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1. Ecocultures

   Blueprints for Sustainable Communities

   Edited by Steffen Bohm, Zareen Pervez Bharucha, Jules N. Pretty

   The world faces a ‘perfect storm’ of social and ecological stresses, including climate change, habitat loss, resource degradation and social, economic and cultural change. In order to cope with these, communities are struggling to transition to sustainable ways of living that improve well-being and...

   To Be Published April 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Unwelcome Harvest

   Agriculture and pollution

   By Gordon R. Conway, Jules N. Pretty

   Series: Natural Resource Management Set

   Agriculture Pollutes: pesticides can destroy wildlife and some are toxic to humans; some fungicides and herbicides cause cancer. Nitrates result in the contamination of drinking water and produce the risk of the ?blue-baby? syndrome in infants and of stomach cancer in adults. Agriculture produces...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Nature and Culture

   Rebuilding Lost Connections

   Edited by Sarah Pilgrim, Jules N. Pretty

   There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity. But this division is not universal and, in many cases, has been deepened by the common disciplinary divide between the natural and social sciences and our apparent need to manage and control...

   Published January 15th 2013 by Routledge
4. Sustainable Intensification

   Increasing Productivity in African Food and Agricultural Systems

   Edited by Jules N. Pretty, Stella Williams, Camilla Toulmin

   Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa,...

   Published June 24th 2012 by Routledge
5. Regenerating Agriculture

   An Alternative Strategy for Growth

   By Jules N. Pretty

   For the past 50 years, the main goal of agriculture has been to increase production at any price, using high amounts of fertilizers and pesticides and intensive industrial methods. This has caused damage to the environment and widespread rural depopulation. This study shows that there is a viable...

   Published February 28th 1995 by Routledge