This study shows how classical ecological principles, especially those relating to competition and population ecology, can be applied to growing two or more crops together and how the approach can improve agricultural yields.

A pioneering study in historical population biology, this book offers the first comprehensive ecological history of the ancient Greek world.

This book points out that the gains in the quality of Japans diet have exacted a price in terms of land use changes, water requirements, & marine resource depletion; & because Japan imports so much food, this price is paid globally as well ...

And water scarcity in China will affect the entire world. China's dependence on massive imports, like the collapse of the world's fisheries, will be a wake-up call that we are colliding with the earth's capacity to feed us.

This book describes a different form of agriculture: one founded more on ecological principles and which is also more harmonious with people, their societies and cultures.

I. What might be preferable about agroecological husbandry?

Already regarded as the definitive book on the subject, The Earth Care Manual is accessible to the curious novice as much as it is essential for the knowledgeable practitioner.

The republication of this milestone ecological text will be followed by three volumes of Northbourne's later metaphysical and cultural writings.

Focuses on international commerce as the greatest threat to the world's rain forests.

In The Regenerative Garden, discover 80 projects that put you and your garden in-sync with nature, which leads to reduced maintenance and a wiser use of resources, and results in a garden that practically cares for itself.