Pesticide-Free Cambridge @PANUKPFC
Pesticides - herbicides and insecticides - are highly damaging to our human health and that of our wildlife. We are working to make Cambridge pesticide-free. pesticidefreecambridge.org Joined November 2020-
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We agree #pesticides should be banned in schools everywhere johnogroat-journal.co.uk/news/call-for-… @ArianeBurgessHI
Building on the plant safari, we will do an invertebrate survey this summer on one of the #cambridge #happybeestreet #herbicidefree areas. Going #pesticidefree needs to be central to 'doubling nature', '30 by 30' and all biodiversity strategies
Building on the plant safari, we will do an invertebrate survey this summer on one of the #cambridge #happybeestreet #herbicidefree areas. Going #pesticidefree needs to be central to 'doubling nature', '30 by 30' and all biodiversity strategies https://t.co/6XoFS0Q8o1
Thanks to all who came to the plant safari on Sunday. Over 50 species! A celebration of the huge benefits for public health, disability access and biodiversity that come from @camcitco going #herbicidefree
Don't mow/strim/flail road verges full of spring flowers! A plea. youtu.be/eA3zRgQ4WVE
@PANUKPFC please can you share. Thanks for considering 🙏
@onthevergecambs please can you RT thank you 🙏
@onthevergecambs please can you RT thank you 🙏
Celebrate our herbicide-free flora! All welcome, do sign up via eventbrite link or email [email protected] @PANUKPFC @bc_cambs_essex @Cambsmoths @Love_plants #pesticidefree #Cambridge
Come join us at the Imaginarium at Kings College today till 4pm! On a stand with #onthevergecambridge lots to see and do! Learn about our pesticide-free schools and also colleges campaigns plus what you can do locally
Pure Clean Water - "A superb documentary which every developer, politician and consumer should watch. Unmissable" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This Friday. Watch the film, join the discussion👇
Pure Clean Water - "A superb documentary which every developer, politician and consumer should watch. Unmissable" ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This Friday. Watch the film, join the discussion👇
BREAKING: Massive win for climate as Cambridge University pauses donations from fossil fuel companies 🧵
We'll be at the Imaginarium in King's College next weekend! Come find us sharing a stall on Sun 24th with @onthevergecambridge we'll have info on our pesticide-free colleges and schools campaigns, city council herbicide-free success and what you can do too!
“RoN developments are vital to ensure protection of the natural world, which in turn secures the healthy environment humans need. It’s obvious that our existing political system and regulatory regimes have failed to prevent ecological destruction.” indiaeducationdiary.in/rights-of-natu…
Vets urged to stop giving pesticide flea treatments after river pollution study - yet more evidence that these chemicals that are no longer approved for use on crops are still ending up in our rivers! @horton_official @DaveGoulson theguardian.com/environment/20…
Our press release following @CambsCC shameful decision to return to using herbicides on the highways. The biodiversity and the climate crisis demand an end to routine synthetic chemical use. @CambsCC be part of the solution! pesticidefreecambridge.org/post/press-rel…
#neonicotinoid #thiamethoxam #pesticides #sugarbeet #farmers #farming v #Nature @UKHouseofLords @SteveBarclay @DefraGovUK @DefraNature @HLEnviroClimate #rivers #poison #fishing @MWGoneFishing @CommonsEAC @EnvAgency @OfficeforEP @FarmersWeekly @BBCFarmingToday @FarmersGuardian
🌍 Chairman of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and former University of East Anglia lecturer, Sir David, has expressed concern over the A47 road schemes, stating that they have disregarded the reality of climate change. He emphasises the need to ensure that infrastructure…
I wonder if my #HedgehogPetition has been shared at #HogConference2024 ? If it has we'll see a big boost in number of signatures...perhaps. 👉🦔hedgehogconference.com
The @EU_Commission wants to allow residues of highly toxic Thiacloprid on imported food. This is bad for #health and unfair for EU farmers who are not allowed to use this pesticide. Majority in the EU Parliament vote tomorrow is crucial. pan-europe.info/blog/should-we…
New paper comparing how toxic a pesticide is to 7 different species of bee. Really cool results, and well worth a read. Always great to see more and more species brought into pesticide testing. doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
Congrats to @NewtonAbbotCoun for going pesticide free. Any other councils care to join them, and stop spraying poisons in our streets and parks?
