On a Butterfly's Wing
Lessons From Nature on Embracing Change
On a Butterfly's Wing
Lessons From Nature on Embracing Change
Synopsis
On a Butterfly’s Wing is a celebration of life and a tribute to our constant process of transformation.
It is also a call for action for the protection of butterflies, offering positive suggestions on how we can team up with pollinators to help each other create a better world for both.
Fusing science, art, philosophy and conservation, it relates the story of La Reme, a flightless butterfly who narrates her life experience from egg to death and beyond.
Interwoven with La Reme’s life cycle is the life cycle of Amatxi, a lovely lady who is facing her own death.
Both stories are true, and they intertwine in reflections on our own transformations and on the unique privilege
of being alive.
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A journey of joy and inspiration
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Exploring your role in the web of life
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A celebration of what makes you unique
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A window into the 'advanced technologies' present in these colourful, fluttering beauties
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How to embrace transformation for personal growth
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Understanding how butterflies benefit the planet and for your own well-being.
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Reflections on the extraordinary gift of life
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Ideas on how you can help preserve and restore the joyous kaleidoscope of butterflies in our world
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Marvelling at seemingly fragile creatures crossing continents, mountain ranges, seas and deserts
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The quirky fun of conversing with a butterfly writing her autobiography
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Inspiration to shed that which serves you no more to allow new opportunities to emerge
What this book offers you
What this book offers you
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A journey of joy and inspiration
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Exploring your role in the web of life
-
A celebration of what makes you unique
-
A window into the 'advanced technologies' present in these colourful, fluttering beauties
-
How to embrace transformation for
personal growth -
Understanding how butterflies benefit the planet and for your own well-being.
-
Reflections on the extraordinary gift of life
-
Ideas on how you can help preserve and restore the joyous kaleidoscope of butterflies in our world
-
Marvelling at seemingly fragile creatures crossing continents, mountain ranges, seas and deserts
-
The quirky fun of conversing with a butterfly writing her autobiography
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Inspiration to shed that which serves you no more to allow new opportunities to emerge.
Every so often a book comes along with a sweep and magic that means that you’ll rarely find a copy languishing in a second-hand bookshop because it has
metamorphosed into
a family treasure.
Sir Tim Smit
Founder,
The Eden Project
This exceptional book is an inspiration, a personal guide, and a call to action.
A beautifully illustrated autobiography of a butterfly based on a true story, it spins
a magic that captures hearts and leaves us with hope and
a determination to do better.
For ourselves, for nature and the butterflies.It is a brilliant read for all ages and a philanthropic tool
for rewilding butterflies.
Kris Tompkins
U.N. Environment Patron of Protected Areas, Tompkins Conservation
This is a profoundly
moving book.
Astrid Vargas articulates beautifully how the key to ecological restoration
is the inspiration
of people.
Ben Goldsmith
Founder,
Conservation Collective
With a very original aesthetic,
“On A Butterfly’s Wing“
offers a very sensitive, very deep and very well-documented scientific story. The painted lady will never cease to amaze me, this time too, in the form of this little book which is a real treasure.
Constantí Stefanescu
Lead Researcher, European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Natural History Museum, Granollers, Spain
In what a complicated and wonderful way —so detailed and warmly described in this book—
butterflies live.
La Reme shows us the effort it takes
to change to remain oneself, evident
in butterflies but also necessary
for people.
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Miguel Delibes
World authority in
Conservation Biology,
CSIC, Spain.
Nature
Discover the magic of
being a butterfly
Wisdom
How butterflies inspire and symbolize personal growth
Art
Full of digital collages that
will bring joy to your heart
Regeneration
Find practical ideas to save butterflies from extinction
A fusion of...
Nature
Discover the magic of
being a butterfly
Wisdom
How butterflies inspire and symbolize personal growth
Art
Full of digital collages that will bring joy to your heart
Regeneration
Find practical ideas to save butterflies from extinction
What are People Saying?
Every so often a book
comes along with a sweep and magic that means that you’ll rarely find a copy languishing in a
second-hand bookshop because it has metamorphosed into
a family treasure.
Sir Tim Smit
Founder, The Eden Project
This exceptional book is an inspiration, a personal guide, and a call to action.
A beautifully illustrated autobiography of a butterfly based on a true story, it spins a magic that captures hearts and leaves us with hope and a determination
to do better.
For ourselves, for nature
and the butterflies.
