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So a man goes into a restaurant and he eats the matador's testicles. I forgot the rest of the joke but bullfighting is violent and confusing. Here Patrick looks at the quandry between culture and animal rights, as well as pondering other ethical dilemmas.
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Unilever: the empire behind such brands as Lipton, Flora, Dove, Vaseline, Rexon etc. Was their declaration of only sourcing palm oil from sustainable sources by 2015 too good to be true? Patrick intersperses the hard facts with some insanely cute orangutan photos to delve into the issues.
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An Apple a day keeps the doctor away. Unless you actually work for Apple, in which case it may require several doctors to repair the damage of labour rights abuses.
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At the Ride-On Lunch, we rode to lunch. Read on for the thrilling details.
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In teams of four, several thousand arguably quite silly but exceedingly fit people raced over 100 kilometres in 48 hours. Each team committed to raising at least $1000 and walking for 100 kilometres...
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Even though I'm strongly of the "VAGANS R SILLY LOL!1!" carnivores camp, I thought it might be interesting to have a go at a vegan diet for a couple of days, write up a few recipes and see if veganism is really that bad.
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If you’re planning to get naked with some hairy Central Europeans this weekend, try whiling away the wee hours at one of these fine eco-friendly and ethical establishments instead...
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According to Stephen Fry on an episode of QI, the average medium-sized dog is equivalent, in terms of carbon footprint, to keeping two small cars. Little did I know that my black-and-white bundle of joy was nothing more than a soulless planet-destroying monster in disguise...
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No, I'm not talking about Antipodeans Abroad or those irritating gap year kids.
I'm talking about 3 ways to travel while saving dollars and planets...
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There were a massive amount of bargains to be found at the Garage Sale Trail but, as always, the best things in life are free - like this lovely trio
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