Congrats to @NewtonAbbotCoun for going pesticide free. Any other councils care to join them, and stop spraying poisons in our streets and parks?
Little Green Space �.. @LGSpace
81K Followers 38K Following Award-winning project & magazine taking action for nature, climate, people. Also @greentravelmag @RichBuntingCCI / https://t.co/gP2dsyGiYf
Wendy Blythe @greenarteries
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Hilary Cox Condron @HilCoxCondron
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Anna Williams @the_spokeswoman
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Terry Macalister @TerryMac999
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Great Fen @greatfen
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Cambridge Sustainable.. @FoodCambridge
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Susan Buckingham @SusanBu32337082
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john lindsell @jonnycaribouthe
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Henry @NaturetasticWH
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Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson
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Clara Todd @claratee
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Elliot Tong @ElliotTongUK
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slynchx @slynchx
124 Followers 2K Following Serious birder, hiker, cyclist, amateur photog and outdoor enthusiast.
hypnotoad47 @hideunderrock
338 Followers 1K Following Nature sounds ⚡️🎨✝️ ☕️🌄📽🏎🇨🇦🦫 Like ≈≈ bookmark. Retweet ≠ endorsement. Private account, build rep slowly through spaces
Dr Stephen T Webb @stephen_t_webb
9K Followers 10K Following Follow for🫀🫁🚴♂️🦋🌳🍪⚔️ Past President @ICS_updates 🇬🇧 🩺🥼Consultant in Intensive Care @RoyalPapworth 🏥 via Belfast☘️ Views=own
Naomi Bennett @Murielschild
276 Followers 515 Following Published and promoted by Naomi Bennett on behalf of Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire Green Party both of 603 Newmarket Rd CB58PA.
Dr Alex Bulat @LabourAlexB
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Cambridge Wild Trout .. @Cambridgechalk
158 Followers 118 Following Cambridge Wild Trout Club is a fly fishing club in Cambridge. We care about wild trout and chalk stream conservation.
Tina Atkins 💙💙�.. @TinaAtkins1
414 Followers 2K Following Lover of life, cricket, music, food and (non-alcoholic) drink, husband, friends and family not necessarily in that order :) Hate discrimination. She/her #GTTO
Pollenize @PollenizeCIC
622 Followers 532 Following Pollenize CIC is an award winning pollinator conservation organisation. We bring together the power of community and science to combat pollinator decline!
Jo Sinclair @cambridgenature
1K Followers 2K Following Wild words & walks. Nature in arts & culture. Book recommendations. Nature notes. For guidebooks and walking events see @WayToGoWalking
Theo Wang @TheoWang23
25 Followers 432 Following We have Alibaba platform to sell high-quality and best price sprayers to the world.Agricultural Sprayer For All kinds of crops.Whatsapp number is+8616605139714.
It's the Electoral Sy.. @markrabbit
3K Followers 5K Following #donatetherebate Values of fairness, internationalism, saving the planet for future generations. Make 2024 (or 2023) work for democracy and people, #WinAsOne
TILTprogram @TiltProgram
145 Followers 438 Following We are the TILT Program at UT Health San Antonio. Led by Dr. Claudia S. Miller, noted allergist/immunologist who developed the #QEESI survey and coined #TILT.
