One earth, our home - Let's prevent global warming
Coordinator | Sebastian
Coordinator | Sebastian
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Highlights
Discover the amazing nature of Iceland, come and explore glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls, and geysers.
Experience new cultures through the cultural dinners that every volunteer prepares with traditional food from their country.
Enjoy the White Nights in summer and the magnificent Northern Lights during winter.
Learn to be a leader, improve your english, and participate in our environmental workshops.
Help in the fight against plastic pollution by cleaning the coast of Iceland and be surprised by the seals.
This program will focus on environmental education, environmental activities, and sustainability. The main tasks are beach cleanups, seed collecting, and renovation work.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Groups
Worldwide Friends Iceland is opening an environmental and sustainable center near the crossroads to the West, South, and North of Iceland. The center called BRÚ is in the area of Hrutafjordur, a 36 km long fjord in Hunathing vestra. In the neighborhood, you can find a lot of pure and unspoiled nature, beaches full of driftwood, Snæfellsnes peninsula, glaciers in the highlands, waterfalls, strong rivers, canyons, and craters. The purpose of the center is to protect the nature in the area, to raise the awareness of sustainability among the locals, and the visitors that are coming to the area.
There are always one or more leaders for each camp, depending on the size of the group. Leaders represent the link between the hosting community, WF, and the group of volunteers. They coordinate the work, organize leisurely activities, plan excursions, shopping, and cooking sessions. Apart from these additional responsibilities, they are equal to other volunteers. Most of our camp leaders are from other countries, as we are very open-minded in hosting international leaders from other organizations. All our leaders start their program with one week of training.
The house is more than 1.000 m², it has double rooms, triple rooms, and quadruple rooms, two kitchens, several bathrooms, and common areas, rooms for workshops, and galleries. Our long-term plan is to equip the center with its own hydropower plant to produce electricity for heating and daily use. This will make Brú completely sustainable from the energetic point of view and will contribute to the production of clean energy for the region.
This work camp is a way to enjoy an amazing time in Iceland with other international volunteers and to have an incredible experience where participants share their knowledge with each other while they are exploring creativity, environmental issues, and intercultural learning.
Worldwide Friends volunteers stay in the Worldwide Friends sustainable center offering good facilities.
Volunteers need to bring their own sleeping bags and towels, but beds and bed sheets are provided. Wireless internet access is provided free of charge. The rooms are for two up to four participants.
Food is included for the duration of the camp; however, everyone is expected to do their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. Since it is always nice to try new and different dishes, volunteers are encouraged to bring along their favorite recipes, ingredients, and spices from home!
Icelandic weather can be unpredictable, so you need to be prepared for anything. You will need:
- Hiking boots that are waterproof
- Warm sleeping bag (we only provide bedsheets)
- Swimsuits and towels (to take advantage of the traditional swimming pools and hot springs)
- Warm and waterproof clothes/shoes (you will spend time outside)
- Slippers/shoes for indoors, we don’t bring the shoes inside the houses!
- Raincoat
- Pillow
- Medication
- Food, photos, or anything interesting related to your country for intercultural nights
- Hairdryer(optional)
- Cash (ISK or EUR)for camp fees and excursions
Typical day
If we want to make a change, develop green solutions, or inspire others for a sustainable lifestyle, we must understand the environmental issues and their challenges first. Currently “global warming” is our main theme throughout our different workcamps. The volunteers will take part in workshops and group discussions about this topic. The main goal of this project is to improve education and raise awareness of the participants about environmental problems. Within the project, we will learn and do research about green energy, sustainable householding, waste treatment, ways to reduce your carbon footprint, and thus global warming. Humanity must act in a more environmentally friendly way. Take part in this promising project and be the change that you want to see!
