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
Racing Extinction , Combating Emotions
Watching the documentary Racing Extinction filled me with emotions. The initial emotion that washed over me was anger. As the film began by stating how beautiful creatures have been dwindling constantly during the anthropocene, at exponential rates, I was horrified....
Racing Extinction: Documentary Film Review
The documentary film, Racing Extinction, is a well-shot, interesting documentary that features undercover environmental activism and dramatic public action. My favorite part of the film was the creation and execution of the Projecting Change project with Tesla. It was...
Inspiration derived from Heartbreak
After viewing the Discovery Channel Documentary, Racing Extinction, I feel motivated to get out in society and make change. The filmed targeted the current mass extinction event that is happening, the Anthropocene. It focused on telling stories of environmental...
Myvatn Nature Bath and the Smells of the North
After days of sitting in the car, we collected a myriad of odors on our clothes and in our hair; of cows, sulfur and pb&j sandwiches. The idea of a picturesque nature bath, much like the blue lagoon that many of us knew as a symbol of iceland itself, sounded like...
Happy Cows
Happy Cows After working on a sustainable and organic farm in Minnesota last summer, sustainable and efficient practices has been something very keen to me. When visiting Akureyi, the CELL group had the opportunity to visit Kaffi Ku, the “Happy Cow” cafe. The cafe was...