SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 69. Ísafjarðardjúp: Nature & Fun in the Westfjords

22.09.2011

On the early but lovely sunny morning of the 8th of September 2011, a group of 10 international volunteers from Switzerland, Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Australia, Finland, UK, Germany and Hong Kong loaded a SEEDS minivan with their luggage and headed for their adventure in the West Fjords. Hours...

SEEDS 76. International Swiss School

19.09.2011

During this week, SEEDS is hosting a group of students from an international school in Switzerland that will split and work in two different locations. One group is near Hvolsvöllur, helping in an organic farm and the other group is in Þórsmörk, at the natural reserve, helping...

SEEDS 80. Maritime outdoor education playground

15.09.2011

On the 11th of September our workcamp started in Inner Njardvik, in one of the small town’s of the Reykjanesbær municipality. The project aimed to reconstruct an imitation of an old traditional, Icelandic shark-barrack, a driftwood shore and an imitation of an entrance (built from...

SEEDS 90. Nature & Culture in the South

11.09.2011

Last night we saw the Northern Lights and this morning I’m still grinning! One of our group was smoking a cigarette outside when she tapped on the window and pointed at the sky. As none of us had seen them before we raced outside and watched in wonder as the pale green light swirled and...

SEEDS 62. Island of Videy & Culture night in Reykjavik

01.09.2011

One can say that we were influenced by the energy of the Peace Tower built on the Videy island in the memory of John Lennon. One may say that there is nothing on this island with three houses than…peace. But, I say there was something magical on this small island so close to Reykjavik...

SEEDS 66. Djúpavík. Where the northern road ends!

01.09.2011

Yesterday, some of our group of volunteers ran in screaming: “NORTHERN LIGHTS!” Of course we all rushed out to catch a glimpse of this phenomenon. So Djúpavík will always be the place where I saw my first northern lights. But it is not only that: it is also...

SEEDS 85. Nature & Fun in the South

27.08.2011

Experience authentic life at an Icelandic farm is something completely new. SEEDS international group of 7 young and 2 senior volunteers get the chance to experience that for 12 days in August. One of a few organic farms in Iceland, nearby beautiful Seljalandsfoss, welcomed us with friendly atmosphere...

SEEDS 78. Icelandic Herbs & Mountain of Wolves

25.08.2011

In the mid of August, the most various group of volunteers I ever met - starting from age differences, also Nordic-distant and well-organized characters - got to live together with southern, loud, lively and energetic people. All of us spent one week in Ulfarsfell, next to Reykjavik in a SEEDS...

SEEDS 77. Viking course & Challenge Playground

21.08.2011

On the day the camp was to start I received the great news, that we are going to the far and remote Westfjords, to a location mostly accessible by boat or mountain hike. We would be building bridges and gardens in an old and extremely distant farm. I was even more delighted when I saw that my...

SEEDS 58. Meet Us, Don't Eat Us

20.08.2011

In the first week, we played with local people in the city, pulling children along on skateboards with the Whale costumes. Having a lot of fun, singing, dancing and making flash mobs. We gave plenty of free hugs and made thousands of whale photos. Most of us couldn’t stop smiling. Right...