SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

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...

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 recycled...

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 on...

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,...

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 skills...

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...

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...

SEEDS 085. September Photo Marathon / SEEDS 086. Environmentally Aware & Trash Hunting

14.09.2020

Our combined camp Photo Marathon / Environmentally Aware & Trash Hunting was a success! After a number of online workshops to get prepared, our volunteers went out to collect trash, shoot pictures in the beautiful Icelandic landscape and relax in the hot river at Reykjadalur.