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
Toward a more productive, eco-friendly backyard
Action Plan Logo by Kellen Mahoney I grew up watching my dad put lots of resources into maintaining our yard with chemical inputs, insecticides, and lots of water, only to grow grass and flowers. My plan is to introduce my parents, for the first time, to gardening and...
Alluvian, article and short film
Action Plan Logo by Luke Watkins Alluvian is an online publication that is affiliated with the Environmental Studies and Sciences department at Ithaca College and is based in Ithaca, NY. I will be contribute at least one written piece (short story, news article, poem,...
Electricity Usage
Action Plan Logo by Connor Nowicki Hearing Hank talk about this project in his lecture made me want to measure my family's electricity usage and figure out which appliances are sucking away electricity. My goal for this project is to reduce our electricity bill and...
Pioneer Valley Work Exchange
Action Plan Logo by Sarah Zolondick My plan is to implement a work exchange Facebook page that allows people to exchange work for material goods, or work for other work. The idea is based on principle that community building and sustainable communities are more...
Fun Family Composting
Action Plan Logo by Teagan Wu I believe that the best place for me to start is with the soil. My action plan is to improve my family's home composting system by building an outside wooden bin for compost storage and an indoor vermicomposting and worm tea system. I see...