SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 065. Red Sand Festival & Patreksfjörður (1:3)

01.08.2014

If you want to do a work-camp in Iceland you have to be flexible, the weather can change very fast, but also the workcamp itself! Due to the bad weather conditions, instead of working for the Red Sand Festival, we cooperated with the municipality of our host, helping with the construction of the playground...

SEEDS 071. Collecting herbs in the South - Vík

01.08.2014

“Collecting herbs in the south” has been a workcamp located in the south of Iceland, between Mirdalsjokull glacier and the Atlantic ocean, where the herb Angelica-Archangelica grows naturally on the green hills. A group of 14 volunteers worked for 2 weeks in order to collect the medicinal...

SEEDS 078. Viking Festival & Fire in Húnaþing

31.07.2014

If you want to meet the man who is able to lift 120 kg heavy stones or other crazy activities like pulling car, this project is exactly for you. Viking festival offered many opportunities like traditional handcrafting, target practicing, demonstration of power etc. You, as a volunteer, can take...

SEEDS 069. Mýrdalshreppur - South shore

23.07.2014

We were in one of the most beautiful, isolated places you can find in the south of Iceland. In front of us we had the ocean with big, high waves and in the background one of the biggest glaciers in Iceland... There we learnt how a normal day for farmers in Iceland is mostly very hard but at...

SEEDS 064. Hitting the slopes - Blue Mountains (2:2)

21.07.2014

The Blue mountains are noted for insane weather. If you have watched 'The Shining', directed by Stanley Kubrick, you will feel that you are in the middle of this really scary movie! Try to imagine, lonely huge house in the end of the road. There is nothing around except black mountains created...

SEEDS 028. Ísafjarðardjúp: Nature & Fun in the Westfjords (2:3)

30.06.2014

“Nature and Fun in the Westfjords” was the name of the workcamp and that was really it! During these two weeks we collected a lot of adventure and stories to tell, experiencing the stunning nature of Iceland. The location was at the edge of a fjord, where our host bought a former farm...

SEEDS 037. Meet us - don't eat us (1:6)

23.06.2014

Are whales the symbol of unsustainability? They were living on our planet millions of years before us. Nowadays, pollution in oceans is already making life very difficult for them. Furthermore, they are still hunted by some countries. It is important to reach a global consensus now for their protection....

SEEDS 035. Eyrarbakki in the South Coast (1.2)

18.06.2014

Seeds van on the oldest road of Iceland. Small colourful houses – each of them has a story inside, which local people are openly sharing. Ocean view from our sleeping-room window. Two steps and you are inside the ocean. Every day 24/7 amazing skyline and views. Small community, where everyone...

SEEDS 040. Far far away! Icelandic heritage

18.06.2014

We were in a tiny, beatiful town in the East of Iceland, the biggest town in that part with 600 inhabitants. So small, but at the same time full of life and with all the facilities one needs, supermarket, outdoor-warm-free-swimming-pool, local church, and much more. This town is very famous for...

SEEDS 027. Sandfell - Fljótsdalshérað (1:2)

12.06.2014

The place is exceptional and transmits energy from every angle you see it. There is a special light that puts you in a good mood every morning. There are still snow-capped mountains on both sides, also a lake which then rises to another mountain with a lot of waterfalls. The sight of the horses...