Future Policy Award 2019 Goes to Best Policies Empowering Youth
The World Future Council announced the winners of the Future Policy Award 2019 on the 11th of October. This year the best policies empowering youth are awarded. The ceremony broadcast …
New Scholar Year Begins With New “Space of Culture” Season
SEKEM School as well as Heliopolis University, both like to provide their pupils and students with an energetic and exciting educational experience. The artistic program of the “Space of Culture”, …
Three Egyptian Eurythmists Went on a Journey
In the framework of the anniversary year “Waldorf100” that celebrates 100 years of Waldorf education worldwide, and thanks to committed SEKEM friends, three eurythmy teachers from the SEKEM school went …
Culture in the Desert: Eurythmy for Farm Employees
At the SEKEM Farm in the Western Desert in Wahat El-Bahariya dry land is being made fertile. The campaign “Greening the Desert” aims to green 63 hectares of desert soils. …
Invitation: Solutions for Scaling up Agroecology exist, report renowned global experts at Heliopolis University in Cairo
Cairo, September 12th, 2019: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Soliman, Representative of the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and President of the Agricultural Research Center, Uwe Gehlen Head of German Development Cooperation in …
On the World’s Literacy Day: SEKEM’s Educational Approach
Last Thursday the 29th of August, SEKEM celebrated the first day back to school and welcomed the new pupils. Unfortunately, still not every child in Egypt has the opportunity to …
Join SEKEMsophia Symposium No. 3
How did the vision of the SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish become reality? How is this social innovation working and how does it affect people’s lives? How can an efficient economy, …
Economy of Love: A New Label for Holistic Sustainable Production
The concept of an “Economy of Love” has been an integral part of SEKEM’s economic activities already for many years. It had been an important concern to SEKEM founder Ibrahim …
New SEKEM Film Out Now
The two Austrian filmmakers Ramon Pachernegg and Jasmine Wagner have visited SEKEM several times in recent years, among others on behalf of the SEKEM Friends Austria for a film portrait …
Registration Open: Social Initiative Forum 2019 in SEKEM
SEKEM and the Social Initiative Forum announce the opening of the registration for this years forum in Egypt on the topic “Individual Potential Unfolding for the Future”. People can now …
Scouts on a Visit at SEKEM
The diverse activity fields of the SEKEM Initiative and the beautiful nature of the SEKEM Farm attract many people from all over Egypt. Among the most loyal visitors are youth …
Intercultural Dialogue for Sustainable Development
Throughout history, Egypt has always been a cultural hub, due to its geographic position, diverse nature, moderate climate and historical wealth. Major Egyptian cities such as Cairo and Alexandria were …
Great Sportsmanship at SEKEM
Every year, SEKEM organizes a soccer tournament; this year and for the first time, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) followed SEKEM’s lead and made its own sports tournament. The …
100 Years for Waldorf Schools – 30 Years for SEKEM’s School
“Development means to lift from one consciousness to the next, to develop ourselves, the earth, and the community,” says Ibrahim Abouleish, founder of SEKEM’s Initiative in the film “Waldorf 100” …
Organic Gastronomy at SEKEM
The same saying goes in most languages: “A sound mind in a sound body.” And it is true in all cultures and at all times. In the 50s, the culture …
SEKEM publishes Annual Report with current status on Vision Goals for 2057 on the second memorial of the founder’s death
Forty years after the SEKEM Initiative was founded, on June 15, 2017, its founder Ibrahim Abouleish passed away. One year later, the SEKEM community published a vision for the next …
It’s Eid Time!
“The night of fate, You night of fate, In you came the guidance of the people, In you, in the fasting month of Ramadan!” These words were resounded shortly before …
Program for Social Initiative Forum in SEKEM Released
From 12 to 15 December the Social Initiative Forum will take place at SEKEM on the topic “Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future”. Recently, the comprehensive program has been finalized …
SEKEM Travels from Italy with ViandantiSì
ViandantiSì is a newly born travel agency from Italy who works in close collaboration with the Italian organic biodynamic company NaturaSì. For half a year now ViandantiSì has been organising …
Training for Organic Agriculture Students at SEKEM Farm
In April, the first students of the Faculty of Organic Agriculture at Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development spent two weeks on SEKEM’s farm for practical training of the Biodynamic course …