SEEDS VC 105. Virtual camp Environmentally Aware - Learn from home

What will we be working on together? SEEDS camp leaders will be creating opportunities for you to focus on different current environmental and sustainability issues through a selection of workshops and activities online. One of our aims is to help create more environmentally aware consumers and travellers. During this camp participants can share their love for global and local environmental topics and learn more about them. These include climate change, waste management, sustainable solutions and other environmental topics. There will be two to three different sessions each day. Participants are also encouraged to join the weekly challenge that will be published on the SEEDS Instagram channel. The sessions we offer include:
• Plant-based cooking and baking classes, which will provide you with an insight into plant-based diet and food, with recipes, and tips and tricks to cook and bake. Every other day, for one hour, we will prepare a dish (main course or a dessert). You can then share your final creations through photos.
• Fun environmental quiz. Our leaders will post a question about environmental topics twice a week and then it will be up to you to do some research and find an answer. The answers will be posted the next morning.
• Eco-friendly cleaning products tips. Every other day, for 30 minutes, we will share cleaning tips, facts about ingredients, and Do-It-Yourself ideas. You will learn how to avoid harmful chemicals, how to read labels when you are shopping, and how to use simple ingredients as cleaning alternatives.
• DIY selfcare products workshop. Every other day, for one hour, we will teach you how to make your own natural cosmetic and personal hygiene products with ingredients that you can probably find at home!
• Conscious consumerism workshop. Every other day, we will have one-hour workshops in which we will address three areas in our daily lives where we can take measures to reduce our environmental footprint. Participants will work in teams and present their ideas to the group. Over the course of the camp, each participant is encouraged to try at least one of the ideas at home and share a video or picture of the new habit with the group. At the same time, each participant will research the environmental policies of a favourite brand and share its findings with the group so that sustainable alternatives can be found.
Note that this project is a learning/sharing camp, so we encourage everyone to share their knowledge and participate actively in this learning process. And of course, this is a great way to meet new people from all over the world, so you can exchange ideas, experiences, music, recipes and learn new languages with the other online volunteers, just as in a real workcamp. Bring your own ideas and let us be creative together!