by CELL Staff | Oct 21, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability News
by: Courtney Remacle Earlier this week, the National Wildlife Federation released footage of the Straits of Mackinac oil pipelines.This is the first time footage of this kind has ever been released to the public. The Straits of Mackinac are located between Upper and...
by CELL Staff | Oct 17, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability Tips
by: Courtney Remacle Most of us at least try to keep our homes, dorms, and other assorted living spaces neat and tidy, but being clean and sustainable isn’t always the easiest. Most conventional cleaning products are filled with toxins, CFCs, carcinogens, and other...
by CELL Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | Staff Column
Created by: Becky Mackey Paul Hawken made a great point when he said “All is connected…no one thing can change by itself.” Many of us forget that for every action we take has a reaction and that we live in a world of cause and effect. While one...
by CELL Staff | Oct 14, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability News
by: Courtney Remacle This October is being hailed as fair trade month, a month designed to celebrate fair trade products and raise awareness about what fair trade means and what its impact is. For those of you who may be unfamiliar, fair trade is a certification...
by CELL Staff | Oct 12, 2013 | Staff Column
by: Courtney Remacle By nature, I find it difficult to be an optimist. In fact Click here, sometimes at night the weight of despair settles in my chest and pins me to my bed and I find it nearly impossible to go to sleep, much less get up and go about the daily tasks...
by CELL Staff | Oct 10, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability Tips
by: Courtney Remacle You may have noticed a lot of places switching to hand dryers instead of paper towels in their restrooms lately, or at least having both options available, maybe with a sign encouraging you to go green or help save trees and use the hand dryer....
by CELL Staff | Oct 7, 2013 | Staff Column
Created By: Becky Mackey Many people will purchase water bottles without actually thinking of what it took to produce that bottle of water. Each year billions of water bottles are produced. For each of these bottles, it took twice as much water and 1/4 bottle...
by CELL Staff | Oct 5, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability News
by: Courtney Remacle When Congress was unable to approve an appropriations bill and budget for fiscal year 2014, the U.S. government entered a shutdown period, where thousands of federal workers were furloughed and many “non-essential” government services have ceased...
by CELL Staff | Oct 3, 2013 | Staff Column, Sustainability Tips
by: Courtney Remacle For many of us, an interest in sustainability is coupled with a love of nature and an urge to be outside. How often do we find ourselves feeling more calm, more centered, more whole when we have the opportunity to be out in nature? The therapeutic...
by CELL Staff | Oct 1, 2013 | CELL Iceland Study Abroad Student Blog, Staff Column
CELL offers a study abroad program to Iceland. On this trip students will live at Solheimar eco-village & experience the Icelandic culture & environment. This postcard shows you a few of the many opportunities Iceland has to offer.
