog. CELL is a non profit educational organization inspiring leadership in sustainability. During this semester program, seven students and two faculty will...
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, Sustainability Tips
For my three months in Iceland, I left shampoo and conditioner at home. Instead I packed a bottle of apple cider vinegar and a box of baking soda—this was found in the baking needs aisle of the local grocery store. These two containers held all I needed to wash,...
