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SEEDS 097. Photography & Environment in November
SEEDS 097. Photography & Environment in November
19.11.2019
Winter in Iceland is anything but boring!   In our last Environmental Aware and photography camp, we had loads of fun and plenty of new information for our participants.  Between photography and environmental workshops, shooting sessions, talks, documentaries and educational games,...
SEEDS 096. Photography & Environmental Airwaves Music
SEEDS 096. Photography & Environmental Airwaves Music
13.11.2019
On the first week of November, a music festival called Airwaves took place in various venues around Reykjavík center. Our participants had a great opportunity to volunteer there as photographers to practice what they had learned in photography workshops. At the same time, they had the chance...
SEEDS 095. Autumn Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
SEEDS 095. Autumn Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
03.11.2019
SEEDS 095. was special because we had four participants and therefore we could build an atmosphere of a family. Apart from photography and environmental workshops, we took part in a clean-up that resulted in 6 kg of gathered trash, went to Whale Museum and took part in sewing shopping bags from...
SEEDS 094. Photography & Environment in October
SEEDS 094. Photography & Environment in October
20.10.2019
From 07.10.19 - 16.10.19 our Camp 094 - Photography & Environment took place in Reykjavik. With 9 participants, 2 short-term volunteers and 5 long-term volunteers we experienced a camp in a house filled with people from 8 different countries and a lot of fun. During our 10 days together...
SEEDS 093. Photography & Environment - Film Festival
SEEDS 093. Photography & Environment - Film Festival
02.10.2019
"In This Camp Marianne, Marelle Marisa, Maria Sarah, Sara Joey, Joyce There is so much confusion in this camp Spanish Tortilla de patatas Mediterranean humus, Chinese tea German potatoes and Dutch pancakes Culture is mostly about food in this camp Reduce dishes...
SEEDS 070. The Hot Spring Capital of Iceland
SEEDS 070. The Hot Spring Capital of Iceland
30.08.2019
Why would you find an Estonian, a Japanese, a Slovakian, two Russians and two Mexican laughing in the bushes in a tiny town of Iceland called Hveragerði? How many explanations this situation could have? Actually, not so many! Because we have come all together thanks to SEEDS, from all over the...
SEEDS 071. Coast Cleaning & Environmentally Aware
SEEDS 071. Coast Cleaning & Environmentally Aware
30.08.2019
This costal cleaning camp was definitely very special for me. 6 volunteers from China came to Iceland to learn about environment and take home a good practice for protecting and saving it. I can declare all of them future active change makers and fighters for Mother Earth. They wanted so much...
SEEDS 081. Environment & Photography in the Hot Spring Capital
SEEDS 081. Environment & Photography in the Hot Spring Capital
09.08.2019
The first out of the few Environmental camps in the city of Hveragerđi this summer has come to an end. We have been exploring the area full of springs, waterfalls, horses, stylish and well decorated houses. The participants gained knowledge about the current plastic situation and we even...
SEEDS 051. Revegetation in the South of Iceland
SEEDS 051. Revegetation in the South of Iceland
09.08.2019
Many areas in Iceland have undergone extensive deforestation and consequently vegetation degradation and soil erosion since the beginning of human settlement in the ninth century. Up to half of the original vegetation may have been destroyed, because of the overexploitation through wood cutting and...
SEEDS 064. Forestry & hiking trails in the West
SEEDS 064. Forestry & hiking trails in the West
09.08.2019
Imagine waking up and the first thing you see are the mountains, a lake and tall TREES. Yes, you heard it right, Iceland has huge trees! The total forest and woodland cover only ca. 2% of the island’s land area. Afforestation of relatively large areas has only started within the last 25 years....
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