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...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
The words of environmental activist Wangari Maathai have stuck with me this semester, “Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.” After watching the documentary Taking Root about Maathai’s...
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
Traveling and hiking around West Iceland was an incredibly eye opening experience for me. While exploring the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, I could take in the beauty of the area while also observing some of the effects that tourism has had on the vegetation of these places....
by Iceland Study Abroad | Oct 15, 2017 | 2017 Fall Iceland
For our second overnight trip, we went to the west of Iceland, to the Snæfellsnes Peninsula. It was a very beautiful part of Iceland, especially with the ocean right below the cliffs. I think my favorite part was making the various stops to see different views of the...
by dave | Oct 12, 2017 | Oceans
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E.O. Wilson I had a moment this morning that was a window into why I love the ocean. After a week of beating into southwest winds, rolling seas and adverse...
by dave | Oct 9, 2017 | Oceans
“The word adventure has gotten overused. For me, it’s not an adventure until something goes wrong – that’s when adventure starts.” (Yvon Chouinard) Solo sailing from Thomaston, Maine to Portland to Portsmouth was rather idyllic with beautiful sunrises and sunset, fair...
