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A film about Social Threefolding

This documentary is an attempt to derive the necessity of the three areas of Rudolf Steiner's Threefolding through individualisation, globalisation and industrialisation

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Second newsletter of the Swiss Threefolding Movement published in October

The current issue of the newsletter Dreigliederung Schweiz - Bewegung für soziale Erneuerung (Threefolding Switzerland - Movement for Social Renewal) appears with a colourful cover. The magazine is aimed at members of the movement and all interested readers.

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HAYEK: A COLLABORATIVE BIOGRAPHY

Triple Governance: Hayek's Lost Thesis

In 2010 Arthur Edwards passed an invitation from the Mont Pelerin Society to Dr. Christopher Houghton Budd to write a paper on Friedrich von Hayek, Winston Churchill and Rudolf Steiner. This is now published as 'Triple Governance: Hayek’s Lost Thesis' in the book 'Hayek: A Collaborative Biography' (Palgrave Macmillan 2018).
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Graduation Ceremony 2018 at Heliopolis University

At the same time that Heliopolis University (HU) is launching two new faculties and receiving new students, the six-year-old educational entity bid farewell to its third batch of graduates. Around 150 graduates are now going to start a new phase in their life, aspiring to become the ambassadors of sustainable development.

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Ownership-Conference

Ownership Conference: Steward-Owned Companies

Do wee need a new form of ownership to tranform capitalism? What is steward-ownership and might this be the solution? The  Ownership Conference, 30-31 October 2018, Berlin will bring together “steward-owned” companies and entrepreneurs looking for solutions to succession and long-term oriented ownership.
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Awakening to Global Book-keeping

Awakening to Global Book-keeping

In our time, money and bookkeeping are coming together to form an organ of perception for economic life. It is now time to give conscious expression to this organ so that it can allow me to perceive more than my own point of view, to grow beyond myself and thus to cross the threshold that separates “me” from the others and from the world.

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Graduation Ceremony 2018 at Heliopolis University

Graduation Ceremony 2018 at Heliopolis University

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At Ibrahim Aboueleish theatre the HU students celebrated graduation, ©Heliopolis University

In their elegant gowns, the Heliopolis University graduates gracefully entered the Ibrahim Abouleish Theater accompanied by loving smiles and claps of their family members and friends – a long-awaited day to celebrate their achievement with a remarkable end of a successful chapter in their lives. Helmy Abouleish, SEKEM’s CEO and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Heliopolis University inaugurated the ceremony by a warm speech: “We are happy and proud of you. We believe that we send you into the world as champions, who will contribute to a better future for Egypt by realizing human development and giving back to the community. That has been always our aim at Heliopolis University.”

Celebrating success

Congratulations to this step were also deeply expressed by the President of the Heliopolis University, Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousri Hashem. He advised the graduates to keep the vision of sustainable development in their minds, in order to tackle challenges and induce a real change. Besides, Prof. Dr. Abdel Hamid El Zoheiry, the former president of Heliopolis University attended the ceremony and praised the graduates. Heartfelt speeches were also given by the Deans of the three faculties: Prof. Dr. Rasha El-Kholy, the Dean of Engineering, Prof. Dr. Gouda Kamel, Dean of Pharmacy and Drug Technology, and Dr. Omar Ramzy the Acting Dean of the Business and Economics Faculty.

Tears of Happiness

The former Heliopolis University students stepped to the stage one-by-one to receive their graduation certificates, while their parents’ shed some tears of happiness. Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yousri Hashem concluded the celebration by declaring love and gratitude to the HU-founder Ibrahim Abouleish. “This year we succeeded to launch the two new faculties of Organic Agriculture and Physical Therapy. Now we have five faculties that serve students from all over the world. But still there is a long way to go,” said the Heliopolis University President. “It has been the wish of Dr. Ibrahim Abouleish to establish more faculties, to cover all life aspects and to entrust many more to take over the mission of sustainable development, as you will already do now.”

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