|
|
|
Dear reader,
|
we've collected some stories about SEKEM, its companies, network and activities for you. We wish you an interesting read.
|
|
Your SEKEM Public Relations Department - February, 2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In the past year, SEKEM initiative celebrated its 40th anniversary. On the former desert land, where today SEKEM Community is living, learning and working, there had been human life already millions of years ago. This is testified by findings of Dr. Wolfgang Schad that he first discovered in 2004. The German evolutionary biologist found stones studded by prehistoric men on …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When walking on the SEKEM Farm during these days, you might recognize many beautiful sunflowers – although it is not summer, the season in which the flowers usually bloom. The question comes up, who planted these gorgeous flowers and whether one could collect a bunch to take home. . . You will easily find out that Ismail Elsayed is in …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Austrian SEKEM Friends Association arranged in cooperation with the association “Arche Guntrams” an internship for a student of the Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development (HU). Karim Mokhtar Elwakad, student at the business faculty of HU, spent two months with “Arche-Guntrams” …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Since many years, an agricultural training is offered at SEKEMs Vocational Training Center (VTC). Of course, Biodynamic farming is practised, but due to state regulations it was difficult to offer neither an appropriate curriculum, nor did the study materials exist. The Vriendenkring SEKEM (the Dutch association of SEKEM Friends) is supporting SEKEM now in establishing a true Biodynamic agricultural training …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
When it comes to starting up a brand, it is of high importance to find a name and slogan, which is not only catchy, but also conveys a meaningful message. That was exemplarily done by the Swiss fashion label “la marui”, a committed partner of NatureTex, SEKEMs Company for Organic cotton garments …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Last week in 2017 was full of various events, sponsored by the Space of Culture. That was before a one-month-break taken by the Heliopolis University, in order to get ready for the semester final examinations. Soon, the Space of Culture will resume its activities by welcoming the spring semester. Here are the latest highlights of the Space of Culture in …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water is a fundamental element for life. Certainly, having access to clean water sources is a human right. By 2025, 1.8 billion people around the world are expected to live in absolute water scarcity. Not only the climate change stands behind the rise of such challenge, also irrational consumption of the available water resources and shortage of sustainable techniques are …
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
We hope you like our monthly newsletter and would like to invite you to share it with your friends and network.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SEKEM Head Office
3 Cairo Belbes Desert Road
P.O.Box 2834 El Horreya, Heliopolis
Cairo, Egypt
Tel.: 0020 2 265 88 124
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sekem.com
News: www.sekem.com/en/news/
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
