CELL News
Our CELL News section provides information, updates, and feedback for past, current, and future CELL students. A CELL experience is more than an exciting “study abroad” program. The purpose of any CELL experience is to ignite a life-long commitment to living sustainably and to giving and receiving support for this commitment through community. Students are introduced to concepts of sustainability during their semester abroad program, but more importantly, once they return home, they learn how to employ these concepts in their own lives through living sustainably and through implementing sustainability action plans in various communities.
Recent Blog Posts
Self Reflection
Less than three weeks into living and learning in an eco-village, I think the greatest realizations I have gained all pertain to my personal life. After hearing about the founding of Sólheimar and watching the story of Professor Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt...
Visiting Landvernd
Today in Iceland, myself and the rest of the CELL group visited Iceland’s largest environmental non-governmental organization, Landvernd. Upon arriving at Landvernd’s offices, we were greeted with smiles and immediately got to talking about what Landvernd does...
Ofurnáttúrulegt Grænmeti: Super Natural Vegetables
Last Friday, we visited Arkur Farm. During our tour Þórður, the owner, made his want for a sustainable farm clear, as he talked about the process of growing nutrient-dense soil, explaining that getting a crop was just an added bonus. He is intentional in his farming,...
ICEland
I have always remembered Iceland and Greenland by the opposite of what their names imply. Iceland is green, and Greenland is covered in ice. I am here to say that I have not experienced this green of Iceland yet - not that I was expecting to find luscious fields...
Iceland’s Geology Is Incredible!
I knew Iceland was going to be dramatic and unlike anything I have seen before, but I had no idea how active and alive this land really is. A world of constant change and activity, every day is unlike the last and I will never know what is right around the corner....