SEEDS Iceland

Podcast project: One Radio Erasmus

25.10.2021 About one year ago, in July 2020, SEEDS was invited to join a project called OneRadioErasmus. Together with four other NGOs we would create podcast episodes revolving around topics like culture, politics, art and music. The aim of this project was and is to give young Europeans a voice to talk ab. . .

SEEDS 065. Environmentally Aware & Trash Hunting in Reykjavík 07-15 September 2021

14.10.2021 Led by our two Swiss long-term volunteers, camp 065 took place in September. The participants came from all over the world, more precisely from Mexico, Portugal, Belgium and of course Switzerland. The first evening was all about getting to know each other and listening to the "Welcome to Icel. . .

SEEDS 022. Flúðir – 13-23 June 2021

12.07.2021 For 11 days in June, five SEEDS' long-term volunteers moved to a campsite in Flúðir to help out the host with outdoor and environmental work. The volunteers had several tasks, such as removing invasive plants, painting campsite objects and improving hiking paths. To learn how it all went, we aske. . .

NEW! SEEDLING magazine – official SEEDS magazine – summer 2021

02.07.2021 After months in the making, the new SEEDS (online) magazine is OUT! SEEDLING's first edition will give you a closer, more personal look into SEEDS and its projects. It will show you Iceland and volunteering through the eyes of our volunteers and will include some gorgeous photos taken by them. . . .

SEEDS 018. Highlands - Kjölur Road – 6-19 June 2021

01.07.2021 The camps in the Highlands are always highly anticipated by our leaders and their participants. The work is physically demanding, but the nature and landscape are unforgettable. A two-week camp took place at the beginning of June and we asked Sara and Benedikte, the leaders of the camp, a few que. . .

SEEDS 017. The Highlands North of Vatnajökull Glacier

22.06.2021 Möðrudalur - the Highest located farm in Iceland 02.06.2021 to 15.06.2021 After a wonderful travel day from Reykjavik to the North we arrived (one hour late) for dinner at the Möðrudalur on 2 June. It is like entering an oasis after having driven through the rugged wilderness of Ice. . .

SEEDS VC 108. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home

06.05.2021 The first online camp of the icelandic summer took place last week, hosting participants and volunteers from Vietnam, Russia, Egypt, Colombia, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Portugal, Poland and Hungary. After getting to know each other better through icebreakers, we learnt about deforestation, s. . .

SEEDS 008. Environment & Photography - April

30.04.2021 From 13th to 22nd of April we had another environmentally aware and photography camp. We were six volunteers from Estonia, France, Germany and Portugal (one of them from the Azores islands). During the camp we had different presentations and workshops. We were talking for example about climate. . .

SEEDS and Sea Shepherd Iceland - coastal cleanup at Grótta

26.04.2021 Last Saturday SEEDS and Sea Shepherd Iceland organised a coastal cleanup at Grótta, near the lighthouse, a popular recreational area in Seltjarnarnes. About 30 people (SEEDS volunteers, Sea Shepherds, locals and foreigners) enjoyed the mild spring weather while picking plastic from in between. . .

SEEDS VC 107. Virtual Camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home

21.04.2021 April arrived, and what better way to start a month than with a virtual camp? SEEDS 107 Virtual Camp “Environmentally Aware - Learn from Home” hosted participants all the way from Colombia , Ireland , Portugal , Italy and Vietnam ! Starting with some ice-breaking during the first day, we got t. . .

SEEDS 008. Environment & Photography - April

20.04.2021 At the moment four our SEEDS 008. Environment & Photography camp is going on with an awesome group of volunteers, from Estonia, France, Germany, Portugal, or to be more specific, from Azores, (and Spain). This weekend was very active - two excursions and a hike to see the volcano. And we got t. . .

SEEDS 007. Environment & Photography - Easter in Reykjavík

15.04.2021 In the beginning of April the new Environmental and Photography camp SEEDS 007 - Easter in Reykjavík started, hosting participants from France, Germany, the UK with SEEDS volunteers from Estonia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. Based in a cosy wooden house hidden in the Botanical Garden of. . .

Podcast episode: Language and perception

08.04.2021 Does the way we speak shape the way we think? In the third episode of our podcast "Sprouts og Spíra" Annie Heine is talking to two other long-term volunteers how language influences our being. Inspired by the book “Sprache und Sein” (Language and Being) by the author Kübra Gümüsay Annie from Swit. . .

My volunteering experience - testimony from Hella Wagner, April 2021

07.04.2021 Life begins at the end of your comfort zone: such a cliché, yet it holds true. I’m Hella and I wandered quite far from mine when I decided to become a volunteer on Iceland, of all places. The opportunity found me at the best moment possible: fresh out of university, looking for my place and somet. . .

Cleanup at volcano sites at Geldingadalur

31.03.2021 On March 30 eight SEEDS long-term volunteers from seven countries picked up trash at the volcano sites at Geldingadalur. Since the Geldingadalsgos eruption on 19 March, thousands of people have hiked there to see the active volcano and unfortunately some did not leave just their footp. . .

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