At the beginning of this year the United Nations published the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), whereby the sustainable development on the levels of economic, societal and ecologic should be ensured until …
In August 2016, the SEKEM Initiative organized for the first time a combined summer choir project for adults and children from the SEKEM School, Heliopolis University and SEKEM companies. Various …
Genetically modified organisms (GMO) are even 20 years after the commercial launch a controversial issue. The plants’ seeds are modified by genetic engineering in order to promote their beneficial properties, …
In the SEKEMs sustainable approach education plays a crucial role. By a holistic education young people are empowered to improve their living conditions and develop awareness of the benefits of …
The SEKEM Friends Association from Germany supports together with the city Stuttgart an art and culture project of the Freie Hochschule (independent academy) Stuttgart. In this context, 17 students visited …
In cooperation with the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), SEKEM Energy organized a conference held at Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) under the title: “Paving Ways Together for Solar Thermal …
By 2025, world population is expected to reach 7.9 billion of people, but due to the climate change, United Nations projects 2.7 billion of them will face severe water shortages. …
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 …
A “SEKEM Day” was organized by the SEKEM Friends Association Germany for their members and other interested parties to get to know news about SEKEM and to exchange ideas. Dr. Roland …
Dr. Alaa Miklid works in SEKEM for only one year but he already internalized the vision of the initiative deeply internalized. “SEKEM has inspired me from the first moment. …
After 30 days of fasting about 1.6 milliard of Muslims all over the world are again eating as usual during day and night time. And so they do in Egypt: Candy …
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the Trans4m Center launches a new website. The website shall act as a “virtual home” for the continuously growing community. Trans4m is committed to …
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 …
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 …
Initiated by the Dutch SEKEM Friends Association, Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) funded travel and organizational costs for 30 teachers, who travelled to Egypt to support the Heliopolis University (HU) and SEKEM. …
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 …
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 …
“…creating land where mankind is living together in social forms reflecting human dignity.” “We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” A quote by the anthropologist Margaret Mead …
“…creating a place where every human being can unfold his or her individual potential” The right awareness about the fact that fertile land and agriculture are feeding us and that …
Combating desertification by holistic Biodynamic agriculture. Egypt is known as one of the oldest agricultural civilizations on earth. Thousands of years ago, the annual flooding of the Nile left a …
