SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 036. Outdoor Work on the South Shore

20.05.2018

Main task of this camp was to support a local farm in their endeavour to afforest the surroundings. Over the timespan of ten days the volunteers planted over 6000 trees on the slope of a hill behind the farm. The work was physical demanding but was rewarded during the work with a beautiful outlook...

SEEDS 021. Photo Marathon in Reykjavik

21.04.2018

Our cozy house is situated in the middle of a green area, just outside the centre of Reykjavik. This camp consists of photo marathon and environmental participants together in one house. Only one week ago we woke up to a house covered in snow but today we are taking pictures of new plants in the...

SEEDS 015. Photography & Easter Aurora Hunting

12.04.2018

I share with you some of the highlights of a successful photo marathon camp at SEEDS. My favourite day was definitely the Snæfellsnes excursion. Packed with two full vans we drove our way into the peninsula stretching our legs every half hour because the view asks...

SEEDS cleaning the coastline of Reykjavík

28.03.2018

SEEDS has organised three coast cleanings in the west part of Reykjavík in the past weeks. The cleanings were a part of our Environmental and Photomarathon camps but we also engaged the local public by creating public facebook events. The cleanings were very successful and the group managed...

SEEDS 118. Island of Viðey

20.09.2017

Duiring our camp island of videy, participants from United States, Estonia, Spain, Portugal, France and Hong Kong enjoyed the scenic view of the island while engaging in some interesting manual work. Our tasks included cleaning a majority of the coastline of the island and other lanmarks on the...

SEEDS 086 Nature conservation in the East fjords

31.07.2017

This camp consisted in two main tasks: removing lupines and rebuilding a path. Lupines are invasive in this part of Iceland. We removed as much as possible in riverbanks to keep the seeds from spreading in water streams. The path we worked on is very popular in this area. We worked with a path building...

SEEDS 068 Growing Gardens in Reykjavik

14.07.2017

During this camp, we were working in a garden that grows plants and trees for the city of Reykjavik. Participants from Germany, Taiwan, Italy and France cooked an amazing international dinner with food from all our countries. We had time to do something after work every day, such as visiting Reykjavik...

SEEDS 051 Revegetation in the South of Iceland

23.06.2017

During this camp, our main tasks were to plant and measure trees, and… spread horse manure! This work was sometimes physical but with this nice group, it was a lot of fun! With this group of 7 volunteers from Poland, China and France, we worked with Bjorn, leader of the association Gróður...

SEEDS 046. Work & fun in the East fjords

17.06.2017

Our journey took us through the north and on the middle of road 1 we turn on off road 926 and stayed at the charming family farm in Húsey. We did some hard work that was rewarded with horseback riding and a trip to Borgarfjordur where we visited the puffin colony. The great team that...

SEEDS 045 Strandir in the Westfjords of Iceland

15.06.2017

The 2 weeks we spent in Hólmavík, Westfjords were very enjoyable for all. We worked with the municipality to repair hiking trails and staircases around the small town of Hólmavík. We worked hard through the days and then spent many evenings in the local pool relaxing...