The SEKEM Development Foundation (SDF), Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU) and Centre for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) are organising a summer school : ‘Intercultural Dialogue for a Sustainable Future’ from …
“My mother, rest her soul in peace, was a leading character in my life and my role model; she was a hard worker yet always found the time for community …
Ine Looijmans and Carla Renders lead a Bamboo flute project at SEKEM School in April. Ine Looijmans visted SEKEM already for the fifth time and worked with the school students …
On Thursday the 18th of April, in the golden field, in sunny Egypt, SEKEM’s colleagues and friends got together with Heliopolis University Students to reap the harvest they have sown …
The SEKEM Shop now offers carbon credits by which you can reduce your own footprint and at the same time support the Greening the Desert Campaign. The returns from the …
The first half is already done: since March, SEKEM has been able to raise more than 190 000 Euros for its currently running Greening the Desert project in Wahat El-Bahareya, …
The 49 year old Ahmed Salah Abdel-Halim spent 24 years, nearly half of his life, working in SEKEM as a teacher – although he started his career life unknowing what …
Recently, Heliopolis University (HU) was honoured by a visit from Dr. Michael Braungart, innovator in the field of sustainable development and co-founder of the concept of Cradle to Cradle (C2C). …
On the 8th of April, Prof. Dr. Evert Du Marchie van Voorthuysen, a Dutch expert from the renewable energy sector, gave a lecture at Heliopolis University (HU) on the contribution …
SEKEM invites you to the second phase of Let’s Seed the Future event, next Thursday April 18 on SEKEM’s main farm. We want to harvest the wheat we planted last …
The disposal or organized reuse of waste, especially plastic, is a particularly challenging problem in Egypt. Only about 60 percent of the waste is collected and less than 3 percent …
About 40 participants from Organic agriculture institutions from Southern, Eastern, Western and Northern Africa and supporters from Europe recently got together on SEKEM Farm for 3 days in order to …
Now the second phase of the EU funded project InnoEgypt begins where 40 out of 150 startups receive full incubation support, including technical, legal and business consultancy, in addition to …
Just before Easter, the SEKEM Shop offers new home textiles made of 100% Organic linen! With the table runners, placemats and napkins in four colors you easily design a colorful …
Last January 2018, Juan Bottero, Coordinator of the Social Initiative Forum, interviewed SEKEM Chief Relations Officer Thomas Abouleish on how SEKEM changed the cultural landscape of Egypt for over 40 …
On a sunny day, SEKEM celebrated the 2019 Spring Festival, the commemoration of the birthday of Ibrahim Abouleish, founder of SEKEM. This year SEKEM especially dedicated the annual festival to …
It’s important to take a moment to evaluate where we’ve been, where we stand, and where we want to be in the subject of gender equality which is an issue …
SEKEM community recently enjoyed the music of two classical musicians from the Netherlands. Supported by the Dutch SEKEM Friends Association, Astrid Abas and Dorien Verheijden visited SEKEM in early March. …
It was always Ibrahim Abouleish’s wish to pass on knowledge and experience to others, to let them try out themselves and even improve it. In this spirit SEKEM started the …
The 31 year old Doaa is proud to be the youngest manager in iSiS Organic, SEKEMs company for Organic food and beverages. The regional export manager started her journey with …