NoMorePesticides @pesticidefree23
10 Followers 88 Following Be a part of the Change! https://t.co/i2sswJzP60
New Life Old West @NewLifeOldWest
1K Followers 2K Following Delivering wildlife habitat enhancements in green spaces and surrounding countryside within areas close to the Old West River in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Hero Bennett @Her0Bennett
677 Followers 2K Following Sustainability Director @MaxFordhamLLP. Enthusiastic about the built environment, housing, policy, feminism, community + environment. Views my own
CambStreetScene @CambStreetScene
2K Followers 983 Following News, advice and information about Cambridge’s streets and open spaces, from @camcitco. Monitored Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm
Cambridge CONgestion .. @David___0321
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Richard Benwell @RSBenwell
13K Followers 6K Following CEO, Wildlife & Countryside Link, for #wildlife, animal #welfare and #wellbeing. https://t.co/bG2mhLqHWS @WCL_News. Chair, #Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership. #Nature2030
Thomas 🍃💚🍃 @lin6_thomas
257 Followers 631 Following 18 • Student • 🏴🇬🇧 • Campaigning for sustainable and accessible public transport in Cambridgeshire • #SaveCotonOrchard 🌳
vegan pangolin🐲 @citrondodu
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Chris Macfarlane @moleycule
720 Followers 718 Following nature, conservation, food systems, beer, cider, perry
Alex Milne @Milnee_PT
59 Followers 194 Following
Michelle Golder @ordinarykicker
900 Followers 2K Following Writer, producer, eco-worker. Current projects https://t.co/fuwCJb8aBU, https://t.co/GorRcuC3Hq
Jason Robinson @JasonLRobinson
72K Followers 79K Following Founder & CEO, Sustainability Television... and a few other things. Check out https://t.co/NdTOcDKUwP or on YouTube: https://t.co/rK4iW4rTY4 🌴
Denise Orvis @denise_orvis
276 Followers 2K Following Wildlife gardening, Pollinators, Justice for Wildlife & keep from harm by Government/ Councils misjudgement. Oil/Pesticides/Ignorance are killing the Earth
John E. Walsh #FBPE #.. @akazeeox
3K Followers 5K Following Birder, Spider Lover, Wannabe Philanthropist, (Online!) Storm Chaser, Learning Technologist. These are my own views and not those of my employer, etc...
Brucen·Duil @GaodongYang
33 Followers 127 Following
Darren Tarrant @darrenjtarrant
10 Followers 102 Following Web systems developer from Cambridge. On the left. Posts about the environment, politics, veganism, philosophy or mental health. Sometimes tech stuff.
Penny @PB33tt
764 Followers 1K Following Supporting women* Rights for humans *Mental health*Criminal justice & psychiatric systems* Health* Housing *Books
Edwina_Brugge @EdwinaBij
54 Followers 90 Following Biological recorder, volunteer at the Natural History Museum, beekeeper, LR L3 air scenting dog handler trailing dog handler https://t.co/ZMd62Qpsjs.(Hons) A.R.C.S Zoology
Mothers CAN Cambridge @MothersCANCam
163 Followers 437 Following The Cambridge chapter of the campaigning organisation Mothers CAN
Bonkers Busway Cambs @BonkersBusway
11K Followers 1K Following We support better public transport but not a #BonkersBusway through the #Greenbelt. #NoSoilNoLife #DefendNature #Biodiversity #SaveCotonOrchard🐝🦇🦊🌳🍎
Health and Environmen.. @HealthandEnv
14K Followers 7K Following HEAL is a leading alliance of health and environment groups working at EU level. Working for better health, through a healthy environment.
SongBird Survival @SongBirdSBS
4K Followers 4K Following An independent UK environmental bird charity committed to reversing the decline of British songbirds using scientific research. Monitored Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.
Cambridge Land Justic.. @camlandjustice
390 Followers 166 Following Dignity, community and access for all ✊ Get in touch securely at [email protected]
Felicity Collins @FlicSee
111 Followers 850 Following Proud now divorced mum of 3. Former medical PA Cambridge Nuffield. Love dogs, history, gardening & music - particularly classical, especially organ and choral.
