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Prof. Jules Pretty
Prof. Jules Pretty OBE, FRSA, FIBiol
Professor of Environment & Society |
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Link to Personal Website:
www.julespretty.com
Research interests:
- Sustainable and ecological agriculture
- Green exercise, green care and green design
- Biodiversity and ecoliteracy
- Social capital and natural resources
- Agricultural policies and the real costs
- Human connections to nature
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information and pdf files to download on these topics.
New book:
The Earth Only Endures (2007)
Other Activities:
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Deputy-Chair of the government’s Advisory Committee on Releases
to the Environment (ACRE)
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Appointed A D
White Professor-at-Large by Cornell University for six years from
2001
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Fellow of the Institute of Biology and the Royal Society for
Arts
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Chief editor of the new
International
Journal for Agricultural Sustainability
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1997 award from the Indian Ecological Society for
“International Contributions to Sustainable and Ecological
Agriculture”
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Vice-president of Suffolk-ACRE
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Adviser to government on social and environmental development,
and adviser to the corporate sector
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Has served on government advisory committees for DEFRA, DFID,
the Cabinet Office and DTI
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Appointed to the International Jury for the Slow Food Award in
2002
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Member British Agricultural History Society
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A regular speaker, contributor to media, and presenter of the
1999 BBC Radio 4 series Ploughing Eden and contributor and writer
for the 2001 BBC TV Correspondent programme The Magic Bean
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Member of HEFCE 2008 RAE Sub-Panel 16
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Member of English Nature's Social and Economic Advisory Group
(2003- )
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Awarded OBE (2006) for
services to sustainable agriculture in UK and Overseas
Books include:
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The Earth Only Endures
(2007)
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The Sage Major Work on the Environment
(2006)
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The Earthscan
Reader in the Sustainable Agriculture (ed, 2005), The Pesticide
Detox (ed, 2005)
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Guide to a Green Planet
(edited, 2002)
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Agri-Culture:
Reconnecting People, Land and Nature (2002)
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The Living Land:
Agriculture, Food and Community Regeneration in Rural Europe (1998)
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Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and
Self-Reliance (1995)
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Fertile Ground: The Impacts of Participatory
Watershed Management (1999, co-authored)
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The Trainers Guide for
Participatory Learning and Action (1995, co-authored)
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The Hidden
Harvest Wild Foods and Agricultural Systems (1992, co-authored)
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Unwelcome Harvest: Agriculture and Pollution (1991, co-authored)
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tel. +44 (0)1206 873323
fax. +44 (0)1206 872592
email : jpretty
(non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to the e-mail address to create a
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