The vision
A future designed
to come full circle.
Seychelles can become a living example of how an island economy keeps resources in use, grows local opportunity and protects what makes it extraordinary.
One place.
Connected systems.
Marine resources, food, soil, energy and materials belong in the same conversation.
Derek’s vision has developed from local food and farmer partnerships into the Seychelles Circular Island Showcase: a proposed programme of connected commercial projects, each with its own evidence, responsibilities and route to market.
The intention is to build a practical model with Seychelles’ public institutions, industry and communities. The programme seeks collaboration; it is not presented as an already approved national mandate.
Imagining the connections
Many possibilities.
One living system.
An illustration of how resource recovery, productive land and island life could belong to the same circular vision.
Principles for the whole system
Connected by design.
Grounded in place.
The ambition is not simply to add more technology. It is to build useful enterprises around Seychelles’ resources, needs and people.
Make room for local ownership.
Design participation with farmers, small businesses, communities and public institutions. Skills, operating roles and local enterprise belong in the project plan from the beginning—not only in a statement about its benefits.
Choose what the evidence supports.
Compare suitable technologies against local resources, operating conditions and customer needs. A supplier’s promise is a starting point for evaluation, not proof of performance in Seychelles.
Do not move the problem elsewhere.
Recovering a material should not create an unmanaged burden in water, energy, emissions or residual disposal. Examine the whole process, measure results and improve before scaling.
These are proposed development principles. Their value will be demonstrated through project decisions and measured outcomes.
See how progress would be earnedDevelopment framework · September 2026 source plan
The programme in brief
A circular future for Seychelles.
The place, the opportunity and the next practical step—explained in three calm chapters.
Explore the programmeAn illustrated development vision. Projects shown are proposed or in development.
All seven visual storiesA 24-second introduction to the place, the resource opportunity and the work required to build credible projects. Three spacious chapters lead from Seychelles to the next practical step. Choose play to begin this silent visual story.
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Read the complete story
- A place worth protecting. Seychelles is the setting for a proposed programme connecting resource recovery, local food and productive enterprise.
- Resources with another use. The first flagship would recover useful meal and oil from suitable fish-processing residues. Further food, soil, energy and material projects would be evaluated separately.
- The next practical step. The ambition becomes credible through measured resources, suitable sites, tested processes and real buyer requirements—not through assumed connections between unbuilt projects.
What success should mean
Measure the change
that matters.
Environmental and social outcomes need a baseline and a transparent method. These are the outcomes we intend to measure—not achievements we claim today.
- 01
Resources kept in use
Verified input streams, recovery rates, safe outputs and appropriate disposal of residuals.
- 02
Local economic participation
Farmer participation, skills, durable work and viable local supply relationships.
- 03
Resilience in food and energy
Reliable local production, resource efficiency and properly measured import substitution.
An invitation to collaborate
A shared vision needs
many perspectives.
We welcome discussions with public institutions, communities, technical specialists and commercial partners.