Sheepdrove Organic Fa.. @Sheepdrove
4K Followers 2K Following Natural burial wood🌳 Farm stays & retreats🦋 Green building👣 Solar, wind & geo♻️ Sustainable weddings, conferences & events💚 Rewilding🐝
Johann Zaller @JZaller
531 Followers 1K Following Ökologe, Umweltschützer, Buchautor: "Unser täglich Gift", "Daily poison" über Pestizide, #pesticides, #agroecology, environmental science
Truth About Plastic @PlasticsCrisis
10K Followers 6K Following Plastics and petrochemical production are not aligned with a climate-safe future or the universal right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.✊
M. Rizwan @MRizwan23885806
4 Followers 48 Following
campaign strategy @campaignstrat
3K Followers 3K Following Small suggestions for anyone trying to save the world. Chris Rose, campaigns & communications consultant
Jason3017 @Jasonliu3017
45 Followers 343 Following Plant growth reguators manufacture Whatsapp:+8615286833017 Email: [email protected]
Coton Loves Pollinato.. @CotonBuzz
377 Followers 403 Following #CotonLovesPollinators is a grassroots project based in the village community. Our motivation & concern is for #biodiversity & the landscape #SaveCotonOrchard
Hilary Cox Condron @HilCoxCondron
4K Followers 5K Following Community artist. Activist. Space maker. tree hugger. Play Hag 🌳 🌈 🥦 🌍
Brigit Strawbridge @B_Strawbridge
60K Followers 7K Following Love wild places, wild life, native bees, Art. Autistic. Patron @godsacre Ambassador @KernowConserva1 @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social
Monica Hone 🍃💚�.. @MonicaHone
2K Followers 1K Following Water. Biodiversity. Sustainability. Resilient Communities. Reality-based feminism.
Butterfly Conservatio.. @savebutterflies
112K Followers 4K Following The official Twitter account for Butterfly Conservation. UK Charity. Saving butterflies, moths and the environment! 💚 #RestoreNatureNow
john lindsell @jonnycaribouthe
1K Followers 2K Following Likes The Fall,The Chameleons,The Pixies,water voles,otters and Birds.Oh and hates the Tory's.
Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson
37K Followers 1K Following Professor of #Biology, specializing in #bumblebees. Author of: A Sting in the Tale; A Buzz in the Meadow; Bee Quest; The Garden Jungle. Youtube: https://t.co/fEGSoXoj0f
Bumblebee Conservatio.. @BumblebeeTrust
73K Followers 431 Following The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees.
Dr Alex Bulat @LabourAlexB
30K Followers 10K Following 🇬🇧 🇷🇴 🌹 @UKLabour PPC for Huntingdon. Promoted by Robert William Jewell on behalf of Alex Bulat, both at 10A The Highway, Great Staughton, PE19 5DA.
Richard Benwell @RSBenwell
13K Followers 6K Following CEO, Wildlife & Countryside Link, for #wildlife, animal #welfare and #wellbeing. https://t.co/bG2mhLqHWS @WCL_News. Chair, #Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership. #Nature2030
Bonkers Busway Cambs @BonkersBusway
11K Followers 1K Following We support better public transport but not a #BonkersBusway through the #Greenbelt. #NoSoilNoLife #DefendNature #Biodiversity #SaveCotonOrchard🐝🦇🦊🌳🍎
Edward Pollard @ehbpollard
733 Followers 325 Following Tropical forest conservationist living in Cambridge, UK. But also Cambridgeshire Butterfly Recorder so this will mainly be about butterflies 🦋 🌳
Denise Orvis @denise_orvis
276 Followers 2K Following Wildlife gardening, Pollinators, Justice for Wildlife & keep from harm by Government/ Councils misjudgement. Oil/Pesticides/Ignorance are killing the Earth
Save Our Fields, West.. @OurWestgate
2K Followers 1K Following Westgate & Garlinge Action Group against housing developments on our farmland. Say no to 2000 houses on best farming land #foodsecurity
Rebecca Roberts @ArburySafari
435 Followers 728 Following Coordinator, @mahsa_project. Curator, Gold of the Great Steppe, Fitzwilliam Museum https://t.co/MkvXBOA9Vb
Mothers CAN Cambridge @MothersCANCam
163 Followers 437 Following The Cambridge chapter of the campaigning organisation Mothers CAN
SongBird Survival @SongBirdSBS
4K Followers 4K Following An independent UK environmental bird charity committed to reversing the decline of British songbirds using scientific research. Monitored Mon-Fri 8am-5pm.
