SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS - Langar þig á vegum SEEDS til Portúgals 24. mars - 1. apríl n.k. ?

09.02.2012

Hefur þú áhuga á að ferðast, hitta nýtt fólk, kynnast framandi menningu, koma á nýjar slóðir og skemmta þér? Sjálfboðaliðasamtökin SEEDS munu senda sjö manna hóp til þátttöku...

SEEDS at Útþrá - February 7, Hitt Húsið (Reykjavík)

05.02.2012

SEEDS will participate at the 2012 edition of Útþrá! The event organised at Hitt Húsið is a showcase for Icelandic youth to learn about the possibilities to make experiences abroad! Different organisations have the opportunity to show their programmes and to...

Global Young Greens Conference in Dakar

20.01.2012

GYG (Global Young Greens) are planning to organise the 3rd Global Young Greens conference in cooperation with the Global Greens in Dakar, Senegal in the end of March 2012. THE AIMS OF THE CONGRESS: - Enhance and empower the network between young green activists and organisations around the...

SEEDS 101. Advent & Christmas in Reykjavík

26.12.2011

Sleep tight volunteers, Santa is coming! Moreover, you are working tomorrow morning... Twenty of us have been involved in SEEDS Christmas 2011 Advent and Christmas work-camp, and two sentences will be forever in our head and heart: - "Would you like a cup of hot chocolate?" SEEDS...

SEEDS 98. Winter Photo Marathon

18.11.2011

Did you wonder why you saw a bunch of people wandering around the streets of Reykjavik taking pictures of everything at the beginning of November? Well those were SEEDS volunteers who came form all over the world to join the Winter Photo Marathon. For almost two weeks, the group of 14 volunteers...

SEEDS 96. Autumn Photo Marathon

04.11.2011

This workcamp has been like living in a family, since we have been just 4 short term volunteers (from Italy, Russia, Japan and South Korea) and 3 workcamp leaders (from Israel, Romania and Spain). It gave us the opportunity to get to know each other better and work for a photo exhibition that...

SEEDS 74. RIFF - Reykjavík International Film Festival

05.10.2011

During the last two weeks of September, a group of SEEDS volunteers added the glitz and glamour to the Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF). RIFF was founded in 2004 with the aim of establishing a major film event to enrich and enliven the local film culture. Since its conception, the...

SEEDS 87. Volunteering at the feet of Eyjafjallajökull

26.09.2011

Most of our last days were dedicated to the sheep of Iceland. We were first helping to fix the sheep stable and to prepare it for the cold winter months. Then it was time for the Réttir, the event of gathering the sheep from the fields. Some of us went by horse, and some by foot to seek out...

SEEDS 72. Fljótsdalshérað - Icelandic North-east

25.09.2011

Green kale, red kale, mizuna, red giant and other name of salads; berries, red and black currant and, of course, barley. Most of the volunteers joining this workcamp changed their diet quite drastically. We all knew from the description of the workcamp that it would be vegetarian meals only....

SEEDS 70: Volunteers Vs Sheep

24.09.2011

Our group of volunteers triumphantly return from their two week battle against an army of 300 plus sheep! Our volunteers gathered from as wide as Japan, Germany, France, The Netherlands, UK and Italy, and the sheep gathered (or were herded) from the vast plains, valleys and mountains of...