SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 038. Growing Gardens in Reykjavík

03.06.2017

This camp was a unique experience , participants were able to sleep in the middle of the gardens in Reykjavik. For our surprise we could use the conference room as a movie room and had a lot of fun movie nights. Locals made us feel very welcomed and helped us with appreciating even the smallest...

SEEDS 042. Between glaciers and lava

01.06.2017

The workcamp was located in Husafell in the highlands of the West Iceland. We lived in a renovated farm with an amazing view of the lava fields. We were a group of six people from Mexico, Italy, Germany, Slovakia and Slovenia. Our work included moving paintings and other artwork from one building...

SEEDS 034. Outdoor work on South Shore

29.05.2017

The camp was located in picturesque farm called Hvammur, located just a few kilometres from the well-known Selfoss. 7 participants, coming from USA, France, Mexico, Germany, Canada and Ireland, helped cleaning surroundings and planting 5000 trees on the steep slope just behind the house. Existing...

SEEDS 034. Outdoor work on the South Shore

20.05.2017

The camp was located in picturesque farm. 7 participants, coming from USA, France, Mexico, Germany, Canada and Ireland, helped cleaning surroundings and planting 5000 trees on the steep slope just behind the house. Existing u-shaped tiny forest will be in few years several times bigger. They did...

SEEDS 029. Outdoors work in the far East

18.05.2017

This camp was located in the Far East of Iceland, in a farm named Bragdavellir, close to the little town of Djupivogur. This farm hosts sheeps, horses, rabbits, ducks and chickens. The main part of our work was about cleaning the area: taking down old fences and thrash in the surroundings of the...

SEEDS 027. Family Farm under the Glacier

17.05.2017

In the beginning of may a small group of volunteers from Italy, Korea, France, Netherlands and Slovenia went to a camp near Vik in the South of Iceland. We stayed in a small family farm for two weeks where we helped out a charming couple. Our work was mostly preparing and cleaning the field...

SEEDS 031. Work & Fun in the South

10.05.2017

This camp was located in Ulfljotsvatn near the Thingvelir National Park. We lived and worked in the scout center and their camping site. We were a group of seven people from France, Korea, Taiwan, Finland, Slovenia and Slovakia. Our tasks included cleaning the campsite, painting, organizing the...

SEEDS 017. Environmentally Aware

30.04.2017

This was a camp in the city of Reykjavik. It consisted of raising awareness of environmental and sustainable issues in Iceland, and participating in volunteer actions. Unfortunately, the weather kept us from doing the planned voluntary work as planned. We attended lectures, talks, and visits in...

SEEDS 018. Botanical Gardens in Reykjavik

23.04.2017

This camp was located in Reykjavik. We worked and lived inside the Botanical gardens. We were a group of six volunteers from Russia, Sweden, Germany, Romania and Slovenia. Our tasks included raking, weeding, cleaning the workspaces, helping in the kitchen. In the gardens we worked with local people...

SEEDS 023. Under the Glacier

19.04.2017

This was a camp in the South of Iceland, close to Vik. We were based on a local farm and the tasks in the camp among others, we helped with feeding animals, cleaning the farm and working in the fields – removing stones from a new field to prepare it for growing grass and preparing some greenhouses...