More Social Entrepreneurship for Egypt
On Sunday, the 6th of November, SEKEM opens its new Entrepreneurship Centre for Social Impact at the Heliopolis University of Sustainable Development (HU). The Social Entrepreneurship Center aims to be …
Promoting Alternative Energies: New Solar Station for SEKEMs Medical Center
In October 2016, SEKEM and Heliopolis University (HU) held a huge event on SEKEM Farm, where the first solar thermal power plant of its kind in Egypt was constructed. The …
First Place for Lebensbaum
In September the company Lebensbaum was awarded for its Sustainability Report. The Institute for Ecological Economy Research and the association “future – Verantwortung Unternehmen” which analyzed the sustainability reports of …
Bread of the Desert: Dates from Egypt
Late summer in Egypt means time for dates. Throughout the whole country, palm trees are hanging full of red and yellow panicles. At every street corner merchants sell the still …
People in SEKEM: Zarifa Kamal
With a beautiful smile, just like the meaning of her name implies, Zarifa says: “Smiling can defeat problems and worries. To move forward, you should give your back to sorrows …
Sweets from SEKEM for the Advent Season
Slowly the shelves start to be filled with countless Christmas treats. Also SEKEM contributes something that is not only sweet and delicious but also healthy: The SEKEM Advent Calendar is …
People in SEKEM: Sobhy Al-Saadany
Along his career, he passed through ups and downs, hopes and challenges, but there was always something enlightening his way – the belief in his potential. Sobhy Al-Saadany started to …
A Motivating Farewell for the First Graduates of Heliopolis University
With a competitive and motivating spirit, the first students of Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) were bidding farewell to their university life, by presenting their graduation projects. The Business …
SEKEMs Board of Directors: This is Christophe Floride
There is a picture on the wall of Christophe Floride’s office showing two women packaging teabags at a rather primitive machine. There are old pictures in many buildings on the …
Communication and Leadership Skills Training for SEKEM Co-Workers
As a follow up on trainings with female workers from the two SEKEM companies ISIS Organic and NatureTex in 2015 in the context of the project “Empowering Women for a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
People in SEKEM: Walaa Mohamed
Although she seems to be in her early twenties, something serious and certain lies in her lovely smile. Walaa Mohamed, a young employee working at NatureTex, SEKEMs company for Organic textiles, …
An Impressive Company Model: Austrian Minister of Environment Visits SEKEM
After the Austrian Ambassador Dr. Georg Stillfried visited SEKEMs Spring Festival a few weeks ago, recently also the Austrian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Andrä Rupprechter, travelled …
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 …
Two SEKEM Farmers Telling of Responsibility, Opportunities and Challenges of Agriculture in Egypt
In Fayoum, the SEKEM Initiative is working together with 16 contracted farmers, who grow mainly herbs according to Biodynamic guidelines. Mahmoud and Ahmed are working with SEKEM since more than …
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, …