Bart Van Camp @BartVanCamp1
1K Followers 2K Following Moths. Papillons de nuits. Nachtfalter. Nachtvlinders. And showing their unexpected beauty in our backyards and cities.
Cambs Climate Justice.. @CambsCoalition
306 Followers 366 Following Mobilising for climate and social justice. "There is no such thing as a single issue struggle because we do not live single issues lives" Audre Lorde
Cllr Cheney Payne �.. @CllrPayne
1K Followers 1K Following Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge. Deputy Leader and City Councillor for Castle ward. She/her. All views are my own.
Fight For Nature 🍃.. @FightForNature
3K Followers 5K Following I love wildlife and nature! Trees are amazing, & I love David Attenborough for giving nature a voice. I’m always on nature’s side. Activist.💚#BanPesticidesNow
Dr. Vandana Shiva @drvandanashiva
132K Followers 108 Following
Georgina Downs @GeorginaDowns43
2K Followers 2K Following Multi award winning Journalist Campaigner. Exposing public health scandals. NO protection from: #pesticides; #organophosphate flame retardants; + now #Covid19
Rachel Carson Council @RachelCarsonDC
3K Followers 2K Following We are a national organization carrying on Rachel Carson’s work of environmental justice, conservation, and fascination with all forms of life.
Dr Hannah Charlotte C.. @HannahCCopley
903 Followers 1K Following Climate & social justice, BMA LNC rep, Green Party, Medical Doctor & Researcher (at @HannahCopley_Tx). (She/Her) 🏳️🌈
Rachel Carson Center @CarsonCenter
13K Followers 1K Following International center furthering research in the environmental humanities. Joint initiative of @LMU_Muenchen and @DeutschesMuseum.
Claire Wallace @ClaireWallace95
402 Followers 479 Following Ecologist with @savebutterflies 🦋 PhD in bumblebee conservation 🐝 (she/her)
Lawyers for Nature @LawForNature
5K Followers 1K Following Supporting the natural world and all who seek to defend it.
Friends of the Cam @cam_friends
1K Followers 546 Following We are an affiliation of groups campaigning to restore the health of the River Cam, the Cam Valley chalk streams and the Cam Chalk Aquifer.
Ed Straw @EdStrawBio
1K Followers 545 Following I study how pesticides impact bees. Special interest in RoundUp, ‘inert ingredients’ and pesticide statistics.
Josh Matthews 🔶 @JoshMatthewsLD
3K Followers 3K Following Parliamentary candidate for the @LibDems in Lewisham West & East Dulwich 🔶 Sustainability activist-analyst 🌍 Standing for a positive politics (he/him)
Jan Woodward @JWoodwardPoetry
204 Followers 726 Following Journalist, poet and writer-environment, philosophy, politics https://t.co/2mPyZXjKzV
WildaboutCambridge @WildaboutCambr1
61 Followers 34 Following it started with the Oxford Book of insects when I was two and it's never really stopped...
Health and Environmen.. @HealthandEnv
14K Followers 7K Following HEAL is a leading alliance of health and environment groups working at EU level. Working for better health, through a healthy environment.
CHEM Trust @CHEMTrust
5K Followers 2K Following Protecting people and the #environment from harmful #hormone/#endocrine disrupting #chemicals (#EDCs) at UK, #EU & international levels
MCS-Aware @MCSAware
887 Followers 485 Following We are a registered charity providing information and support for people who suffer from chemical, food and electro-sensitivities and environmental illness.
