Jules Pretty
@julespretty.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor University of Essex
www.julespretty.com: blog, books, films, gallery, papers, pods, shodo/sumi-e, story
The Climate Chronicles
www.julespretty.com: blog, books, films, gallery, papers, pods, shodo/sumi-e, story
The Climate Chronicles
Excerpt for Film Short on The Shamans of Siberia: Saving Nature and Culture
youtu.be/rzzWR6Pe8n4
This is how nature and culture recovery work together.
The head shaman says, “We act for the mountain and river, taiga and all the landscapes of our homeland. Our main task is to protect nature.”
youtu.be/rzzWR6Pe8n4
This is how nature and culture recovery work together.
The head shaman says, “We act for the mountain and river, taiga and all the landscapes of our homeland. Our main task is to protect nature.”
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Excerpt for Film Short on The Shamans of Siberia: Saving Nature and Culture
youtu.be/rzzWR6Pe8n4
This is how nature and culture recovery work together.
The head shaman says, “We act for the mountain and river, taiga and all the landscapes of our homeland. Our main task is to protect nature.”
youtu.be/rzzWR6Pe8n4
This is how nature and culture recovery work together.
The head shaman says, “We act for the mountain and river, taiga and all the landscapes of our homeland. Our main task is to protect nature.”
Excerpt for Film Short on Essex Climate Action Commission.
youtu.be/YqOxqAXCh2w
Here’s how place-based action works for climate and nature recovery. Three principles: universality, many paths offered, new idea are multipurpose.
youtu.be/YqOxqAXCh2w
Here’s how place-based action works for climate and nature recovery. Three principles: universality, many paths offered, new idea are multipurpose.
December 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Excerpt for Film Short on Essex Climate Action Commission.
youtu.be/YqOxqAXCh2w
Here’s how place-based action works for climate and nature recovery. Three principles: universality, many paths offered, new idea are multipurpose.
youtu.be/YqOxqAXCh2w
Here’s how place-based action works for climate and nature recovery. Three principles: universality, many paths offered, new idea are multipurpose.
Climate and Nature Recovery Film Shorts
Playlist Feature 1: Story
What is good story, bad story
Transformations, tipping points, tricksters
The 20-60-20 rule – who to ignore, who best to focus on
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Playlist Feature 1: Story
What is good story, bad story
Transformations, tipping points, tricksters
The 20-60-20 rule – who to ignore, who best to focus on
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
December 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Climate and Nature Recovery Film Shorts
Playlist Feature 1: Story
What is good story, bad story
Transformations, tipping points, tricksters
The 20-60-20 rule – who to ignore, who best to focus on
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Playlist Feature 1: Story
What is good story, bad story
Transformations, tipping points, tricksters
The 20-60-20 rule – who to ignore, who best to focus on
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
"How Dragons Link Culture and Nature: And Fill Places Full of Story"
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Dragons all over the place.
In story and saga.
Story and place and culture are intertwined.
Dragons help us tell stories. And stories make places culturally important.
We then care for them more
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Dragons all over the place.
In story and saga.
Story and place and culture are intertwined.
Dragons help us tell stories. And stories make places culturally important.
We then care for them more
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
"How Dragons Link Culture and Nature: And Fill Places Full of Story"
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Dragons all over the place.
In story and saga.
Story and place and culture are intertwined.
Dragons help us tell stories. And stories make places culturally important.
We then care for them more
www.youtube.com/@JulesPretty58
Dragons all over the place.
In story and saga.
Story and place and culture are intertwined.
Dragons help us tell stories. And stories make places culturally important.
We then care for them more
Cloud Mountain, Thunder Dragon: Stories of Gross National Happiness
Climate Cultures Blog: climatecultures.net/cultural-cha...
The rest of the world fell in a hole caused by fossil fuels, and isn’t sure how to get out. Bhutan never fell in the hole
Your age of oil, they ask? It’ll soon be over
Climate Cultures Blog: climatecultures.net/cultural-cha...
The rest of the world fell in a hole caused by fossil fuels, and isn’t sure how to get out. Bhutan never fell in the hole
Your age of oil, they ask? It’ll soon be over
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Cloud Mountain, Thunder Dragon: Stories of Gross National Happiness
Climate Cultures Blog: climatecultures.net/cultural-cha...
The rest of the world fell in a hole caused by fossil fuels, and isn’t sure how to get out. Bhutan never fell in the hole
Your age of oil, they ask? It’ll soon be over
Climate Cultures Blog: climatecultures.net/cultural-cha...
The rest of the world fell in a hole caused by fossil fuels, and isn’t sure how to get out. Bhutan never fell in the hole
Your age of oil, they ask? It’ll soon be over
Is A River Alive?
