SEEDS Iceland

Pioneers of photography workshop

27.09.2022 Our participants from the camp 058. took their creativity beyond borders. Pioneers photography workshop handled by @kat.boz was followed by a challenge - to recreate a style or picture of well-known photographer.

SEEDS 058. Everyday is a CleanUp Day

26.09.2022 Every day at SEEDS is a CleanUp day. For us, a waste-free world is not just a nice-sounding vision. For us, it’s a real vision, our goal, and our path. Volunteers from the camp SEEDS 058. and our favourite ocean soldier Tómas from Blái herinn made Friday the best day. Together with emplo. . .

Youth exchange opportunity in Czech Republic

20.09.2022 Are you 18-30 years old? Living in Iceland? Interested in volunteering in an environmental project with an international group of volunteers? Then this is for you! SEEDS is looking for residents in Iceland for the EnviroMan project happening in October in Czech Republic. Together with o. . .

World Clean Up Day 2022

17.09.2022 Today is the day! World Cleanup Day. Did you already join the movement for a clean/er planet? World Cleanup Day unites millions of volunteers, governments and organisations. It is one of the biggest civic movements of our time, uniting 191 countries across the world for a cleaner pl. . .

SEEDS 057 camp makes Reykjavik waste free

13.09.2022 SEEDS 057 is making the area of Reykjavik free of its waste. Our volunteers were lucky to catch a day with good weather to organise a trash hunt. Equipped with gloves, trash bags, and trash pickers, they became true waste heroes. After the cleanup actions they visited the Whal. . .

Clean up at Viðey

09.09.2022 Our camp SEEDS 053 in Viðey is busy doing clean up after clean up! The group of SEEDS volunteers started along the coastline and collected trash blown by the wind and brought by the sea to the shores and its surroundings. Moreover, they carried out some gardening activities. T. . .

Whales at Faxaflói bay

07.09.2022 What an absolute whale of a time! Our participants from 047. Environmentally Aware & Trash Hunting camp enjoyed a magical journey into Faxaflói bay. The bay is full of birdlife and different whale species. They were very lucky and saw many humpback whales, white-beaked dolphins and harb. . .

The start of the aurora season

06.09.2022 What a wonderful start of the month for SEEDS volunteers. We have been very lucky to see strong, stunning and mesmerizing Auroras in the skies just above Reykjavík. Northern Lights are definitely one of the world’s most spectacular natural wonders. Lets deep dive into the legends & the myths. . .

Teenage camp season comes to an end

06.09.2022 The last teenage camp of the season finishes today and we want to say a big thank you. We gathered so many beautiful memories, stories & pictures. And we cannot wait to host you next year. Our photography leaders help participants to develop their unique photographic skill. . .

An August of Change!

26.08.2022 Last week we finished successful series of new Awareness, Engagement & Action! camps. This summer we organized together 5 camps focused on coastal clean-ups, environmentally-related workshops and presentations on different global issues. Throughout July and August, SEEDS participants work. . .

SEEDS 056. Branching Out Our Roots

25.08.2022 Our camp SEEDS 056. Hiking trails & Forestry - West Iceland is slowly but surely coming to an end, and even though our volunteers are sad to part ways, they’re proud of the work they’ve done, and new skills they’ve learned. orestry work can be quite challenging and demanding at times, but it’. . .

Together for a Cleaner Planet

24.08.2022 Another one of our SEEDS Environmental Aware & Trash Hunting camps is again in action long the Icelandic coast. This time -and for the next 10 days- 14 of SEEDS volunteers coming all the way from Poland, Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Hong Kong, and Turkey worked in collaboration with the Bl. . .

SEEDS 039. An Enigmatic Muse

22.08.2022 Dark and mysterious Icelandic landscapes were captured yet another time by our amazing volunteers of photography camp 039. The atmosphere of the Land of Ice and Fire seen in pictures is perfectly described in the poem by Icelandic author Eggert Ólaffson. We have travelled far across the l. . .

SEEDS 042. Breeding Call

18.08.2022 SEEDS Volunteers of the Photography camp SEEDS 042 captured a beautiful selection of Puffins at Dyrhólaey, a massive stone arch surrounded by the black sandy beach in the South of Iceland. Puffins are only present on land during the breeding season from April until August every year. For the. . .

SEEDS 037. A Land of Ice and Fire

16.08.2022 Volunteers from the camp SEEDS 037. Between glaciers & Lava (2:2) had a lot of fun in the Húsafell area. They stayed in a beautiful art residency and had a chance to work around the house of famous local artist Páll Guðmundsson. Pali creates statues, paintings and even musical instruments by usin. . .

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