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SEEDS VC 105. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home

12.03.2021 Even though it's hard to work on the computer for a long time, we cannot appreciate enough how many special and beautiful people we got to meet during our virtual camps! Our latest camp - SEEDS 105 Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware Learn from Home - hosted participants from Colombia, Sur. . .

SEEDS VC 104. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home

03.03.2021 While waiting for the end of the winter we stayed warm with a new edition of our virtual camp in the end of February: SEEDS VC 104. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home. Many participants from all over the world joined our discussions for superb moments of exchange and convivialit. . .

My volunteering experience - Marianna Šadibolová

24.02.2021 TESTIMONY, Marianna Šadibolová, February 2021 The project with SEEDS Iceland lasted for six incredible months that was full of experiences, challenges, great times surrounded by amazing people and breathtaking nature. It's difficult to find the right words to describe it so let's give. . .

SEEDS 002. Environment & Photography - January

18.02.2021 The first camp of 2021 took place from 19th to 28th of January in Reykjavík. The group of volunteers connected through cooking together, sharing food (mostly vegan dishes) from many different places, through strategies and game plan, playing music and singing songs, photography and enjoying memor. . .

SEEDS VC 102. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from home

04.02.2021 At the end of January we renewed the virtual camp experience in our camp SEEDS 102 Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home. We were able to receive some sun from the other hemisphere here in Iceland! We were lucky to have participants from Colombia, Greece, Germany and Turkey. This virt. . .

My volunteering experience - Calina Porto

25.01.2021 I am Calina and my experience with SEEDS started when I was 23 years old and when I was already living in Portugal. But you might be thinking: Why Iceland? Well, I usually say that I did not choose Iceland. Iceland chose me. Everything started because I was looking for a v. . .

SEEDS 099. Environment & Photography - New Year Reykjavík

13.01.2021 During our camp SEEDS 099, the last of the year 2020, the long-term and short-term volunteers from Estonia, Italy, France and the Netherlands had the chance to spend New Year's Eve in Reykjavík. Like in every winter camp, the participants developed their art and photography skills and took p. . .

SEEDS VC 108. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from home

15.12.2020 Our volunteers in the virtual camp SEEDS 108 shared their ideas and tips how to make their own Christmas decorations from stuff you usually have at home. Decorations can be made for example from egg boxes, magazines, oranges, cardboard, gingerbread, pine cones, twigs and many other natural or rec. . .

My volunteering experience - Valeria Basciu

08.12.2020 My name is Valeria and I was born in a small town in Sardinia, Italy. At the moment I am in Iceland for an environment-related volunteer experience with SEEDS Iceland, thanks to the ESC project. I arrived in the Land of Fire and Ice on July 3, when it never got dark, and my project will end o. . .

SEEDS 084. The Highlands of Iceland - The Famous Kjölur Road (2/2)

22.11.2020 One of the last outdoors camp for this year took place in the Highlands, Kerlingarfjöll. This time the participants were only long-term volunteers. Amongst other things we were working on making a new viewpoint next to a waterfall, bordering parking lots, painting huts, gath. . .

SEEDS VC 106. Environmentally Aware

16.11.2020 Due to the new wave of COVID-19 multiple countries are closing borders again, experiencing yet another lock-down. For many it is impossible to travel and volunteer in Iceland, but with the virtual camps it is still manageable to meet new people from all over the world, to learn new. . .

SEEDS Coastal cleanup with Blue Army

03.11.2020 Earlier last week, on a nice sunny and beautiful day, SEEDS Iceland long-term volunteers had yet another coastal cleanup with the Blue Army. This time we again managed to collect about 700 kg of trash, and most of it was small pieces of broken fishing nets. Since winter is coming, meaning the. . .

SEEDS VC 105. Environmentally Aware

27.10.2020 In this virtual camp we had participants from Germany, Spain, France and Sudan. We learned about zero waste, slow travel, eco-building, urban agriculture, DIY face scrub & hair masks and more. Went trash hunting in our neighborhoods and shared tips & tricks about how to be more sustainable in. . .

SEEDS VC 104. Environmentally Aware

11.10.2020 Our camp leaders are enjoying their first experience of hosting a Virtual Camp! Sharing their DIY ideas with participants on how to reuse plastic bottles and skyr cups, and hosting an online DIY deodorant workshop was really exciting!

World Cleanup Day 2020

19.09.2020 Today was World Cleanup Day. The Blue Army & SEEDS organised a coastal cleanup at Selvogsviti. Despite the tough weather, dozens of volunteers (and a dog) came the long way to pick up beached waste. SEEDS volunteers, foreign diplomats, and many other volunteers joined the effort and t. . .

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