SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

SEEDS Iceland wishes you Merry Christmas!

21.12.2009

Time for friends and family... Time to thank and hope... Time to share and love! SEEDS Iceland stormily wishes you a Merry Christmas and warm holidays!

Workshops at schools - Wallet from milk boxes in Ártúnsskóla, Reykjavik

07.12.2009

Volunteers from the SEEDS team, Ed and Lukas, went to the Artunskoli, twice in December, to give a class on reducing, reusing and recycling the waste we produce every day. The lesson was a great success and both, the children and the SEEDS team had a great time learning something about creative...

SEEDS 45. Reykjavík & Reynisvatn (2)

18.10.2009

Last week we finished our workcamp which brought us a lot of memorable moments and interesting experiences. The location of the workcamp was the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík, which is the northernmost capital in the world. The project site was in an eastern suburb of Reykjavík,...

SEEDS 44. Nordisk Panorama & Reykjavík

03.10.2009

The Nordisk Panorama Five Cities Film Festival is an important event in the film industry in the Nordic countries. It brings Nordic shorts and documentaries together in competition, shows films by new directors and provides a great opportunity to start a career in this field. The festival takes...

SEEDS 18. Fljótsdalshérað - Icelandic North-east (2)

30.09.2009

This story is written by the volunteers of the workcamp in Vallanes. A camp full of self-harvested potatoes, barley and other vegetarian stuff. Once upon a time, in the Court of Vallanes, lived the Master and his young Assistant. This was in Iceland, although they had Spanish and Estonian...

SEEDS 22. RIFF - Reykjavík International Film Festival

29.09.2009

This year as well as in past 2 years, the SEEDS volunteers have participated in Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) which, for the time being, evolved into a huge event. So big in fact, that there were 106 films presented this year, varying from Icelandic shorts to environmental...

SEEDS 42. John Lennon Imagine Peace Tower in Viðey

29.09.2009

The workcamp in Viðey was the third organized on this island during summer. Located in the bay of Reykjavik, five minutes by boat from the harbour, Viðey is of great interest for tourists who want to be close with the nature, and at the same time be near Reykjavik. On this Island we can...

SEEDS 17. Ísafjarðardjúp - Nature & Fun in the West fjords

22.09.2009

This workcamp took place in the Westfjords. The fjords and the peninsula that make up the Westfjord region in the north-western part on Iceland, account for one tenth of the country's landmass. The workcamp was located in the birch covered Heydalur valley in Mjoifjordur in North West Iceland. Heydalur...

SEEDS 16. Fljótsdalshérað - Icelandic North-east (1)

17.09.2009

In the beautiful organic farm we picked beetroot, kohlrabi, potatoes, and removed dead trees from the forest. The group came from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, UK and US giving it a coloured culture mix. Living in the "monster house" was a great experience for the group with...

SEEDS 30. A Vatnajökull National Park & The Viking Wall (2)

11.09.2009

Two workcamps in Vatnajökull National Park and Kirkjubaejarklaustur took place during the summer 2009, with this being the second. This workcamp was divided into two groups, one starting in Vatnajökull National Park for one week and the other one in Kirkjubaejarklaustur. For the second week,...