Alexander Heaton’s Nepal
Recycled Art Project
“One of the first phases of my project will be to work with local Sherpa people to make valuable art pieces out of waste tin cans. I plan to help them create pieces they can then sell to tourist trekkers and mountaineers. This will benefit the community in three ways.
Removal and re-purposing of waste which would otherwise end up in pits in the valley, polluting the soil and many rivers of the Khumbu region.
Value created out valueless material through sales of up-cycled artworks which generates much needed revenue to help the local economy.
Revenue generated through sales of these sculptures and paintings will support and grow the Sagarmatha Next project and facility, whose aim is to create a legacy of reduction, and eventually zero impact of pollution in the Everest region.
In addition to this I will be collaborating with local artists and children from the Edmund Hillary School to inspire and teach new ways to transform waste into things of beauty and worth.”
Dhaulagiri by Alexander Heaton