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
Greenhouse and Rocket Mass Heater
by Hannah Arvold I would like to build a cold weather greenhouse at my college or a nearby location. I also want to build a rocket mass heater inside it. My goal is that all the materials used will be reclaimed or sustainably made. Click here to read Hannah's full...
Better Bike-ability: Ashland, WI
by Hannah Figgins The town of Ashland, WI is home to just over 8,000 people. Most of them have lived in the north woods their entire lives, often on the shores of the great Lake Superior. The lake is a large part of their identity in these shoreline communities, yet...
Permaculture Transformation: and Energy Self-Sustainability
by Galileo Zen My action plan involves transforming my mother's home and yard into a permaculture garden and energy self-sufficient property. I plan to use this as an opportunity to gain experiential knowledge of how to create a self-sufficient house, especially in a...
Yard Sustainability
by Julz Chesshir My overall action plan is to make my parents' yard more sustainable by fixing their compost, decreasing the shade around their solar hot water panels, building raised beds from reclaimed material, assessing lighting and making a plan for installing...
Hidden Creek Community Garden
by Alyssa Toye I plan to turn the cul de sac in front of my house into a community garden. I chose this project to engage, educate, and inspire my neighbors about growing your own food. Currently, the space I have in mind is just an island with mulch and a few lily...