Volunteer > Workcamps in 2008 > Iceland
| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-17 | Reykjavík – SEEDS Photo Marathon 2008 | 23.07.2008 - 06.08.2008 | ARTS / ENVI | 16 |
SEEDS volunteers participating in this project will be part of the first SEEDS photo marathon in the Icelandic capital! One of the main objectives of the project is to try to deliver strong messages and draw the attention to the local population through pictures and photos made during the camp! SEEDS coordinators and jury will have prepared few different topics on which the participants will have to base their entries to the competition; those topics will be mainly related to the main areas of work of SEEDS: Environment and intercultural understanding. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-06 | Selárdalur - Arnarfjörður. Listasafn Samúels Jónssonar | 27.07.2008 - 10.08.2008 | FEST/ENVI | 8 |
Volunteers will be working on a particular project at the artworks of Samúel Jónsson, an Icelandic artist, who lived at Selárdalur. During the summer of 2008 volunteers will work taking down Samúel´s living house in order to build there a new one with a similar front that can serve as a home for artists. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-18 | Borgarfjörður – Borgarbyggð. West of Iceland | 28.07.2008 - 11.08.2008 | ENVI / CONS | 16 |
SEEDS will join efforts in this project with Skógræktarfélag Íslands (The Icelandic Forestry Association) and its local society in the area of Borgarfjörður - Skógræktarfélag Borgarfjarðar- in order to maintain and make more accessible existing forests in the area. Most of the work volunteers will be doing is related to trail management and conservation work in the hiking areas, including trail building, reconstruction and path marking. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-19 | Vatnajökull National Park – Skaftafell & Fjallabak - Landmannalaugar | 03.08.2008 - 16.08.2008 | ENVI | 10 |
SEEDS volunteers will work in 2 of the most beautiful places in Iceland and on Earth!! The first part of the project will be at the Nature Reserve of Fjallabak, in its area lie some of the pearls of Iceland – Landmannalaugar, Eldgjá and Strútslaug. Landmannalaugar, an area of recent volcanic activity, has colourful rhyolite mountains, rugged lava fields, hot springs and a natural warm pool for relaxation. The second part of the project will take place at the largest National Park in Europe, Vatnajökull N.P., stretching from the south coast to the north coast of the island; it is the largest protected wilderness in Europe. It covers around 15.000 km2 (15% of the surface of Iceland), including all of Vatnajökull glacier, the former Skaftafell N.P., Jokulsargljufur N.P. and surrounding area. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-24 | Reykjanes Peninsula | 04.08.2008 - 18.08.2008 | ENVI | 12 |
Reykjanes, peninsula at the south–western end of Iceland is located near the capital and most travellers to Iceland land in the area: As the Reykjanes coastline draws closer and the plane prepares to land at Keflavík Airport, the peninsula is marked by active volcanism under its surface, and large lava fields allow little vegetation. There are numerous hot springs and sulphur springs in the southern half of the peninsula, around the Kleifarvatn Lake and the Krýsuvík geothermal area where hot springs spewing water and mud dominate the landscape. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-14 | Arnarfjörður – “The Fjord of the Eagles” | 06.08.2008 - 20.08.2008 | ENVI / CONS | 16 |
Perhaps one of Iceland's most remote areas, the Fjord of the Eagles, Arnarfjörður, is located in the West fjords at 65º´ north of the Equator, close to the northern most part of the country and in the area is the western-most point of Iceland and Europe, Látrabjarg. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-21 | Nature reserve of Þórsmörk* – Slyppugil | 08.08.2008 - 22.08.2008 | ENVI / CONS | 10 |
Þórsmörk is a place of breathtaking landscapes and a fauna of great variety, it is one of Iceland’s brightest pearls in the string of beautiful areas of the country, surrounded by rugged and beautiful mountains, glaciers and glacial rivers, decorated with small birch woods and silver lined with humming brooks. Volunteers’ tasks will be mainly focused on construction, maintenance and... |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-25 | Reykjavík* – Environmental Days & Culture Night! | 11.08.2008 - 25.08.2008 | ENVI / CULT | 20 |
The City of Reykjavík* will be our host for the third year in-a-row and this time again SEEDS volunteers will be performing different tasks related to the environment and the outdoors public areas of the city; as to the biggest cultural gathering of the country: The Culture Night (Menningarnótt), to be held this year on August 23rd. Reykjavík*, the Icelandic capital, has been called Europe’s hottest capital. Slick advertising campaigns have championed the city’s famed nightlife. But there is more to Reykjavik than pubs and clubs. Reykjavík held the prestigious title European City of Culture in the year 2000; a welcome recognition of the energetic and colourful cultural life of the capital. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-07 | Reykjavík: Menningarnótt & Maraþon | 12.08.2008 - 26.08.2008 | FEST/ENVI | 14 |
We will be working in two main fields: Festivals and environment/green areas. During the period of time the workcamp takes place there will be 2 big festivals in the city, volunteers will be collaborating and helping around the different tasks before, during and after the festivals. |
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| Code | Location | Dates | Type* | Vols. |
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| SEEDS-08 | Viðey: Saga, Náttúra & List | 14.08.2008 - 28.08.2008 | ENVI | 12 |
Most of the project will be dedicated to coastline cleaning up actions. The island is located not far away out of the capital’s coast and sea currents bring considerable amounts of trash to its shores. Depending on the advance of the project, volunteers may have other possible tasks as maintenance and marking of hiking paths or bicycle trails, help in summer events, putting up of signs in noteworthy places; as works on common and green recreational areas, gardening and painting works, etc. |
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