UK Butterflies @ukbutterflies
44K Followers 441 Following UK Butterflies is a community website providing comprehensive information on all butterfly species in Britain & Ireland. Posts by Pete Eeles.
Emma Pavans de Ceccat.. @emmapdc
102 Followers 266 Following Mixing Science & Art. Campaigning Assistant for PAN UK. Developing the Regen Arts Lab. Master in post-humanities and bio art. All views my own.
pesticidefreenorthamp.. @pesticidefreen1
8 Followers 23 Following
Stephen Jelley @jelleystephen
2K Followers 2K Following Delighted to be promoting electrical weed control, the alternative that is changing the way we farm and manage green spaces.
Buglife @Buzz_dont_tweet
64K Followers 2K Following Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. 🐝#BuglifeNI, #BuglifeScotland, #BuglifeCymru & #SolitaryBeeWeek
PAN Europe @EuropePAN
7K Followers 2K Following Pesticide Action Network Europe. Sustainable agriculture, end pesticide dependency. For farmers, biodiversity, water, soil, good food and a healthy future.
PAN UK @PAN_UK
9K Followers 4K Following Pesticide Action Network UK. Tackling the environmental and human health problems caused by pesticides and promoting safe and sustainable alternatives.
Cambridge Eco Council @CamEco_Council
213 Followers 50 Following For Cambridge news on Climate strikes, vigils and Climate action news
Rewild Cambridge @XRewilding
33 Followers 19 Following Campaign by XR Cambridge, sharing our love for nature. #NoMowingBack #ProtectWhatYouLove.
BSBI: Botanical Socie.. @BSBIbotany
43K Followers 36K Following Supporting British & Irish #wildflowers & the #BSBImembers who record them. Tweets by [email protected] #PlantAtlas2020 #NewYearPlantHunt #WildFlowerHour
Tony Booth 44 @ed_nonsense
925 Followers 708 Following Linking socialist eco-activism with a career in education. Another world is still just about possible. And we have to make it happen.
Katie Thornburrow @cllrkatie
1K Followers 1K Following Architect, food policy advocate, Cambridge City Councillor for Petersfield, Executive Councillor for Planning Policy & TransportPlease say no to pesticides and herbicides. Cocktails of these chemicals in fields, gardens, parks, verges, community spaces are poisoning wildlife including bees, birds, hedgehogs, butterflies, beetles, frogs, damselflies, and polluting our rivers. Let's give nature a chance 🐝
The mason bees are coming soon to a hole near you! Now is the perfect time to make a very simple bee hotel that works youtu.be/-azLFlBbN2k via @YouTube
What with Cambs County Council also having adopted the @Love_plants verge guidelines we have a coordinated effort to benefit the people and wildlife of the county. Lots more to be done but a great start
Yes! Cambs County Council look set to follow @camcitco in stopping using herbicides on highways, verges and pavements. Great news for public health, biodiversity and accessibility. Tell your cllr to support this! @BBCCambs @itvanglia fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/weeding-k…
I’m also pleased that @CambsCC is proposing to reduce herbicide use, following @camcitco pilots in Cambridge. @CambridgeLabour This is about protecting biodiversity and treating PEOPLE as people! @PANUKPFC fenlandcitizen.co.uk/news/weeding-k…
@ssteingraber1 Thank you for your inspirational work, Sandra - like others here, I found Living Upstream a transformational read. Good luck, and good physical and spiritual health. @PANUKPFC @cam_friends @Wen_UK I will look for you on other platforms after a while!
NEW RESEARCH: Minor ingredient in one of the worlds most used pesticides causes considerable damage to bumblebees! Why this is important (Hint: Co-Formulants) and what it means for pesticides, a thread: nature.com/articles/s4159… 1/15
Portentous cloud over Norwich Street last night. We must mend our ways. The days of fossil fuels are over. #COP26 Join @climatecoaliton Great St Mary’s 1pm Saturday 6th.
