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Sara El-Sayed

Sara El-Sayed

PhD Student, Sustainability, School of Sustainability

sara.elsayed@asu.edu

School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
PO Box 875502
Tempe, AZ 85287-5502

Titles

  • PhD Student, Sustainability, School of Sustainability

Biography

Sara is co-founder of Nawaya a social enterprise working as a catalyst to transition small scale farmer communities in Egypt into more sustainable ones through education and research. As well as being a co-founder of Dayma a LLC responsible for outdoor Environmental Education, teaching young adults about Biomimicry and local Egyptian communities. She is a partner in a company working on low tech irrigation solutions for homes and gardens, called Clayola. She is an avid traveler and enjoys tasting foods, cooking and interacting with people through food experiences. Sara is on the board of Slow Food, an international movement that started in Italy aiming to safeguard local food cultures and traditions and does so by promoting Good, Clean and Fair food for all.

Research Assistant Experience

  • Researcher at Biomimicry Center

Spoken Languages:
Arabic (native), Italian (fluent), French (elementary)

Education

  • MS, Biomimicry, Arizona State University, 2016
  • Certified Biomimicry Professional, Biomimicry 3.8, 2013
  • BA, Anthropology (sociology minor), American University in Cairo, 2002
  • BS, Biology (chemistry minor), American University in Cairo, 2002

Expertise

External Links

Journal Articles

2019

Gheitarani, N., S. El-Sayed, S. Cloutier, M. Budruk, L. V. Gibbons and M. Khanian. 2019. Investigating the mechanism of place and community impact on quality of life of rural-urban migrants. International Journal of Community Well-Being 3:21-38. DOI: 10.1007/s42413-019-00052-8. (link )

2017

Pozzi, S. and S. El-Sayed. 2017. Where is our Balady food?. Cairo Papers in Social Science 34(4):.

Presentations

2020

Fehler, M. and S. El-Sayed. 2020. Unlocking nature's secrets: A nature-based tool for sustainable visual communication design. Presentation at the Environmental Design Research Association EDRA51, April 2020, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

2019

El-Sayed, S. 2019. Mimicking nature's relationships. Presentation at the Science of Non-Duality SAND, October 2019, San Diego, CA.

2013

El-Sayed, S. 2013. Biomimicry: Tuning into nature. Presentation at the TED Talk, (link )

Pod Casts

2019

El-Sayed, S. Sara El-Sayed on Low-Tech Irrigation. Podcast audio. (link )

El-Sayed, S. Why Travel Egypt to Document the Food Heritage? Interview with Sara El-Sayed (Arabic). Podcast audio. (link )

Blog Posts

2018

El-Sayed, S. 2018. Food for thought at Slow Food Nations [Blog Post]. Retrieved from link

Recipient, COOR Scholarship for Community Engagement, 2020

Recipient, MAXQDA "#ResearchforChange" Grant, 2020

Recipient, Neely Foundation Food and Agriculture Sustainability Research Grant, Arizona State University, 2019