Caterpillar Goes To Everest: An Eco-Conscious Journey
A tale of fear, dream, courage, and adventure. A book that became a project with a commitment to sustainability.
What makes the children's book Caterpillar Goes to Everest special?
Through a delightful storyline, vibrant illustrations, and inspiring characters, the book aims to instill love for nature.
We are proud to announce that "Caterpillar Goes to Everest" will be a carbon-neutral book. We have joined forces with CO2 Anchor Project -Biochar Universe's solution-, a digital tool that helps companies offset their products' or services' carbon footprint, to make this happen.
We are choosing production and distribution methods that have the least impact on the environment. We are then offsetting the CO2 emitted with carbon credits from the production of biochar associated with Biochar Universe.
Stay tuned for the release of "Caterpillar Goes to Everest" in December 2024 and join us on this exciting journey!
Visit the eco-friendly print-on-demand shop with the artist's illustrations and be part of the raise funds for this pilot project. By shopping at the store you're becoming part of the CO2 Anchor Project, which aims to make the children's book industry more sustainable.
The Goal: A Free CO2 Footprint Book
Environmental Responsibility
I believe in the power of art to inspire positive change. This book is a testament to my commitment to sustainability.
Carbon Offset
"My goal is to create a book with a minimal environmental impact by offsetting the carbon footprint of its production".
Sustainable Practices
Choosing eco-conscious printing materials and collaborating with suppliers who prioritize sustainable practices is merely the starting point. We go beyond by integrating sustainable actions into every aspect of the book's journey, all the way to its final destination. This is why Biochar plays a crucial role in offsetting the book's entire CO2 emissions.
Environmental Education
"I am convinced that true wealth comes from land. I am committed to playing my part in cleaning up pollution because it is a matter of great importance to me." This book revealed the power of purposeful storytelling: The CO2 Anchor Project by Biochar Universe begins with "Caterpillar Goes To Everest," a carbon-neutral children's book. This book is set to be a game-changer in the world of children's literature. It's self-published on Amazon KDP in November 2024 and is leading the way for carbon neutrality among children's book publishers.
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Welcome to meet our ambassador for Carbon Neutrality among children's book publishers "Caterpillar goes to Everest".
"Caterpillar Goes To Everest"
A tale of fear, dream, courage, and adventure…
…an adventure on the roof of the world
"The making of this book it's like the book itself. It toke me more than 4 years to complete the opera and it was an amazing journey at a personal level as much as professionally." Radha Dunas.
The Book
The tale behind the book:
"The people and their experiences are what make this book and exotic, rare and very unique piece of art." Said the illustrator.
The 10x9.84 inch book format is ideal for a first reading experience, as the text is presented in all capital letters. This size and formatting is well suited for the target audience of children ages 5 to 10, as well as curious adults. This is a unique and very special illustrated book by an unpublished new artist.
The 37 illustrations that appear throughout the book are entirely handcrafted using acrylic paint on paper. This artistic medium lends a unique and engaging visual style to complement the story.
In her old blog the artist writes: "It has been a long way to get where the project is now, we are at the beginning of spring 2022 and I have officially started coloring all the illustrations. There are a couple of reasons why the road has been so long and one of them is that I had to find my own style of drawing and... coloring. Especially the coloring was the hardest research until I found my element. I tried watercolors, pencil colors, and finally I decided to work with acrylics, using all the principles I learned during the experimental period".
Its specialty is an ingredient that is very expensive today, in the words of the artist:
"This is a book born and made with love, without time pressure, but following the creative process with intensity and in deep connection with intuition."
Caterpillar goes to Everest has the magic recipe in its DNA to become a classic, because it has the archetypal coherence that makes the reading experience a universal journey.
The Artist
"Creativity rules my life and that means a lot of clutter because I always have several things going on simultaneously, -when I said things I mean projects apart from everyday life-. With three small children the voice of my creativity started to torment me because of the need to do something that would not be destroyed in less than 12 or 24 hours. And in this process of inner search, the story of “Caterpillar” -the illustrated book- came into my life to be illustrated.
