Butterflies, so often symbolic of rejuvenation, luck, love,
as well as simply being beautiful to watch, are abundant at the CCEP site. Nick
and Meg, new Workaway volunteers from Australia, were delighted by the
multitude of butterflies on the property when taking a walk through the eco
park site. They believed that the butterflies would be a drawcard for visitors
to CCEP, and looked into butterfly farming as a potential project for CCEP.
What they found was very promising! Successful butterfly farms have been
established in nearby countries such as Costa Rica and El Salvador as environmentally
sustainable projects that provide economically and environmentally sustainable work
for local residents. With a relatively small start-up cost, butterfly farmers build
an enclosure in which they collect eggs and raise pupae of native butterflies for
sale to collectors or for releases (people like to ‘release’ butterflies at
special events such as weddings and funerals). A butterfly house at CCEP has
the potential to buy these butterflies for distribution, as well as for an
educational butterfly house on the site for visitors. The project would support
the rural economy, diversifying income measures, and the work can fit around
existing schedules of house-holding. The farmers benefit from encouraging the
natural environment to flourish with natives, so the environmental impact is nothing
but positive.
CCEP will be investigating further into the prospect of
creating work for locals via a butterfly house and distribution business,
because who wouldn't want more butterflies in their lives?
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