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SEEDS 100. Christmas time in Reykjavik
SEEDS 100. Christmas time in Reykjavik
20.12.2019 From 09.12.19 to 18.12.19 our camp "SEEDS100 - Christmas time in Reykjavik" with 5 participants and 4 camp leaders took place. In our environmental workshops the camp participants learned about deforestation, cosmetics and we even made our own soap! We also organised a clean up in the ci. . .
SEEDS 099. Advent Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
SEEDS 099. Advent Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
11.12.2019 Last week we finished our camp SEEDS 099. Advent Photography & Environment in Reykjavik. In the camp we had 6 participants, which helped to create closer ties between us. We had a lot of indoor and outdoor activities with photographic and environmental workshops, common dinner in Andrymi, whe. . .
SEEDS 091. Maison du Gard
SEEDS 091. Maison du Gard
03.12.2019 A group of young people with their lovely teachers arrived to Reykjavik for their internship. We spent our free time together in the swimming pool, ice skating or trying to improve our english and french language. We laughed, we had fun and we lived two weeks with "simple" teenage drama full of a. . .
SEEDS 098. Yoga under the Northern Lights
SEEDS 098. Yoga under the Northern Lights
24.11.2019 On the 10th of the November the weather was really bad and many of the flights were delayed or even cancelled, but somehow seven people from all around the globe came together to our cosy house in Reykjavik to do Yoga. One Mexican, a German, an Ukrainian, a Slovakian, an Italian, a French and an. . .
SEEDS 097. Photography & Environment in November
SEEDS 097. Photography & Environment in November
19.11.2019 Winter in Iceland is anything but boring!   In our last Environmental Aware and photography camp, we had loads of fun and plenty of new information for our participants.  Between photography and environmental workshops, shooting sessions, talks, documentaries and educational games, we a. . .
SEEDS 096. Photography & Environmental Airwaves Music
SEEDS 096. Photography & Environmental Airwaves Music
13.11.2019 On the first week of November, a music festival called Airwaves took place in various venues around Reykjavík center. Our participants had a great opportunity to volunteer there as photographers to practice what they had learned in photography workshops. At the same time, they had the chance to a. . .
SEEDS 095. Autumn Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
SEEDS 095. Autumn Photography & Environment in Reykjavik
03.11.2019 SEEDS 095. was special because we had four participants and therefore we could build an atmosphere of a family. Apart from photography and environmental workshops, we took part in a clean-up that resulted in 6 kg of gathered trash, went to Whale Museum and took part in sewing shopping bags fr. . .
SEEDS 094. Photography & Environment in October
SEEDS 094. Photography & Environment in October
20.10.2019 From 07.10.19 - 16.10.19 our Camp 094 - Photography & Environment took place in Reykjavik. With 9 participants, 2 short-term volunteers and 5 long-term volunteers we experienced a camp in a house filled with people from 8 different countries and a lot of fun. During our 10 days together we. . .
SEEDS 093. Photography & Environment - Film Festival
SEEDS 093. Photography & Environment - Film Festival
02.10.2019 "In This Camp Marianne, Marelle Marisa, Maria Sarah, Sara Joey, Joyce There is so much confusion in this camp Spanish Tortilla de patatas Mediterranean humus, Chinese tea German potatoes and Dutch pancakes Culture is mostly about food in this camp Reduce dishes. . .
SEEDS 070. The Hot Spring Capital of Iceland
SEEDS 070. The Hot Spring Capital of Iceland
30.08.2019 Why would you find an Estonian, a Japanese, a Slovakian, two Russians and two Mexican laughing in the bushes in a tiny town of Iceland called Hveragerði? How many explanations this situation could have? Actually, not so many! Because we have come all together thanks to SEEDS, from all over the wo. . .
SEEDS 071. Coast Cleaning & Environmentally Aware
SEEDS 071. Coast Cleaning & Environmentally Aware
30.08.2019 This costal cleaning camp was definitely very special for me. 6 volunteers from China came to Iceland to learn about environment and take home a good practice for protecting and saving it. I can declare all of them future active change makers and fighters for Mother Earth. They wanted so. . .
SEEDS 081. Environment & Photography in the Hot Spring Capital
SEEDS 081. Environment & Photography in the Hot Spring Capital
09.08.2019 The first out of the few Environmental camps in the city of Hveragerđi this summer has come to an end. We have been exploring the area full of springs, waterfalls, horses, stylish and well decorated houses. The participants gained knowledge about the current plastic situation and we eve. . .
SEEDS 051. Revegetation in the South of Iceland
SEEDS 051. Revegetation in the South of Iceland
09.08.2019 Many areas in Iceland have undergone extensive deforestation and consequently vegetation degradation and soil erosion since the beginning of human settlement in the ninth century. Up to half of the original vegetation may have been destroyed, because of the overexploitation through wood cutting a. . .
SEEDS 064. Forestry & hiking trails in the West
SEEDS 064. Forestry & hiking trails in the West
09.08.2019 Imagine waking up and the first thing you see are the mountains, a lake and tall TREES. Yes, you heard it right, Iceland has huge trees! The total forest and woodland cover only ca. 2% of the island’s land area. Afforestation of relatively large areas has only started within the last 25 years. Th. . .
SEEDS 086. CC & EA - SCI China
SEEDS 086. CC & EA - SCI China
09.08.2019 This camp was about seeing a different culture and how it doesn’t matter if we are from different parts of the world to do something good together. 13 chinese girls helped us to clean the coast in the city and they also learned more about the importance of recycling. SORPA - the recycling cen. . .