The connection with my hands was something I always had since I was a child, I learnt to cook since I was 6 or 7 years old, then I made stoneware pottery and living in the countryside I always had something natural at hand to play with, maybe transform it and create something new.
The power within my hands is something natural and every human being has it; also being raised in a natural context gave me the chance to be aware of that power and gave me the possibility to exercise it. But then I grew up, I had a degree in hotel management and my journey toke me around deserts and forests and by the the middle of my thirties my soul was looking for the expression of the line, my soul was thisrty of connection with my own hands light and I started in 2012 working in the issue of hand mending for women. I did a course, I learned a new trade, I set up a laboratory and I worked with some women, but for external circumstances like the context of the place where I live and other reasons that I don’t understand, it didn’t work at all. I was passionated and very good doing it but It was not the work of my dreams. I think that the subconscious speaks to us in a way that rationally we consider literally, instead, the language in which the desires arise is figurative of a symbolic meaning. Then I started to work on the idea of creating some handcrafted “pingnatas” and in that moment I started my journey to the research of the line in drawing. I found a source of art aligned to my effervescent creativity by looking shyly at the illustration job. The pandemia put me in the right path beacuse nobody was worried about making kids parties and I forgot about the “pignatas” so I started illustrating Caterpillar,-because another magic synchronicity of life- my first illustrated children’s book. Since then I draw, and paint and every time I feel fear, happiness, love, I feel I’m alive." Radha Dunas. Rome, June 2023
The connection with my hands was something I always had since I was a child, I learnt to cook since I was 6 or 7 years old, then I made stoneware pottery and living in the countryside I always had something natural at hand to play with, maybe transform it and create something new.
The power within my hands is something natural and every human being has it; also being raised in a natural context gave me the chance to be aware of that power and gave me the possibility to exercise it. But then I grew up, I had a degree in hotel management and my journey toke me around deserts and forests and by the the middle of my thirties my soul was looking for the expression of the line, my soul was thisrty of connection with my own hands light and I started in 2012 working in the issue of hand mending for women. I did a course, I learned a new trade, I set up a laboratory and I worked with some women, but for external circumstances like the context of the place where I live and other reasons that I don’t understand, it didn’t work at all. I was passionated and very good doing it but It was not the work of my dreams. I think that the subconscious speaks to us in a way that rationally we consider literally, instead, the language in which the desires arise is figurative of a symbolic meaning. Then I started to work on the idea of creating some handcrafted “pingnatas” and in that moment I started my journey to the research of the line in drawing. I found a source of art aligned to my effervescent creativity by looking shyly at the illustration job. The pandemia put me in the right path beacuse nobody was worried about making kids parties and I forgot about the “pignatas” so I started illustrating Caterpillar,-because another magic synchronicity of life- my first illustrated children’s book. Since then I draw, and paint and every time I feel fear, happiness, love, I feel I’m alive." Radha Dunas. Rome, June 2023
Take a journey through the emotions that help us grow and develop in a healthy way.
Fear
In the shadow of a vigilant crow, a timid caterpillar hesitates within its snug abode, until a mysterious occurrence awakens the depths of its soul.
Dream
The caterpillar's dream of climbing Mount Everest inspires him to face challenges and strive for greatness.
Adventure
The story makes the young reader join a captivating journey that magnifies the significance of embracing adventure.
Courage
Embarking on a daring journey, the courageous caterpillar fearlessly confronts colossal and untamed creatures, pushing the boundaries of its limits and finding out kindness and vulnerability.
And what about the future?
To see the making of,
click on the image.
In this illustration
Caterpillar has a black walnut (Juglans nigra) in his hat, and on it there is a little bradypus (Bradypus variegatus) – how cool is that?
Well, the little Ambassador of Sustainability has big plans! He's going to travel all around the globe to teach children about carbon neutrality and how they can achieve it with the magical powers of biochar. In this illustration, Caterpillar is in South America, where the little bradypus live.
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