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Category: Societal Life

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Call for Crowdfunding: Sustainable Building in the Desert

Climate change is hitting, Egypt’s population is growing rapidly and the demand for housing is increasing. We want to continue our development and implementation of construction methods and techniques that …

Cultural Life / Societal Life

The Sexual Harassment Free Campus of Heliopolis University

Sexual harassment is a serious problem in Egypt. It is difficult to determine the current percentage of women who have experienced sexual harassment due to underreporting and cultural factors that …

Cultural Life / Societal Life

Herbst-Event in Köln: From Egypt with Love

In Kooperation mit dem Freien Bildungswerk Rheinland sowie dem Weltladen Köln veranstalten die SEKEM Freunde Deutschland im Herbst einen Nachmittag zum Mitmachen und Informieren: Wissen und Spaß rund um globale …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Societal Life

SEKEM Day 2023: Organic Agriculture as Climate Saver – 17th of June in Germany

Climate protection: YES, it’s possible — in Stuttgart as well as in Egypt! The climate crisis affects us all and we are all wondering how we can reduce our CO2 …

Cultural Life / People in SEKEM / SEKEM Insight / Societal Life

Connecting East and West – with Art!

Inviting interested people, artists or participants from former courses and projects to SEKEM and to experience life here in Egypt artistically together was a long-cherished wish of Art Instructor and …

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Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Education / People in SEKEM / Societal Life

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 …

Cultural Life / Societal Life

Podcast Episode with Dr. Cassandra Quave and Helmy Abouleish

Ethnobotanist Dr. Cassandra Quave and Helmy Abouleish discuss Biodynamic Agriculture and Sustainable Development in a „Foodie Pharmocology“ podcast episode – Take a break and listen or watch 45 inspiring and informative …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Societal Life

Greening the Desert Project: What’s New?

New exciting things are happening every day at our SEKEM Wahat farm. In this article we collected just several highlights of the projects that are going on there at the …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Education / People in SEKEM / Societal Life

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
Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Ecology / People in SEKEM / Societal Life

Angela Hofmann: Saving the Bees Project

Angela Hofmann: Saving the Bees Project   In 2007 Angela Hofmann under SEKEM Initiative and alongside SVG8 launched her first beekeeping project focused on protection and spread of honey bees …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Societal Life

Impressions of the SIF for Young Leaders

Imagine waking up in the morning while the sun gently flows through the little window, behind the curtain is a view that any passionate painter would appreciate and love to …

Societal Life

New virtual platform and for connecting companies with entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean

The Switchers Open Eco-Innovation: A new virtual platform and manual for connecting companies with entrepreneurs in the Mediterranean The Switchers Open Eco-Innovation Platform, the new virtual place for enabling connections …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 Report2021
Cultural Life / Ecology / Economy / Societal Life

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 …

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