Helmy Abouleish becomes a member of the Club of Rome
Helmy Abouleish, the CEO of the SEKEM Initiative, has been asked to join the Club of Rome as a full member. “Joining the Club of Rome means a high recognition …
Read the Blog: “Producers Market” interviews Max Abouleish about Regenerative Agriculture
“Producers Market” is an online platform that directly connects farmers and producers with the customer and partners with SEKEM. Transparency and trust from soil to sale is their main principle. …
Wheat from the Desert
In May 2023 SEKEM collected the first harvest of wheat at the SEKEM Wahat Farm. The experiment of growing wheat on a total area of 50 feddan (21 ha) brought very …
SEKEM Annual Report 2022 is now available online!
In 2022, the SEKEM focus topics were “Active Mitigation of Climate Change” and “Rich and Resilient Biodiversity”. According to these main goals and in cooperation with Economy of Love, SEKEM …
Cooperation with the „Akademie für Nachhaltigkeit“
The “Akademie für Nachhaltigkeit” based in Austria offers holistic training for managers, entrepreneurs, decision-makers and everyone from all over the world who is willing to deal with the diverse topics …
SEKEM Online Shop Germany: A load of new products arrived from Egypt
Finally the popular SEKEM online shop in Germany is there again – to the extent that we desire and that you deserve! The shelves are packed with high-quality SEKEM products from …
Economy of Love Project Enters the Third Phase
For over 40 years SEKEM has been working with small scale farmers in Egypt promoting regenerative agriculture methods. For the past few years SEKEM together with DEMETER Egypt (also known …
Obituary Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousri Hashem (7.3.1954 Port Said – 9.3.2023 Cairo)
The SEKEM community and Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development mourn the loss of Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousry Hashem. We share a longstanding history together and he will always stay close …
SAVE THE PLANET, PROTECT THE FUTURE. NO EXCUSES FOR INACTION. EIGHT POLICY MEASURES THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD TAKE.
Joint message of World Future Council members and Right Livelihood Laureates to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) “Planet Earth is facing existential threats from human impact on the …
Economy of Love: Rethinking Agriculture for Future
Imagine agriculture of the future that helps in mitigation of climate change, promotes fairness and well-being of farmers and fosters affordable sustainable and healthy food. To make this dream …
World Future Forum: “Shared Humanity – The Future We Want”
The World Future Council (WFC) convened for its 15th Annual General Meeting at Pontresina, Switzerland, on 28-29 August 2022, where delegates from 24 countries debated and agreed how to initiate …
Vortragsreihe mit Greenpeace zum Thema Klimaschutz
Es gibt Lösungen! Wir können JETZT etliches tun, damit unsere Erde auch in Zukunft noch lebenswert ist! Trotz Fridays for Future und unzähliger Klima-Demonstrationen: Die CO2-Emissionen haben weltweit zugenommen. Und …
New SEKEM Book in German: SEKEM Inspirationen – Impulse für einen zukunftsfähigen Wandel”
We are very proud that our new book “SEKEM Inspirationen – Impulse für einen zukunftsfähigen Wandel” is now available! For the moment the book is only available in German, but …
Social Initiative Forum for Youth Leaders: 20 to 28 July
The Social Initiative Forum in Egypt (SIF.eg) and Centre of the Education for Sustainable Development (CESD) of Heliopolis University (HU) happily invites young participants from Egypt and the rest of …
Zum fünften Todestag von Ibrahim Abouleish: Buchveröffentlichung „Sekem-Inspirationen”
Heute, am 15. Juni 2022, jährt sich der Todestag von SEKEM-Gründer Ibrahim Abouleish zum fünften Mal. Seine Vision und seine Inspirationen sind in SEKEM heute noch so lebendig wie zu …
SEKEM Report 2021 Launched
CEO Statement: SEKEM Report 2021 The world is facing big challenges. The terrible circumstances of war and conflict show that mankind altogether is still not ready to act out of love …
Launching Economy of Love Education: Learning, Implementing and Sharing Sustainable Development
Strongly inspired by the holistic SEKEM-Vision, “Economy of Love” (EoL) was initiated by the organic farmer’s association The Egyptian Biodynamic Association (EBDA) as a standard for sustainable, ethical, and transparent …
SEKEM Vision-Goal 13: Responsible Consumption and Sustainable Lifestyle
For a sustainable way of living on earth, a shift towards responsible and conscious consumption is essential. Therefore, the individual consumer directly depends on the provided products and services. In …
Webinar on Sustainable Agriculture Against Climate Change – Roadmap for COP27
On Monday, 7th of March, SEKEM invites for on Online Seminar on Sustainable Agriculture Against Climate Change – Roadmap for COP27. The international climate change conference 2022 will be held in …
Textile Companies Receive Economy of Love-Certfication
Recently, two new companies have been certified with the Economy of Love (EoL) standard: SEKEM’s textile company NatureTex and one of SEKEM’s partners, the Swedish textile brand OGLAND. OGLAND produces …