Working with Nature
Saving and Using the World’s Wild Places
$31.12
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
19 May 2020
Summary
From cocoa farming in Ghana to the orchards of Kent and the desert badlands of Pakistan, taking a practical approach to sustaining the landscape can mean the difference between prosperity and ruin. Working with Nature is the story of a lifetime of work, often in extreme environments, to harvest nature and protect it - in effect, gardening on a global scale. It is also a memoir of encounters with larger-than-life characters such as William Bunting, the gun-toting saviour of Yorkshire’…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781788161602 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1788161602 |
| Author: | Jeremy Purseglove |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 19 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Praise for Jeremy Purseglove’s Taming the Flood:‘Jeremy Purseglove has a gift that is increasingly rare in these days of scientific specialization - of joining practical wisdom about working with nature and the land to an imaginative appreciation of their place in our history and culture.’ – Richard MabeyA pioneering and counter-culture work – Oliver RackhamIt is a celebration of life in and around the water and it is an eloquent plea to water engineers, to farmers and to Government to respect that life * BBC Wildlife *
About The Author
Jeremy Purseglove
Jeremy Purseglove was born in Africa and grew up in Singapore, Trinidad, and Kent. Working as an environmentalist in the water industry, he helped pioneer a new approach to reducing floods which also preserved the beauty of rivers. This culminated in a TV series and influential book, Taming the Flood, first published in 1986 and revised in 2017. In 1989 he joined an engineering consultancy, where he worked around the world with engineers to promote practical development while enhancing wetlands, forests, and flower-rich meadows.
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