Are you ready to march for #ClimateJustice in Cambridge? This Saturday bring your friends, your family, your banners and..your alarm clocks! Let's wake up leaders @COP26 - it's time for #ClimateActionNow. Gather by Gt St Mary's 1pm. actionnetwork.org/events/cambsco… #COP26Coalition
Interesting article on @TheGreenParty policy passed at their recent conference on nature, which excitingly includes a Rights of Nature Act. This is (I believe) the first time Rights of Nature has been proposed as a policy by a UK political party!
Want to know more about the 'Rights of Nature Act' passed at @TheGreenParty conference last weekend? It would recognise that ecosystems have rights and to give a voice to nature in law. Our spokesperson for the Natural World @Jonathan_Elmer sets it out👇🏽 greenworld.org.uk/article/conser…
We have two #volunteer groups to #GetInvolved with in #Cambridge next week: Wednesday- 10am-2pm join the #Greenteam at Arbury Court to help with hedge improvement works Friday- 11am-1pm join us at Coldhams Common for a #litterpick #CommunityEngagement #Arbury #Abbey 🦸♂️💪🌳🚮
Cornell University Toxicity of Pesticides lists many of the chronic effects #pesticides r known to CAUSE. No University wld b allowed to teach students the known acute+chronic impacts if there was no proof they caused those impacts. Pesticides been known to cause harm for decades
@ed_nonsense takes a blowtorch to the wrongheaded arguments behind Supersizing Cambridge at the AGM of FECRA organised by @greenarteries. Our thanks from @cam_friends, the wider natural world and our children's children.
Here's my five minute offering about the obsolete anachronistic anti-sustainability planning system and its consequences for the worsening of our dire environmental predicament. That doesn't sound too cheerful so there's a wildflower meadow too! youtu.be/BdkBTcA4guA @CamLabEF
If you don't want to buy Silent Earth, listen to the 10 minute version here - then do something to help our insects and our planet youtu.be/tJqdKtHYIfY
RIVERCIDE - a documentary by @FrannyArmstrong, presented by @GeorgeMonbiot - sets out to discover who is polluting Britain's #rivers, and why nobody is stopping them. It's not just the water companies. The truth is shocking and needs to be heard. youtube.com/watch?v=5ID0VA…
I can’t believe we even have to debate not discharging raw sewerage into our life giving and precious waterways but apparently we do... please sign and share far and wide🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5823…
Please complete council survey about biodiversity improvements to Jesus green and Jesus ditch. Can they unblock both ends so the water actually FLOWS AGAIN? Massive biodiversity boost right there surely? @cam_friends @lil_blue_dot cambridge.gov.uk/consultations/…
Moth + bat night at Logan's Meadow a BIG success. 58+ species of moth inc Fen Wainscot NEW to the area. Well done @camcitco @CllrAlexCollis @cllrkatie biodiversity improving here. Big thanks to Cam moth group see post m.facebook.com/groups/8418108…
Many thanks to @PANUKPFC for their invaluable help & expertise in proposing our motion to make Cambridge pesticide free! This is a positive change the Council could literally make tomorrow to protect #biodiversity in Cambridge.
Moth trap and bat walk night!! Logan's Meadow Sat 24th July 9pm till midnight and moth ID Sun 25th 10am onwards. Meet by Swift Tower. Sat event bring a torch, open to adults and 12+. Sunday all welcome. Will be fantastic! #moths #cambridge #bats
@AldiUK withdraw this product from sale! This is ecocide. You are killing 1000s of harmless moths and other insects with this. Humans depend on bugs to keep the planet healthy! @savebutterflies @PANUKPFC @PAN_UK @EuropePAN @Buzz_dont_tweet
Everyone please send @AldiUK a message asking to remove this awful product from sale! 😡 #SaveOurBugs
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