Medizinische Sekon am Goetheanum Freie Hochschule für Geisteswissenscha Dornach / Schweiz

Sustainable health – the SEKEM Iniave

Michaela Glöckler, MD Ibrahim Abouleish, chemist, founded SEKEM in 1977

SEKEM means according to an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph «Vitality from the sun» The SEKEM farm

is located in Egypt, about 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo and 9 kilometers east of Bilbes - in the desert. © www.sekem.com © www.sekem.com © www.sekem.com Every morning before work

all employees stay in a circle to celebrate the begin of the day together.

© www.sekem.com The institutions of education and health care of the SEKEM group

⧫ Waldorf Kindergarten ⧫ Waldorf School include a primary, preparatory, and secondary school ⧫ School with special education program ⧫ Vocational Training Center Mechanics, Plumbing, Ready made garment, Carpentry Agriculture machinery mechanics, General administraon Electronic technology ⧫ Medical Center ⧫ Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development with the Faculties of Pharmacy, Engineering, Business © www.sekem.com Heliopolis University

© www.hu.edu.eg The economic sectors of the SEKEM group

⧫ fruit and vegetable cultivation in biodynamic quality ⧫ cotton production according to Demeter guidelines, picked by hand. Abouleish enforced the Egyptian government to dispense the use of chemical pesticides by air planes. ⧫ agriculture with animal husbandry cows, sheeps, bees, pigeons, donkeys ⧫ food processing ⧫ textile manufacturing ⧫ herbal remedies production © www.sekem.com Activities of art and culture support living, learning und working

© www.sekem.com © www.sekem.com SEKEM – an initiative of cultural therapy

A role model in many African countries, Right Livelihood Award 2003, Business for Peace Award 2012 and more prices.

Heliopolis, the Art, meeting and SEKEM University. learning.

The kids of the fellahin Desert was transformed into visit the Waldorf- a fruitful landscape, cotton kindergarten and –school. industry and agriculture, herbal medicinal products The integrative System of Anthroposophic Medicine

Thinking as an spiritual experience and threefoldness of the social organism

primary prevention anthroposophic through self education, psychotherapy, meditation and the counselling, art holistic education in therapy, eurythmy Waldorf nursery, therapie Kindergarten, schools

homöopathy, conventional natural remedies, medicine anthroposophica Conclusion

The social question is an educational question. - The educational question decides on the concept of sustainable individual and social health. Further literature

Ronnie Lessem, Ibrahim Abouleish, Marko Pogacnik, Louis Herman: Integral Polity: Integrating Nature, Culture, Society and Economy (Transformation and Innovation). Routledge, USA 2016

Ibrahim Abouleish: Die SEKEM-Symphonie: Nachhaltige Entwicklung für Ägypten in weltweiter Vernetzung. Info3 Verlag, Frankfurt 2015

Michaela Glöckler, Matthias Girke, Harald Matthes: Anthroposophische Medizin und ihr integratives Paradigma. In: Anthroposophie in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin 2011

Rudolf Steiner, Ita Wegman: Extending Practical Medicine. Fundamental Principles based on the Science of the Spirit. Rudolf Steiner Press, London 1996

Rudolf Steiner, Ita Wegman: Grundlegendes für eine Erweiterung der Heilkunst nach geisteswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen. Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach 1991

Matthias Girke: Internal Medicine. Foundations and therapeutic concepts of Anthroposophic Medicine. 2nd ed. Salumed Verlag, Berlin 2016

Georg Soldner: Individual Paediatrics: Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Diagnosis and Counseling - Anthroposophic- homeopathic Therapy. 4th ed. CRC Press 2016

Bernd Rosslenbroich: On the Origin of Autonomy. A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution. Springer, Heidelberg, New York 2014

Vademecum. Englisch. 1. ed.PDF/CD 2009