Pesticide-Free Cambridge, Newsletter #2, June-July 2023
3 July 2023 In our second Newsletter, we update you with what we’ve been doing over the last month (for the previous newsletter, see...
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- Jul 3
- 26 min
Pesticide-Free Cambridge - Public questions at council meetings
Record of our public questions (and answers where received) to Cambridge City Council committee meetings, 2020-2022 Public Question for...
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- Jun 6
- 3 min
Pesticide-Free Cambridge Newsletter#1: May/June 2023
6 June 2023 - Here's a quick summary of what we've been up to so far this spring / summer. 1. City Council Herbicide Reduction Plan (HRP)...
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- Apr 3
- 1 min
Cambridge Independent coverage of expansion to herbicide-free trials (30 March 2023)
Council Expands Trial of Herbicide-Free Weed Control, Alex Spencer, Cambridge Independent, 30 March 2023 (Print version) Article from...
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- Mar 19
- 44 min
2022-23: PFC / Local Authority meetings & correspondence
On this page we will upload a rolling record of meetings and written correspondence with Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire City...
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- Mar 13
- 15 min
Pesticide-Free Schools, Universities & Colleges Meetings record
13 March 2023 Received email from Cambs County Councillors , saying 'we discussed these items in Labour group now and we are happy to...
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- Jan 20
- 13 min
PFC meetings with partner groups, charities, networks & associations
17th January 2023. PFC attended the Ascham Road, Atherton Close & Gurney Way Happy Bee Streets meeting with Cambridge City Council...
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- Jan 17
- 2 min
Pesticide-Free Cambridge at Happy Bee Streets tour and talk (West Chesterton)
17 January 2023 Pesticide-Free Cambridge (BG) joined Cambridge City Council Biodiversity Officer and Community Engagement Ranger who met...
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- Jan 15
- 2 min
PFC attended the Re-Imagining Our Future, multi-village eco event for South Cambridgeshire
15 January 2023 Pesticide-Free Cambridge very much enjoyed attending the Re-Imagining Our Future event at Whittlesford Village Hall,...
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- Jan 8
- 1 min
Pesticide-Free Cambridge at Happy Bee Streets meeting (West Chesterton)
8 January 2023 The residents of these three streets in West Chesterton planted 600 bulbs around the 45 trees in their three streets in...
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- Dec 12, 2022
- 1 min
Cambridge Matters Magazine (Autumn 2022): piece on Herbicide Reduction Plan and Happy Bee Streets
News in the autumn 2022 edition of Cambridge Matters Magazine about collaborative initiatives between Cambridge City Council and...
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- Nov 29, 2022
- 1 min
Happy Bee Streets (West Chesterton), Cambridge Independent 29 Nov 2022
Short piece in Cambridge Independent on Happy Bee Streets scheme (tie-up between Cambridge City Council and Pesticide-Free Cambridge) in...
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- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
PFC at Mill Road Winter Fair, Saturday 3 Dec 2022
We're looking forward to having a stall at the annual Mill Road Winter Fair on Sat 3 December. Details to follow soon, but do come along...
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- Nov 2, 2022
- 1 min
Environmental toxins and neurological disorders
Important reminder that the human health risks of pesticide exposure (with the much-discussed Glyphosate ironically occupying the lowest...
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- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
PFC at the University of Cambridge's Green Fair
Pesticide-Free Cambridge were at the Green Fair on Saturday 22 October 2022, held at St John's Old Divinity School, part of University...
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
PFC at Growing Together in Arbury (Cambridge Sustainable Food Festival), 15 Oct 2022
Pesticide-Free Cambridge was at the Growing Together in Arbury fringe event of the Cambridge Sustainable Food festival on Saturday 15...
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- Oct 19, 2022
- 1 min
PFC meetings with businesses and service providers
19 Oct 2022: PFC meeting with This Land PFC (JS & BG) meeting with This Land to discuss ways of embedding pesticide-free management...
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
Open Door Magazine (Herbicide-Free Trials & Happy Bee Streets), Summer 2022
7 October 2022. Piece on two-ward herbicide-free trials in Summer 2022 edition of Open Door Magazine. We're currently awaiting...
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- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
Sports clubs and biodiversity
One of the areas of urban pesticide-use we at Pesticide-Free Cambridge are currently focusing on is the use of insecticides, herbicides...
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- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
The poisonous lawn
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/this-heatwave-is-a-reminder-that-grass-lawns-are-terrible-for-the-environment "The...
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