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At the beginning of November, members of the Executive Board of the German SEKEM Friends Association, the SEKEM Foundation and the State Ministry of the German state Baden-Württemberg visited SEKEM. Dr. …
“An ambitious global transformation program that opens up perspectives for a better life for millions of people”, said German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. …
12 years ago, Dietmar Kreuer founded SEKEM Reisen (SEKEM Travel) with the aim to offer tourists the opportunity to experience the sustainable and holistic approach of SEKEM by themselves. With …
Dr. Michael Succow has worked for the protection of nature around the world for decades. In 1997, he was awarded with the Alternative Nobel Prize for his work. With SEKEM …
A few days before launching SEKEMs new Entrepreneurship Center for Social Impact (ECSI), Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) organized a logo-design competition between its students. At the launching event, …
In the middle of the nature at the SEKEM Farm, SEKEM children can now enjoy playing and practice climbing. Two swings, a balancing beam, a two-storey tree house and several …
In October an impressive circus performance took place at the SEKEM Farm. In the roman theater, Rosalie Schneiter and Aurelia Eidenberger showed artistic stunts on a slack line and a …
“SEKEM truly has a unique way of pulling all its varying parts into one overall body”, says Archie Pearson. The young Englishman is one of nine members of Oikocredit that …
“Despite ecological challenges and economical obstacles, we achieved ongoing development and progress – SEKEM is not only celebrating the past 39 years of success, but we also look to 2017 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
In the framework of achieving gender equality by empowering women, representatives of NGO’s and companies from Upper Egypt were invited by UN Women to visit SEKEM. SEKEMs Gender Strategy that …
Recently, the World Future Council (WFC) launched its 2016 Annual Report. Through this report, the organization provides insights to its work over the past year in spreading policy solutions within …
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 …
The German actor and environmental activist Hannes Jaenicke recently visited SEKEM. In an interview with SEKEM News he tells about his new project with the initiative, about the benefits of …
After the Farmer-to-Farmer-Program, SEKEM is fostering for the second time a developmental USAID-funded project: “Forsa”, which means “opportunity” in Arabic. In the first project phase, 30 male refugees, who fled …
In August 2016, almost 100 of SEKEMs contracted farmers came from all over Egypt to attend a conference on sustainable agriculture organized by the Egyptian Bio-Dynamic Assosciation (EBDA). Within the …
In summer 2016, two groups of about 40 students from the Upper Egyptian town El Minia visited the SEKEM Farm. The stay is part of their studies as leaders in …
