SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS 25. Reykjavík & Ísafjörður Culture from Head to Toe

07.07.2011

The Annual music festival Við Djúpið was held this summer, as well as in previous years, in the West Fjord's capital Ísafjörður. The festival hosted a team of seven SEEDS volunteers around the summer solstice. In Ísafjörður music has been part...

SEEDS 40. Vatnajökull National Park & Organic Iceland

05.07.2011

Those special two weeks were all about plants. First week, our workcamp was based in Skaftafell where we had to monitor the lupin’s growth and kill the plants that threatened the native species in the National Park. In the next week, we moved to Laugarvatn and, as druids with little wooden...

SEEDS 32. Patreksfjörður - Unique West fjords

04.07.2011

Patreksfjordur is one of the well-known fishing towns of Iceland in the Westfjords. 8 SEEDS volunteers built the Dandelion Route above the town, a walking path for the locals and named one of the biggest stones above the town the Whale Watching Stone, because that will be the place to catch the...

SEEDS 30. Meet us, don't eat us!

04.07.2011

Meet us, don’t eat us! This would be your favourite phrase for two weeks in the whale protection workcamp! You will have the chance to work in contact with an expert in whale protection, to have better knowledge about this huge and fascinating animal! You will work with other volunteers...

SEEDS 41. Vatnajökull National Park & Reykjavík

02.07.2011

Today we went for a seven hour hike, we were lucky as the weather was great and we had plenty of cookies! The view rewarded us for the hard hike. A few more days killing lupin and our reward will be a ‘glacier walk’. Thanks to our host we have cookies also for this! The work is...

SEEDS 35. Window into the Viking World

01.07.2011

Returning back to a “normal” house after the pleasure of two weeks living inside a fully functioning turf house is somewhat of a disappointing slump back to reality . Our group of volunteers huddled into the cosy, creaking, old turf house and had a glimpse into the humbling architectural...

SEEDS 39. Alviðra - Environmental Education Centre

30.06.2011

The Environmental education centre at Alviðra became a home for an international group of SEEDS volunteers for two weeks. The barn, yard & pet cemetery needed some maintenance after the winter and spring. The SEEDS group brought a lot of creativity and enthusiasm to this place! Thanks...

SEEDS 21. Meet us - don't eat us! (2)

29.06.2011

Seeing a whale in its natural habitat is a breathtaking experience. We had the chance to see these great sea mammals up close during our workcamp in cooperation with the IFAW. You can say we approached the topic “whales” from many different angles during this workcamp. We gained a...

SEEDS 27. Stykkishólmur in the Snæfellsnes peninsula

25.06.2011

WHEELBARROW TEAM! We are building walking paths around the golf course today, carrying wheelbarrows of gravel, and we are nearly finished. It’s been funny sometimes as golf balls have been flying past us at some speed! We are playing a game that keeps us occupied, where you have to think...

SEEDS 20. Sustainability in Action

24.06.2011

We were welcomed in this farm the first day by young Icelandic puppies! Adorable! It is the first project of Seeds at this organic farm. Our host has many projects around the farm like breeding Icelandic dogs, raising horses, and developing her project of a peace center. Our host is an eclectic...