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2020: PFC / Local Authority meetings & correspondence & questions
Rolling record of meetings and correspondence with Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire County Council, as well as key events...
Dec 15, 20217 min read
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Death of 11 year old following exposure to pesticides
Why isn't this story of the tragic death of 11 year old Fatiha Sabrin in her London home, and the hospitalisation of her mother and other...
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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Uk Bird Red List DOUBLES in just 25 years
In summer, Cambridge is lucky to have House Martins nesting in King's College entrance and Swifts screaming above Arbury. But these two...
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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PAN-UK's Supermarkets and Pesticides Rankings
Update (25 Jan 2022) A quick update on our post below from 2 Dec 2021. We were grateful to have the opportunity to meet with PAN-UK's...
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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Pesticide-free adoption of 'The Snicket', Cambridge
Pesticide-Free Cambridge member & local resident has been involved with the community-adoption of this Cambridge alleyway to save it from...
Nov 26, 20212 min read
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PFC talk to PAN-UK Pesticide-Free Towns group, 23 Nov 2021
PFC gave an illustrated presentation at PAN UK Pesticide-Free Towns Campaigners' Catchup meeting. We discussed the importance of...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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PFC stall at CambsCOP26 Climate Fair, 23 Oct 2021
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to chat and sign our petition at the CambsCOP26 Climate Fair on 23 Oct 2021. It was great to have a...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
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PFC stall at CambsCOP26 Coalition Global Day of Action, 6 Nov 2021
Pesticide-Free Cambridge had a stall at CambsCOP26 Coalition Global Day of Action (6 Nov 2021) because pesticides and synthetic...
Nov 6, 20211 min read
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PFC stall at Cambridge COP26 Climate Fair, 25 Sept 2021
Many thanks to everyone who stopped to chat with us on Parker's Piece at the Cambridge COP26 Climate Fair (12-4 pm), and who added their...
Sep 24, 20211 min read
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Golf with some poison?
Fancy a bit of golf, mixed with some carcinogenic, neurotoxic, and endocrine-disrupting pesticides? Great article, with focus on North...
Aug 5, 20211 min read
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Pesticide-Free Cambridge: Books We Love
Here we are collating the books that we have been featuring on our Facebook page under our Books We Love (in no particular order) Series....
Jul 30, 20213 min read
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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
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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
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The unhealthy link between football and pesticides
Playing sport to keep fit and healthy on a pitch laced with poison? Spot any inconsistency here?! With the European Cup fever, football...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
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Helping Cambridge schools to go pesticide-free
As well as working with City and County councillors to phase out herbicides on verges, streets and pavements in Cambridge, we're also in...
Jun 27, 202112 min read
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Freedom of Information request & response, 4/6/21: Cambridge City Council policy on herbicide use
Many thanks to the fellow campaigner who submitted the following Freedom of Information request about the City Council's policy on...
Jun 17, 202110 min read
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Poems, artwork and other creative offerings on pesticides, ecology and human health
Here we feature artwork, poetry and creative writing on the theme of pesticides, ecology and human health. Please contact us on...
Jun 3, 20212 min read
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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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On the 114th anniversary of Rachel Carson's birthday, positive action is long overdue
What more twisted image could there be than graves sprayed to death with herbicides? In the name of ‘tidying up', we are poisoning the...
May 27, 20212 min read
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From gnats to bats, via newts and frogs: seeing biodiversity flourish in real time
On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, Sat 22 May 2021, Ben writes about the Cambridge pond restoration project that he's been...
May 21, 20213 min read
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