This camp has different kinds of tasks. Some days we will focus on renovating the center in Brú, painting, cleaning, and fixing things around and inside the house. We will also do some artwork for example paintings and sculptures made of driftwood. Other days we will clean the coastline and plant trees, depending on the weather conditions. We will give a special focus to global warming and the volunteers will have workshops about climate change. The issue of global warming is well known all over the world. If you want to change something, develop solutions, or inspire others, you must understand the issues and tasks first. In addition to the theoretical part, we are going to practice sustainable work. For example, during summer planting trees is one of the activities of the camps. Planting trees becomes a very useful action against climate change because of the carbon fixation power of trees. In addition, we get cleaner air and the roots and branches prevent soil erosion.
Our main environmental project for the next years is beach cleaning. We have been doing it since 2001 with great results. We have collected hundreds of kilograms of plastic waste all around Iceland. We will be working in the Northwest and the East of Iceland. The main job is to collect as much plastic from the shores and recycle as much as possible. Besides collecting plastic, we will be also working with driftwood that is brought by the currents to the Icelandic coastline. One of the challenges is to give it a second life.
This work camp is a way to enjoy an amazing time in Iceland with other international volunteers and to have an incredible experience where participants share their knowledge with each other while they are exploring creativity, environmental issues, and intercultural learning.
Free-time activities
WF Iceland will organize reasonably-priced weekend excursions to some of the most popular, beautiful areas and natural wonders that Iceland has to offer. Excursions include unique Icelandic sights, such as waterfalls, volcanic and geothermal areas, glaciers, lava forests, hot-springs, rhyolite, mountain ranges, steam-vents, and even icebergs. The most popular ones are the Golden Circle and the Southcoast.
Extra activities that volunteers can book are whale watching, scuba diving, fishing, horseback riding, glacier excursions, and more.
Water Sports
Swimming
Sightseeing
Diving/
Snorkling
Snorkling
Shopping/
Souvenirs
Souvenirs
Climbing
Hiking
Museum/
Opera
Opera
Sports
Riding
Winter Sports
Requirements
In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.
You need to speak English (intermediate level)
CV
No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.
Your helping hand will be required on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from
09:00
- 17:00
What's Included
The fees include:
- Transportation from and to the airport
- Housing in our different centers
- Southcoast excursion
- Perlan museum
- Access to swimming pools
- Transportation related to the project
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
It takes approximately 1 hour from the airport to our center in Reykjavik. One of our staff members will pick you up and will have the logo of Worldwide Friends to be easily recognizable.
Worldwide Friends volunteers stay in the Worldwide Friends sustainable center offering good facilities.
Volunteers need to bring their own sleeping bags and towels, beds, and bed sheets are provided. Wireless internet
access is provided free of charge. We have double, triple, and quadruple rooms. The kitchen is equipped with a fridge, freezer, stove, oven, microwave, and coffee machine. The bathrooms are shared.
Food is included for the duration of the camp; however, everyone is expected to do their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. Since it is always nice to try new and different dishes, volunteers are encouraged to bring along their favorite recipes, ingredients, and spices from home! We can accommodate special diets such as gluten-free, vegetarians, vegans, or any allergies.
Good access at the project site
Visa, flights, travel insurance or vaccinations are NOT included in the program fees.
The nearest airport is Keflavik International Airport (KEF) in Reykjavik. We assist you to find cheap flights to Iceland.
Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Iceland provides security and is a plus to have.
If you are intending to volunteer in Iceland you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Iceland.
Dates & Fees
NO CREDIT CARD FEES
Details on arrival
The start dates are on Friday of every week.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
4 - 12 weeks
Program fees
4 weeks
(min. stay)
$1,200
6 weeks
$1,800
8 weeks
$2,400
10 weeks
$3,000
12 weeks
(max. stay)
$3,600
Average fees
$300
/week
The organization charges its fees in EUR. The price table in USD is subject to currency fluctuation.
Worldwide Friends
will let you know about the final price during your application process.
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Your final payment will be agreed with Worldwide Friends during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.
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One earth, our home - Let's prevent global warming
This program will focus on environmental education, environmental activities, and sustainability. The main tasks are beach cleanups, seed collecting, and renovation work.
$300/week
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