SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

Sandra Yñiguez's last Photomarathon camp with SEEDS

03.12.2018

For the SEEDS 133 camp: Winter Photography & Aurora hunting, our volunteers had plenty of activities related to the photography field. The camp started with a jam-packed workshop about Photography Basics which gave all the volunteers the tools and knowledge on how to approach the manual mode of...

What have our Environmentally Aware volunteers been up to in November?

30.11.2018

Filipa Gomes, one of our Environmental Messengers and co-leader of our latest SEEDS 134 Environmentally Aware in Winter camp, wanted to update everyone on what her group of short term volunteers has been doing this past week. Here is what they have been up to... This week our volunteers...

Winter in Iceland is anything but boring!

15.11.2018

Winter in Iceland is anything but boring! Reykjavik has a positive and proactive attitude, where something is always happening. And guess what? We are all the time keeping an an eye on it so we don't miss a thing. In our last Environmental Aware camp we had loads of fun and plenty...

SEEDS 130. Environmentally Aware and Airwaves Festival in Reykjavik

10.11.2018

Winter in Iceland is everything but boring! Reykjavik has a positive and proactive attitude, where something is always happening! And guess what? We're full time with an eye on it so we don't miss a thing. In our last environmental camp we had loads of fun and plenty of new...

SEEDS 111. Island of Viðey

13.09.2018

The island of Viðey is an oasis of peace and tranquillity with the well known Imagine peace sculpture surrounded by nature and wildlife, even though it is only a 5 minute ferry ride away from Iceland’s lively capital Reykjavík. On the island the nature is in charge, diverse bird...

SEEDS 094. Coast Cleaning and Environmentally Aware in Reykjavik

11.08.2018

This year SEEDS started with new series of coast cleaning & environmentally aware camps for everyone that want sto discover Iceland in a different way. These camps include workshops about pollution, understanding where it comes from and more important, how to make little changes in our lives that...

SEEDS 085. Hiking Trails in the East Fjords

01.08.2018

This SEEDS camp took place in Fjarðabyggð district in the East fjords of Iceland. SEEDS volunteers were doing construction, repair and marking of hiking trails and walking paths. SEEDS volunteers were working under the supervision and with a group from The Environment Agency of Iceland. The...

SEEDS 072. Selárdalur in the Westfjords - Samúel Jónsson

21.07.2018

This camp takes place in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords in a breathtaking but isolated part of Iceland. In this place you can experience untouched nature, away from most of the tourists. Landscape varies from deep fjords to tall mountains surrounding them, where diverse wildlife can be observed...

SEEDS 069. Between Glaciers & Lava

11.07.2018

From the 30th of June til the 10th of July participants from all around Europe and Central America took part in the Between Glaciers and Lava camp. They stayed in the Kolsstaðir Farm, close to Langjökull Glacier. We were working for the local artist, Páll Guðmundsson....

SEEDS 062 - Culture & Midnight sun in the East fjords

30.06.2018

From the 15th till the 29th of June a workcamp in the beautiful town Seyðisfjörður in the eastfjords took place. The initial idea of this workcamp was to assist a local artist in the preparation of an art course for kids. Since this plan couldn’t be realized we assisted the local...