Trans4m Center Celebrates Anniversary
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Trans4m Center launches a new website. The website shall act as a “virtual home” for the continuously growing community. Trans4m is committed to …
Human Development for Sustainable Communities: Monthly Meetings for SEKEM Farmers
In collaboration with the Egyptian Bio-Dynamic Association (EBDA), Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) organized a workshop for 80 of SEKEMs contracted farmers that are applying Biodynamic agriculture all over …
SEKEMs Board of Directors: This is Elfrieke van Galen
Next to Dr. Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish, the SEKEM Board of Directors has seven other members. Four times a year, the board meets in SEKEM to discuss the situation of …
Promising Cooperation between Zuyd University, Heliopolis University and SEKEM
Initiated by the Dutch SEKEM Friends Association, Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) funded travel and organizational costs for 30 teachers, who travelled to Egypt to support the Heliopolis University (HU) and SEKEM. …
Every Desert Hides a Well
Series on how SEKEM tries to combat desertification in the four dimensions of Sustainable Development. In the widely known story of The Little Prince, written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the narrator’s …
SEKEMs Economy of Love
Fertile land is the fundament of Egypt’s economy. Fertile land is needed to live on and to feed the population, but also strongly affecting the economy of a country. Agriculture …
Bonds Between People are Like Land Carrying Society
“…creating land where mankind is living together in social forms reflecting human dignity.” “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” A quote by the anthropologist Margaret Mead …
Combating Egypt’s Desertification by Creating Awareness for the Beauty and Values of Nature
“…creating a place where every human being can unfold his or her individual potential” The right awareness about the fact that fertile land and agriculture are feeding us and that …
SEKEM – A Blooming Oasis in the Egyptian Desert
Combating desertification by holistic Biodynamic agriculture. Egypt is known as one of the oldest agricultural civilizations on earth. Thousands of years ago, the annual flooding of the Nile left a …
For a Sustainable World: Global Goals Curriculum
Education is the key to progress and development. An alternative and holistic approach to education is grounded in SEKEM since the early days, in the schools as well as in …
SEKEM Publishes Sustainability Report 2015
In the Sustainability Report 2015 SEKEM shows that the initiative could manage the challenges of the past years. In the cultural and societal fields many activities took place, in agriculture …
Gender Equality Sessions for Pupils and Students
In the context of SEKEMs project “Empowering Women for a Balanced Society” a session about gender equality was developed by a group of teachers of the SEKEM School and was …
New Sweet Temptations from the Successful Duo Davert and SEKEM
Recently, the date-hazelnut confectionery of Davert and SEKEM has been selected as “Demeter product of the year” and already now the successful collaboration bears new sweet fruits. Since March 2016, …
“We are Here to Help the People”: Two Eye Specialists Treat Patients with Visual Impairments
If you see Dr. Eckart and Irmgard Buchholz for the first time, you might conclude that they are tourists visiting Egypt. But after a short conversation, it becomes clear that …
Fundraising for the Core Program of Heliopolis University
The Dutch SEKEM Friends Association is extending their support for the Core Program of Heliopolis University to finally achieve the realization of building a House of Cultures. Digna Donze and …
The SEKEM Board of Directors: This is Marcus Fütterer
Next to Dr. Ibrahim and Helmy Abouleish, the SEKEM Board of Directors has seven other members. Four times a year, the board meets in SEKEM to discuss the situation of …
Find SEKEM on Apple News
SEKEM Insight can now be found on Apple News, meaning you can get our content on the go! To access SEKEM Insight within Apple News, simply click this link from …
Breaking the Wall in Our Minds: SEKEM Presents its Commitment to Gender Equality at G7 Summit
After SEKEM recently launched its Gender Strategy for a Balanced Society, the initiative also attended the G7 Summit for “Economic Empowerment of Women”. “Today 26 years ago, the Berlin wall …
Event: Celebrating Equality – SEKEM launches its Gender Strategy
Since the very beginning, SEKEM (and all its institutions) is focussing on gender equality and diversity. Still, in 2015 SEKEM started to formulate a dedicated strategy within the project to empower women …
SEKEM and Heliopolis University Invite to Workshop on Advancing Sustainable Agriculture to a National Scale in Egypt
On 1. September 2015 the SEKEM Initiative will organise a workshop on possible routes towards advancing sustainable agriculture on a national scale in Egypt. Interested parties are invited to reserve …