Social Initiative Forum: Unfolding Individual Potential for the Future
During the Social Initiative Forum (SIF), which will take place in December in SEKEM, we intend to share ideas, from all over the world, on how to shape a truly …
SEKEMSophia Symposium II
“I carry a vision deep within myself: in the midst of sand and desert, I see myself standing at a well drawing water. Carefully I plant trees, herbs and flowers …
Individuation of an Enterprise: SEKEM as an Example
In the framework of the Winter Conference of the Farmers Society/Demeter in the North, which took place at Landgut Stemmen in Northern Germany from 12 to 13 January, SEKEM member Maximilian …
The Future Doesn’t Fall from Heaven
On the elements of an innovation ecosystem that address SEKEM’s strategic development goals SEKEM Founder Ibrahim Abouleish was a strong visionary leader combining not only occident and orient in his …
Individual Mementos: Handmade Copybooks by SEKEM Students
“The memory of the senses can be evoked in different situations, guiding the person to follow his intuition and thereby influencing decisions,” says Tamer Badr, SEKEM’s Art Teacher for more …
The Pioneers of SEKEMSophia
Getting to know SEKEM as a social innovation – this was a wish that brought 25 people from all over the world to SEKEM in the last week of November: …
SEKEM at the Annual GEN Africa Regional Conference
At the beginning of November, Mohammed Anwar, instructor for Education for Sustainable Development at Heliopolis University, was invited to present SEKEM at the 2018 GEN (Global Ecovillage Network) Africa annual regional …
InnoEgypt: SEKEM Cooperates with EU in Empowering Young Entrepreneurs
In the framework of the EU-Egypt partnership that includes promoting social entrepreneurship and innovation, SEKEM cooperates in the project InnoEgypt. With the slogan “IncuVate your Idea”, and a budget of 1,870,000 Euros, the two-year project fosters incubating innovative projects emerging in Egypt in the four industrial priority sectors: Agro-Food, Construction and Energy, Information and Communication Technology, Textile and Handcrafts.
Providing a New Home for Refugees: Crowdfunding for International Class in Graz
The refugee project of the SEKEM Friends Austria is now in its third year. 24 students from Afghanistan, Somalia and Gambia attend the International Class at the Free Waldorf School …
New artworks by the painter Gerlinde Wendland in SEKEM
Although Gerlinde Wendland is one of the most loyal SEKEM friends and is spending several weeks in SEKEM already for many years, she always has the impression “to immerse into …
International Meeting of the SEKEM Friends Associations
On November 2nd, shortly after SEKEM’s 41st-anniversary celebration, the executive boards of the SEKEM Friends Associations from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands met in SEKEM. During the all-day event, the …
100% Organic Agriculture: SEKEM Children Start to Transform Egypt
Around 350 persons of different ages, nationalities and professions contributed to cultivating this season’s Organic wheat at the main SEKEM farm. This came in the framework of the project “Let’s …
SDG 10: Reducing Inequalities for a World Where No One is Left Behind
“We pledge ourselves to liberate all our people from the continuing bondage of poverty, deprivation, suffering, gender and other discrimination,” said Nelson Mandela, the Nobel peace prize winner and the …
International Conference on PV Applications with SEKEM Energy
In cooperation with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) and SEKEM Energy, Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) recently hosted the international conference, “PV Applications in Egypt: Strategies to Meet the …
Protecting Egyptian Bees from Extinction
Again, SEKEM and Rapunzel Naturkost are collaborating in the ongoing development program, Hand in Hand (HIH). This time, the long-standing SEKEM partner and the leading Organic Food producer in Europe …
Embracing Social Innovation: Transformation Within and Beyond Organizations
“There are a lot of examples of expertise in the field of social innovation coming from Africa that are very inspiring to Europe. SEKEM is one of them,” says Maximilian …
Let’s Seed the Future and Ban Plastic from Egypt: SEKEM’s 41st Anniversary
This year, SEKEM initiative celebrated its 41st anniversary under the slogan “Let’s seed the future”. SEKEM co-workers and students from Heliopolis University gathered already in the morning of the 1st …
Join the SEKEMSophia Symposium in November
How did the vision of the SEKEM founder Ibrahim Abouleish become reality? How is such a social innovation actually working? And how does it affect people’s lives? How did a …
Let’s Seed the Future!
How to use paper to plant Organic herbs? Is it possible to fetch Organic vegetables from our balconies and roofs and add it to our meals for a healthy lifestyle? …
SEKEM Celebrates its Organic Cotton Harvest 2018
With its committed farmers in Damietta governorate, SEKEM celebrated the harvest of its Organic cotton for the second year in a row. This initiative started 2017 together with the cooperation with the UNIDO …