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 …
Hand in Hand Against Climate Change
This year, the Hand in Hand Fund (supported by Deutsche Umwelthilfe e. V. and Rapunzel Naturkost GmbH) continues to support two SEKEM projects: planting 4200 trees and recycling date seeds. …
Hand In Hand for a Sustainable Community
How can fig jam help fostering sustainable development, for instance? Rapunzel Naturkost, a leading organic food producer in Europe and a long-standing SEKEM partner, funds two of SEKEMs social and …
Facing Climate Change: Projects by SEKEMs Carbon Footprint Center
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. …
The SEKEM Friends Austria Planting Trees in the Desert
The SEKEM Friends Association Austria is again supporting a better climate in Egypt by planting trees in the desert. Friedl and Hermann Becke share their experiences. Visiting the SEKEM Farm near Minya, reminded …
Egyptian Trees for “Active Climate Protection” in Europe
Greening the desert in a sustainable way is one of the main challenges that Egypt is facing and highly important in regards to the food security of 90 million Egyptians. …