One earth, our home - Let's prevent global warming

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.