It is a brilliant read for all ages and a philanthropic tool for rewilding butterflies.
Kris Tompkins
U.N. Environment Patron
of Protected Areas,
Tompkins Conservation
In what a complicated
and wonderful way
—so detailed and warmly described in this book— butterflies live. La Reme shows us the effort it takes to change to remain oneself, evident in butterflies but also necessary for people.
Miguel Delibes
World authority in
Conservation Biology,
CSIC, Spain.
With a very
original aesthetic,
“On A Butterfly’s Wing“
offers a very sensitive, very deep and very well-documented scientific story. The painted lady will never cease to amaze me, this time too, in the form of this little book which is a real treasure.
Constantí Stefanescu
Lead Researcher, European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Natural History Museum, Granollers, Spain
This is a profoundly
moving book.
Astrid Vargas articulates beautifully how the key to ecological restoration is the inspiration of people.
Ben Goldsmith
Founder,
Conservation Collective
Every so often a book
comes along with a sweep and magic that means that you’ll rarely find a copy languishing in a second-hand bookshop because it has metamorphosed into
a family treasure.
Sir Tim Smit
Founder,
The Eden Project
This exceptional book is an inspiration, a personal guide, and a call to action.
A beautifully illustrated autobiography of a butterfly based on a true story, it spins a magic that captures hearts and leaves us with hope and a determination to do better.
For ourselves, for nature
and the butterflies. It is a brilliant
read for all ages and a philanthropic
tool for rewilding butterflies.
Kris Tompkins
U.N. Environment Patron
of Protected Areas,
Tompkins Conservation
This is a profoundly
moving book.
Astrid Vargas articulates beautifully how the key to ecological restoration is the inspiration of people.
Ben Goldsmith
Founder,
Conservation Collective
Constantí Stefanescu
With a very original aesthetic,
“On A Butterfly’s Wing“
offers a very sensitive, very deep and very well-documented scientific story.
The painted lady will never cease to amaze me, this time too, in the form of this little book which is a
real treasure.
Lead Researcher, European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Natural History Museum, Granollers, Spain
In what a complicated and wonderful way—so detailed and warmly described in this book—
butterflies live.
La Reme shows us the effort it takes to change to remain oneself, evident in butterflies but also necessary
for people.
Miguel Delibes
World authority in
Conservation Biology,
CSIC, Spain.
The author donates her royalties to Butterfly Conservation Europe
Art 4 Action
As part of a larger landscape restoration initiative in Spain, local schools and municipalities take part in the “Regenerating Butterflies” project, which promotes planting large hedges of aromatic plants arranged in
a butterfly shape to feed the butterflies and other pollinators.
Help the Butterflies
Worldwide butterfly distribution and abundance
has declined by 70% in the last 50 years
-- 80% decline in the UK --
By purchasing this book you help recover butterflies in nature.
The author is donating her royalties from this book to the conservation of butterflies.
Art 4 Action
As part of a larger landscape restoration initiative in Spain, local schools and municipalities take part in the “Regenerating Butterflies” project, which promotes planting large hedges of aromatic plants arranged in a butterfly shape to feed the butterflies and other pollinators.
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It spins a magic that captures hearts and leaves us with hope and
a determination to do better.
For ourselves, for nature
and the butterflies.
Kris Tompkins
U.N. Environment Patron of Protected Areas, Tompkins Conservation
With a very original aesthetic, this book offers a very sensitive, very deep and very well-documented scientific story.
Constantí Stefanescu
Lead Researcher, European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, Natural History Museum, Granollers, Spain
About the Author
Astrid Vargas is an award-winning conservation biologist with a track record in setting up, developing, leading, and monitoring environmental restoration programs.
She has been a key figure in the recovery of three of the world’s most endangered species: the Iberian lynx in Spain,the
black-footed ferret in North America,and the golden-crowned sifaka in Madagascar.
Astrid believes in the power of art and inspiration to
transform society. She is the founder of Inspiration 4 Action, an initiative that inspires communities to bring collective creativity into ecosystem restoration.
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By purchasing this book you help
recover butterflies in nature.
The author donates her royalties to
Butterfly Conservation Europe
Nature
Discover the magic
of being a butterfly
Wisdom
How butterflies inspire and symbolize personal growth
Art
Full of digital collages that will bring joy to your heart
Regeneration
Find practical ideas to save butterflies from extinction