Together for a Forest in the Desert
Greening the Desert is not an empty advertising slogan in SEKEM-Wahat, located over 350 km southwest of Cairo, but a daily lived reality. The local community works in the scorching …
Year of Biodiversity
Contribution to rich and resilient biodiversity in Egypt is the main focus of SEKEM activities in the year 2022. Knowing that land change is the leading reason for biodiversity loss, …
Many New Highlights in the Desert: Wahat Update #13
On our desert farm in Wahat El-Bahareyya, we are currently reclaiming several hundreds of hectares of desert land through sustainable agriculture and supported by a crowdfunding campaign. Here is the latest update. …
Unbelievable: More than 84% Achieved for Greening the Desert
On our desert farm in Wahat El-Bahareyya, we are currently reclaiming 63 hectares of desert land through sustainable agriculture and supported by a crowdfunding campaign. Here is the latest update. …
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. …
SEKEM Staff on a Journey to Inner Mongolia
Rolling grasslands dotted with horseback riders inhabiting tent villages, and at the same time vast, sand-filled deserts, steep dunes, and even camels crisscrossing the vast expanses as part of long caravans: Inner Mongolia not only boasts fascinating landscapes, …
The Power of the Sun – New Solarpump in El Wahat El Bahareya
The power of the Egyptian sun made it possible for SEKEM to recently replace the power of a diesel generator on SEKEMs farm in the oasis Wahat Al Bahareya with …