People in SEKEM: Ola Hussein
Ola Hussein has been working in SEKEM for more than 15 years. Her husband joined the initiative 9 years ago and her children would like to stay in SEKEMs nursery – even on Fridays, if they …
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Self-Assessment Tool for the Sustainable Business Practice of a Company
The interest in sustainable business practice among companies is growing worldwide. Egyptian ventures, too, increasingly begin to report and evaluate their efforts in becoming more sustainable. Based on the existing Sustainability Flower framework …
Where Harmony Lives: Friedgard and Rudolf Gleissner in SEKEM
“We are all different from each other – just like the different notes in a composition. But when they sound together in the proper way, they will create a wonderful symphony”, Dr. …
Celebrating 38 Years of Sustainable Development
Friends, partners and guests from all over the world came to SEKEM on October 29 to celebrate the initiative’s 38th anniversary. Young and old, people from east and west, farmers …
In the Spirit of SEKEM: Austrian SEKEM Friends Support Afghan Refugees
It has always been a guiding idea of SEKEM to support disadvantaged people through material and human assistance so that they can as soon as possible stand on their own feet again. …
The Responsibility to Change the Way Humans Live on Earth: SEKEM at COP 12
Maximilian Abouleish-Boes, Chief Sustainable Development Officer at SEKEM recently represented SEKEM at COP 12 in Ankara, a high profile event regarding desertification. For SEKEM Insight he wrote about his experiences …
SEKEM at Cradle to Cradle Congress 2015: For a Positive Footprint
Helmy Abouleish is going to attend for SEKEM Cradle to Cradle Congress in Lüneburg, Germany. “Rethinking for a Positive Footprint” – this is one motto the second international Cradle to Cradle …
COP 12: The World is Discussing Desertification
Ten days long a huge number of decision makers from 195 states will discuss solutions related to desertification, land degradation and drought in Ankara during the Twelfth Session of the …
Series of Events about SEKEM initiative
In April 2015 Eberhard Proissl, who supports SEKEMs partner Oikocredit on a voluntary basis, visited SEKEM. After his stay in Egypt he was so impressed by the initiative’s work and activities …
Vocational Training Centre Inaugurates New Workshop for Agricultural Machinery
The regular maintenance of machinery and tools, especially in the rural areas that surround SEKEM, has always been a major challenge in Egypt. Often, the necessary technical skills for maintenance and …
“SEKEM Symphonie” published: new revised edition of “SEKEM Vision”
“Die SEKEM-Symphonie“: This is the new name of Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish’s autobiography. The edition is widely extended and contains a lot of updates. “Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish summarized SEKEMs development at …
New Film Portrays the Work of SEKEM Austria
Filmmaker Roman Pachernegg and the artist Jasmine Wagner spent the last six month with the SEKEM Friends Association in Austria shooting a feature film about its work. The film covers the various areas of activity of SEKEM Austria in …
Higher Incomes, Guaranteed Markets, Better Work Opportunities: Oikocredit Publishes Impact Study on SEKEM
SEKEMs partner, the Dutch financing organisation Oikocredit, has just published an Impact Evaluation Study on SEKEMs work with contract farmers, which does not only show the benefits of SEKEMs approach, but will …
Students from Heliopolis University Take Part in Exchange Programme with Austria
Following a meeting of Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish with representatives of the Austrian SEKEM friends association and the mayor of Graz, Siegfried Nagl, two internship slots could be created that allows …
People in SEKEM: Mohammed Sayyid Mansour
For more than 25 years, Mohammed has dedicated his working life to SEKEM. He remembers how it all began. “When I started working for SEKEM I used to walk to the farm. …
Preparing Children for the Challenges of the Future
For more than 30 years, SEKEM has been recognizing the importance of education as a foundation for all development. While everyone needs housing, food, and has a right to basic sources of …
“SEKEM has everything that the great utopias of mankind are pathetically proclaiming!”
An Interview with Rupert Neudeck Almost at the same time when Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish began creating his “miracle in the desert” by founding SEKEM, Rupert Neudeck set out to launch his venture at the other …
A society with two wings – SEKEM celebrates Equality
On the 13th of September SEKEM launched its Gender Strategy for a Balanced Society in an official event with a lot of high profile guests and emotional speeches. When entering …
SwitchMed Connect: SEKEM Joins the First Eco and Social Innovations Gathering in the Mediterranean
SwitchMed Connect 2015, October 29-30 in Barcelona, is the first annual gathering of more than 300 stakeholders from Mediterranean countries to build synergies, exchange knowledge, and scale up eco and social …
Event: Celebrating Equality – SEKEM launches its Gender Strategy
Since the very beginning, SEKEM (and all its institutions) is focussing on gender equality and diversity. Still, in 2015 SEKEM started to formulate a dedicated strategy within the project to empower women …