The main aim of the project, Grænt Farfuglaheimili - Green Hostels, is to raise awareness about environmental issues, both within Icelanders and among the International guests of the Hostelling International Association in Iceland. Goals to reach:1. Keep on working on the Environmental policy and guidelines of the hostel, as laid in the Environmental charter before.2. Development of means to make employees and guests (individuals and groups) aware of practices to reduce and limit their impact on nature. Volunteer(s) will have to pass the environmental message to a wider audience.A range of ways will be explored to show and explain in practical works, speeches and printed material how environmental matters are tied in with methods of travelling, daily life and each person's actions.The scope of activities for the volunteers will change during their stay and can be chronologically clearly divided in five (5) different stages: On-arrival training and language orientation (stage 1), research for the work in the hostel (2), organising, compiling and producing information about environmental-friendly awareness and responsible travelling (3), developing a more environmental friendly atmosphere in the hostel (4) and evaluation and planning for next volunteers (5).