ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE

Name: ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE
Start: 2022-06-21
End: 2022-08-21
Location: Reykjavík, Iceland

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Iceland Environment Study Environment Study Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

The association was founded in 2005 as a non-governmental, non-profit volunteer organisation with international scope. Their main activities relate to the promotion of environmental protection and awareness, intercultural understanding and peace, through voluntary work on social, cultural and environmental projects in Iceland.

They aim expand the horizons of people of all ages, cultures, and backgrounds, to inform and share with them about the world in which we live and to take an active role in its future development.

💼 What the programme involves

This camp allows volunteers to learn about global and local environmental issues through non-formal activities such as workshops, discussions, presentations and visits, as well as to contribute directly to environment protection by joining outdoor cleanup tasks. They aim to also involve the local community, so some of their events may be open to the public. One of the two options below is also included in this camp as a hands-on volunteering activity day: A day trip combining a visit to the Hellisheiði geothermal power plant, a trash hunt in the area; and the Hot River Hike, a hike up a valley filled with hot springs where one can bathe. A day trip to the Reykjanes peninsula, combined with a coastal cleanup in the area. Volunteers may also visit the SORPA facilities and attend a lecture on waste management in Reykjavik. All the activities are dependent on conditions such as weather, pandemic-related restrictions and availability of their partners. This camp combines learning, sharing, hands-on work and fun.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Participants will stay in a house in Reykjavík. The facilities are basic with a kitchen, showers, and a washing machine. Participants will sleep in shared rooms or dormitories. Please bring your own sleeping bag.

🍲 Food

Volunteers will receive food supplies and will be in charge of cooking and cleaning. Please note the food our partner provides will be vegetarian. Please be aware some items or ingredients may be expensive in Iceland and you will need to buy them yourselves or bring them from your country.

📍 About the location

Reykjavík is a dynamic, modern city which lives in harmony with nature, using renewable energy sources. The world’s northernmost capital bridges the Atlantic, between Europe and North America. Reykjavík is spread across a peninsula with a panoramic view of the mountains and the Atlantic. It is an international city with a lively cosmopolitan cultural scene surrounded by beautiful nature.

⚠️ Requirements

No previous experience is needed.

Volunteers should prepare to share environmental issues from their countries and be ready to spend time outdoors, walk medium distances during the cleanups, as during other activities and sightseeing. As a part of the project happens outdoors, volunteers should be ready to adapt and be flexible with the work and free-time schedule, as depending on the changeable weather, we may not be able to perform some of the activities (as) planned.

🤝 Meeting point

Meeting time will be 18:00 (6:00 pm) on the first day of the project at our partner’s Office in Reykjavik. Participants that cannot arrive on time (later or delayed flights) will be sent information on how to reach the camp on their own.

ℹ️ Additional information

Participation fee EUR 300 (Euros). The fee can either be transferred in advance via bank transfer, or paid in cash on arrival. It includes transport from the meeting point to the camp (on the first day), other activities available; and one trip combined with the trash collection activity (Hot River or Reykjanes).

English will be the language in the camp; basic conversational skills are needed.

It may be cold and/or rainy, so our partner recommends bringing warm and waterproof clothes (underlayers, overcoats, scarves, gloves and hats) and good walking shoes, as some of the activities take place outdoors.

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

300.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Reykjavík, Iceland

Iceland

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Iceland Krona (ISK / kr)

Exchange rate

1 ISK = 0.007321 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Greenwich Mean Time

Local time: 20:52 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Icelandic