“Yes of course!”
Says Rob Macfarlane’s son when he hears the title of his father’s book.
“It’ll be a short one too.”
Words and story, shared, they can change the way we see the world, and our readiness to act.
Story leads to agency.
A fabulous book, compelling and kind.
“Yes of course!”
Says Rob Macfarlane’s son when he hears the title of his father’s book.
“It’ll be a short one too.”
Words and story, shared, they can change the way we see the world, and our readiness to act.
Story leads to agency.
A fabulous book, compelling and kind.
May 8, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Is A River Alive?
“Yes of course!”
Says Rob Macfarlane’s son when he hears the title of his father’s book.
“It’ll be a short one too.”
Words and story, shared, they can change the way we see the world, and our readiness to act.
Story leads to agency.
A fabulous book, compelling and kind.
“Yes of course!”
Says Rob Macfarlane’s son when he hears the title of his father’s book.
“It’ll be a short one too.”
Words and story, shared, they can change the way we see the world, and our readiness to act.
Story leads to agency.
A fabulous book, compelling and kind.
From the old farm
Soaked by drizzle and cherry blossom
The smell of leaking silage liquor.
Soaked by drizzle and cherry blossom
The smell of leaking silage liquor.
April 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From the old farm
Soaked by drizzle and cherry blossom
The smell of leaking silage liquor.
Soaked by drizzle and cherry blossom
The smell of leaking silage liquor.
Under wild cherries,
While viewing bluebell blossom,
The sudden laugh of the woodpecker.
While viewing bluebell blossom,
The sudden laugh of the woodpecker.
April 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Under wild cherries,
While viewing bluebell blossom,
The sudden laugh of the woodpecker.
While viewing bluebell blossom,
The sudden laugh of the woodpecker.
The next Great Acceleration
We could call these positive hockey sticks, heading for tipping points and whole systems changing
Drawn from our 2025 paper on “Regenerative Good Growth”
Accessible here: doi.org/10.3390/su17...
We could call these positive hockey sticks, heading for tipping points and whole systems changing
Drawn from our 2025 paper on “Regenerative Good Growth”
Accessible here: doi.org/10.3390/su17...
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The next Great Acceleration
We could call these positive hockey sticks, heading for tipping points and whole systems changing
Drawn from our 2025 paper on “Regenerative Good Growth”
Accessible here: doi.org/10.3390/su17...
We could call these positive hockey sticks, heading for tipping points and whole systems changing
Drawn from our 2025 paper on “Regenerative Good Growth”
Accessible here: doi.org/10.3390/su17...
Latest story from “The Climate Chronicles”
022 The Wise King Cnut
[3 mins reading time: full story here: julespretty.com/chronicles/2... ]
There was once a king, quite a wise young man.
You will have heard of him, his name is Cnut.
This is his story.
The tide is coming in.
022 The Wise King Cnut
[3 mins reading time: full story here: julespretty.com/chronicles/2... ]
There was once a king, quite a wise young man.
You will have heard of him, his name is Cnut.
This is his story.
The tide is coming in.
March 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Latest story from “The Climate Chronicles”
022 The Wise King Cnut
[3 mins reading time: full story here: julespretty.com/chronicles/2... ]
There was once a king, quite a wise young man.
You will have heard of him, his name is Cnut.
This is his story.
The tide is coming in.
022 The Wise King Cnut
[3 mins reading time: full story here: julespretty.com/chronicles/2... ]
There was once a king, quite a wise young man.
You will have heard of him, his name is Cnut.
This is his story.
The tide is coming in.
It’s Chiffchaff Arrival Week
At Wrabness Nature Reserve, humid after rain, curlew & oyster catcher calling from the muds, chiffchaff in great numbers
That’s it. Last week it has to have been “Woodpecker Drumming Week”
It could be too “Blackthorn Blossom Viewing Week”
Nature and culture together
At Wrabness Nature Reserve, humid after rain, curlew & oyster catcher calling from the muds, chiffchaff in great numbers
That’s it. Last week it has to have been “Woodpecker Drumming Week”
It could be too “Blackthorn Blossom Viewing Week”
Nature and culture together
March 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It’s Chiffchaff Arrival Week
At Wrabness Nature Reserve, humid after rain, curlew & oyster catcher calling from the muds, chiffchaff in great numbers
That’s it. Last week it has to have been “Woodpecker Drumming Week”
It could be too “Blackthorn Blossom Viewing Week”
Nature and culture together
At Wrabness Nature Reserve, humid after rain, curlew & oyster catcher calling from the muds, chiffchaff in great numbers
That’s it. Last week it has to have been “Woodpecker Drumming Week”
It could be too “Blackthorn Blossom Viewing Week”
Nature and culture together