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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...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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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,...
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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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...
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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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
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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
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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...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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Environmental toxins and neurological disorders
Important reminder that the human health risks of pesticide exposure (with the much-discussed Glyphosate ironically occupying the lowest...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 21, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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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
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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...
Jul 30, 20221 min read
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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...
Jul 30, 20221 min read
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Glyphosate tree poisoning/murder
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/30/poisoned-oaks-slain-sycamores-whos-behind-britains-tree-murders More insiduous uses...
Jul 29, 20221 min read
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Aviation disinsection and pesticide poisoning
https://www.perrysanderslaw.com/fliers-fume-over-planes-treated-with-pesticides/ "Disinsection" spraying rules out flying from certain...
Jul 23, 20221 min read
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Kings College Meadow
Lovely piece on the beautiful meadows at Kings College and Jesus College that replace the sterile lawns that have sadly come to epitomize...
Jul 16, 20221 min read
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How to deal with neighbour's pesticide use
Are you being affected by drift from your neighbour's pesticide applications? Some interesting discussion in this piece. Whilst there are...
Jul 16, 20221 min read
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We need wasps
https://veganfta.com/2022/07/13/the-thing-about-wasps/ Wonderful article on wasps. We need wasps as much as we need bees and other...
Jul 13, 20221 min read
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Pesticides and health
Although much of the pesticide-free towns movement focuses on plant-protection chemicals, urban pesticides are found in many more...
Jul 11, 20221 min read
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Acute pesticide injury
Cambridge City Council is taking fantastic steps to reduce its own pesticide use for the benefits of nature and human health, including...
Jul 7, 20221 min read
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