SEEDS - Volunteering for Iceland

STOP EVERYTHING! OSCAR JUST TURNED 50!

18.05.2025

Yes, half a century… but he still outruns us on cleanup days! Today we celebrate the man, the myth, the legend who does it all — the founder, the director, the fixer, the pastries supplier, the midnight car rescuer, the "ask-for-help-while-parking" enforcer, the heart and...

Cost Care Sunday!

15.05.2025

What do you do on Sundays at SEEDS? On April 13th, 18 volunteers came together to clean up yet another area of the Reykjanes peninsula as part of our Coast Care Sunday project . While having fun in this “trash hunt”, we gathered many different kinds of waste such as tires, mooring...

Documentary screening of

13.05.2025

On the 8th of May, we experienced a touching moment in the heart of Reykjavík and in front of the Nature Reserve in Vatnsmyrin, thanks to a special collaboration between SEEDS and The Nordic House. We were honoured to present two short films that made us take reflective steps. "The...

Celebrating the UN International Day of the Volunteer

05.12.2024

Today, we celebrate the incredible hearts and hands that make SEEDS possible - our amazing volunteers! From those who join us for just 10 days to those who stay for months on end, SEEDS thrives because of your contributions to environmental and intercultural awareness, making the world...

Documentary screening "State of Change"

26.11.2024

On November 19th, we hosted another event in collaboration with The Nordic House, dedicated to raising awareness about climate change and the fragile beauty of our planet. We watched In a "State of Change", a documentary by Donal Boyd and Frank Nieuwenhuis. This personal story takes...

Documentary Screening "The Making of Hornstrandir Film Festival"

30.10.2024

Let’s Sum Up Our Last Screening! As part of our ongoing project to raise awareness about environmental issues, we were happy to host a screening of the documentary "The Making of Hornstrandir Film Festival"—the most remote film festival in the world. The documentary took...

SEEDS Iceland x Plastic Oceans at Trees & Seas Film Festival!

17.10.2024

We Did It! Big shoutout to everyone who joined us for the Trees & Seas Film-Activism Festival! We had two amazing screenings "The Last Glaciers" at the Nordic House and "The Future of the Ocean" at LOFT Hostel and we couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! It...

A Hands-On Journey at Alviðra: Awareness, Engagement, Action

06.10.2024

Nestled in the peaceful surroundings of an old farmhouse, Alviðra serves as an environmental-education center for Landvernd umhverfisverndarsamtök. As the seasons change and our camps in Alviðra draw to a close, we reflect on the incredible impact our volunteers have made...

Aurora has arrived, and with full power!!!

04.10.2024

The magical Northern Lights are back in Iceland, painting the skies with their mesmerizing dance, and what a show they have been putting up these last weeks . For our volunteers, this means one thing - Night Photography excursions! Whether or not the lights grace us with an appearance,...

New Toolbox Out with activities for promoting Mental Health Awareness and Well-being

25.09.2024

We are so excited to finally present to you our Toolbox with activities for promoting Mental Health Awareness and Well-being!! This is the result from the Good Practices shared between 5 organisations from Iceland, Greece, Spain, Slovenia and Portugal over the past year. We...