Seychelles - Blog Posts

I drew Seychelles from hetalia, I don't like how light they made her in the past. I'm glad they made her darker recently ( ·ิϖ·ิ) !!

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I loved drawing the ribbons in her hair

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This is a kind of old drawing but is still recent

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happy seychellois day to all my seychellois people who are in a country that is also an island in the ocean !!

happy independence 🇸🇨 🇸🇨

A Paradise Drowning in Trash 

This past semester I got to be part of the ETH transdisciplinary case study, investigating solid waste management on the island of Seychelles. This small island developing state is facing an immense challenge with its trash: almost exclusively relying on landfilling the island is literally filling up. Filling up - in trash. Further, current landfills are absolutely ill-equipped for the amount and types of material deposited; there is currently no capacity for leachate treatment. With various kinds of hazardous materials such as chemical residues, pharmaceutical products, asbestos etc. entering the landfill, the lack of proper lining at Providence I (one of the two main landfills) represents an incredible risk for groundwater contamination.  More info @http://www.tdlab.usys.ethz.ch/teaching/tdcs/former/cs2018.html