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Radio interview with CAM FM: Green Cambridge Series - 1. Biodiversity and Land Management
Many thanks, Gerry Schmidt, from CamFM for the radio interview back in May on our Pesticide-Free Colleges campaign, and our new national...
May 241 min read


Herbicide-Free Approach to Tackling Weeds in Cambridge Welcomed - and schools and university urged to follow suit, Cambridge Independent
Paul Brackley, 2025. “Herbicide-free approach to tackling weeds in Cambridge welcomed - and schools and university urged to follow suit”,...
Apr 131 min read


Chemical weed-killing back (Cambridgeshire County Council), Cambridge Independent
Article incorporating our response to Cambridgeshire County Council's reversal of their short-lived herbicide-free policy (...
Jul 29, 20241 min read


Interview with PAN-UK as part of their Pesticide-Free Towns Campaigners Profile
https://www.pan-uk.org/campaigner-voices-cambridge/
Jul 24, 20241 min read


Herbicide use to end on Cambridge City Council’s Parks and Housing Areas, Cambridge Independent
Paul Brackley, 2024. “Herbicide use to end on Cambridge City Council’s parks and housing areas”, Cambridge Independent, 29 March 2024....
Mar 29, 20241 min read


County should learn from City's Herbicide-Free Trials (PFC opinion piece in Cambridge Independent)
31 Jan 2024 Many thanks to Cambridge Independent for printing our opinion piece alongside their article on Cambridgeshire County...
Feb 1, 20241 min read


Press Release following Cambridgeshire County Council's return to use of herbicides
26 January 2024 Pesticide-Free Cambridge made the following statement: “We are very disappointed by Cambridgeshire County Council’s...
Jan 31, 20245 min read


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...
Apr 2, 20231 min read


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...
Dec 12, 20221 min read


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...
Nov 29, 20221 min read


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...
Oct 6, 20221 min read


Cambridge Independent, 28 April 2022 (by Paul Brackley): Newnham Herbicide-Free trial issues
"Political row over herbicide spraying in Cambridge deepens", Cambridge Independent, By Paul Brackley Updated version of print article...
Apr 27, 20222 min read


Chronicle Series, 20 April 2022
Piece on Pesticide-Free Cambridge presentation and Q&A to Congleton Climate Action Group See also see: https://www.facebook.com/permalink...
Apr 19, 20221 min read


Cambridge Independent, 6 April 2022 (Alex Spencer)
"What has caused grass to die in city's 'herbicide-free' ward?", Cambridge Independent, by Alex Spencer. Many thanks to Cambridge...
Apr 5, 20221 min read


Herbicide Spraying in Cambridge's Herbicide-Free Ward? PFC Press Release
1 April 2022. Pesticide-Free Cambridge Press Release regarding suspected herbicide spraying in Newnham, one of Cambridge’s two...
Apr 1, 20224 min read


Cambridge Independent, 3 Feb 2022 (Paul Brackley): Two-ward Herbicide-Free Trials
"Herbicide-Free Trials to Begin in Two Wards", Cambridge Independent, by Paul Brackley Cambridge Independent article on two-ward...
Feb 3, 20221 min read


PFC Press Release on Cambridge City Council ECSM 27.01.22 & Herbicide Reduction Plan
31 January 2022. Response by Pesticide-Free Cambridge (PFC), Cllr Katie Porrer (Liberal Democrat, Market Ward), Cllr Cheney Payne...
Feb 1, 20227 min read


Cambridge Independent, 28 July 2021 (Gemma Gardner): Herbicide-Free Trials
"Trial will 'explore' ending herbicide-use in city wards", Cambridge Independent, by Gemma Gardner Article in today's Cambridge...
Jul 27, 20211 min read


Cambridge Lib Dem/PFC Press Release, 27 July 2021: Herbicide-Free Motion
Anti-pesticide campaigners’ cautious welcome to Council response". Cambridge Lib Dem/ PFC Press Release. https://www.cambridgelibdems.or...
Jul 26, 20213 min read


Cambridge Independent, 2 June 2021 (Paul Brackley): Pesticide-Free Cambridge petition
"Campaigners demand an end to herbicide spraying in city', Cambridge Independent, by Paul Brackley Piece in Cambridge Independent (2 June...
Jun 1, 20211 min read
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