SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 020 Environmentally Aware in Reykjavík

09.04.2017

The camp was situated inside Reykjaviks beautiful Botanical Garden. Volunteers had several discussions on sustainability, technology and the specific challenges that tourism is bringing to Iceland now in terms of the environmental impact and an infrastructure that has only ever needed to...

SEEDS 016. Environmentally Aware - Design March

30.03.2017

During this environmentally aware camp in Reykjavik participants spent time getting to know each other through sharing experiences and knowledge. The camp was fortunate enough to spend 2 days attending lectures and activities at the University. These talks covered a variety of different environmental...

SEEDS 013. Photo Marathon in Reykjavík

20.03.2017

“Cheers to Nature”, the tittle our volunteer chose to guide them to their photographic experience. They came from all over the world and they shared with us tasty traditional dishes from Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Israel, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France for the international...

SEEDS 002. Environmentally aware in Reykjavík

16.01.2017

This was an environmentally aware camp in Reykjavik.The camp consisted of workshops, excursions and other environmentally related activities in and/or around the city of Reykjavík.The participants had the oportunity to learn more about Iceland and its environment, by taking part in a number...

SEEDS 137. Christmas Environmentally Aware: in Reykjavík

30.12.2016

Meeting people from all over the world, sharing the same home, the same interests. Sharing different knowledge and culture habits, helping the others, feeling themselves useful and totally involved. That’s what we got during the camp SEEDS 137. Christmas Environmentally Aware in Reykjavik, from...

SEEDS 138 Christmas Photo Marathon in Reykjavík

20.12.2016

During the lovely Photo Marathon just before Christmas, we welcomed photographers from Mexico, Taiwan, Sweden, Thailand, Israel, South Korea and Finland. Some of the participants were already skilled and well-trained photographers who shared their knowledge of photo shooting with the others. Aspa...

SEEDS 133. Environmentally aware: in Reykjavík

21.11.2016

During this Environmental Awareness camp in November, we hosted participants from Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain & Romania. The camp visited IFAW, the geothermal power plant at Hellisheidi and also worked for a couple of hours helping out in the Graveyard of Reykjavik where...

10 unusual things you can learn while volunteering at SEEDS

28.10.2016

I spent six months as an EVS volunteer in Iceland. My main job was taking care of the workcamps organised by my host organisation - SEEDS Iceland - all over the island: from Reykjavik to the Iceland villages. I thought I would become a better leader, experience life in an international...

SEEDS 128. Environmentally aware in Reykjavík

22.10.2016

During this Environmental Awareness camp, between 16th and 22nd of October, we hosted volunteers from China, France, Italy Mexico, Poland and Russia. We spent some nice time together working with IFAW (Meet Us Don't Eat Us -a campaign against whaling in Iceland), visited a whale exhibition and...

SEEDS 123. Family Farm under the Glacier - Myrdalshreppur

03.10.2016

By the end of September, a small group of SEEDS volunteers from Finland, Germany, Poland, Lithuania and England drove in the red van of SEEDS to the tiny area of Pétursey which became their home for two weeks. We were hosted by charming couple, Bergur and Hrund who treated us like members of...