ESC: Brú – Sustainable Centre. Lets fight global warming (5 months)
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About the project
ESC: Brú – Sustainable Centre. Lets fight global warming (5 months)
📝 Detailed information
💼 What the programme involves
The project focuses on environmental awareness in all aspects and is truly needed all around our planet. The project aspires to stimulate environmental protection, sustainable living involving children and young people. We want to bring up some fresh ideas that can help the young people and the organization to improve the way that we treat mother earth. The main purpose of the project is to raise the awareness about sustainability among the young local and international people in their daily life. This means that the participants will in the beginning learn about all the basics when it comes to living in a sustainable way and they will follow that procedure during the whole project and hopefully for the rest of their lives. The volunteer will on one hand work with international people and will be participating in workshops, camps, educational sessions, and projects with them. The international youngsters are getting in touch with the different culture during the program
🏠 Accommodation on site
Worldwide Friends ESC volunteers stay in the Worldwide Friends sustainable centre offering good facilities. Beds and bed sheets are provided. Wireless internet access is provided free of charge. The rooms are for two up to four volunteers. Food ingredients is provided 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 favourite recipes (and spices) from home! Local transportation related to the project is provided
The house is more than 1.000 m² and has 12 double rooms and a dormitory, a fully equipped kitchen, several bathrooms, common areas, workshop rooms, and galleries. It has its own generator to produce electricity for heating and daily use.
Volunteers need to bring their own sleeping bags, but beds and sheets are provided. Wireless internet access is provided free of charge. Food is included for the duration of the work camp; however, everyone is expected to do their fair share of the cooking and cleaning. We provide a well-balanced and healthy variety of food products that includes a wide variety of whole grains, seasonal fruits & vegetables, pantry staples, dairy products. We encourage our volunteers to try vegan and vegetarian food during their stay with us.
Since it is always nice to try new and different dishes, volunteers are encouraged to bring along their favorite recipes from home!
🎒 Leisure activities
The project reflects learning opportunities for the volunteers as well as for our organisation and the community where it will take place. By hosting ESC volunteers, we bring another long-term international dimension to the organization with our internship program, educational tours and short-term projects. discovering many kinds of new techniques related to environmental sustainability, new skills, a new language, involving children and youngsters in creative sessions and take responsibility to realize an own project.
We 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 or even icebergs.
The area around the place is great for hiking. We will also concentrate on intercultural learning and exchange. Every evening, volunteers from different countries will be in charge of presenting their country of origin and culture in an informal way
⚠️ Requirements
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/01/2023
🤝 Meeting point
Flights arrive at Keflavik International Airport (KEF), just south of Reykjavik.
The meeting point is at 08:30 am on the first day of the camp in Tjarnargata 11 which is the city hall of Reykjavik, just outside the main entrance
Drop off will be at BSI Bus Station
ℹ️ Additional information
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
IS32689
01/02/2023 → 31/08/2023
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
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: 21:32 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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