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Summertime means heading to the shore, in both town and country

Katherine lives in rural Ontario. Margaret lives in New York City. The way they enjoy their summers is bound to be drastically different.




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Can co-working vacations offer a better work-life balance?

More and more people are working remotely. Now, alternative travel companies are offering what they are calling "co-workations" -- a combination of a creative business trip and inspirational adventure holiday for location-independent professionals.




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10 offbeat rentals for a fairytale getaway

From Hobbit holes to treehouses, these unique Airbnb havens promise a storybook escape.




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Europe's 10 best cities for an eco-friendly vacation

Plus, how to be more eco-friendly while traveling.




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Yes, digital nomads thrive on exploitation. But so does everyone else.

I respond to a recent viral article hating on digital nomads.




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5 winter glamping spots to book for a cozy getaway

From geo-domes in Finland and treehouses in France to safari tents in the Washington woods, these glamorous camping spots promise some wintry wonderland adventure.




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Globalized Beef, Palm Oil & Timber Corporations Now Main Cause of Tropical Deforestation

Confirming what previous studies have shown, new research from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that the main threats to tropical forests are no longer from




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Does Living Near Fast Food Restaurants Mean You’re More Likely to Be Fat?

Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?




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Rising Meat Consumption Takes Big Bite out of Grain Harvest

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.




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BPI's Response to Outrage Over Ground Beef? 3 Governors and a T-Shirt

Beef Products Inc took its best shot at making up for its silence during weeks of public lashing over what has been dubbed “pink slime,” an additive in ground beef made through a high-tech process that BPI invented.




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Pink Slime Makers Sue ABC News For Defamation

The suit, brought in South Dakota court, seeks over a billion dollars in damages against ABC News -- even though ABC never originated the term and was just reporting what everyone else was calling it.




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How do they find horse meat in hamburger?

A relatively new test detected horse meat in European hamburger. We wonder: how do they test this? Could it happen in America? What happens to all the recalled food?




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Farmed Fish Production Overtakes Beef

The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.




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Organic, lab-grown hamburgers – only $330,000

Muscle-meat grown in a laboratory is no longer in the realm of science fiction, except for the price of an 'all-beef' patty.




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Pink slime's school lunch comeback hits 7 states

Known as "lean finely textured beef," the highly processed meat has been dropped from by many fast food chains, but are still one the menu at public schools.




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McDonalds to begin buying "sustainable beef" in 2016

A new initiative from the fast food giant aims to rethink the global meat industry. But is that even possible?




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Vegetables are not "elitist"

But assuming that lower-income citizens are content to eat cheeseburgers definitely is.




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5 foods you shouldn't eat if you care about the environment

You've heard them all before, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded of why these foods are destructive to our planet.




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Does anyone really know which diet is best for the environment?

The meat vs. veggies debate is a lot more complex than it seems at first glance.




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More of us need to become "weekday vegetarians"

A new study shows that if we want to stop climate change, meat and dairy are off the table -- at least in the quantities we currently consume.




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McDonald's promises transparency about its food, if only customers will come back

The company has launched a few efforts to reclaim marketshare, from promoting regional specialties to answering questions about food production. Too bad the promotional videos aren't convincing and fail to address the whole issue.




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Meat and dairy are heating up the planet, but nobody seems to care

Despite the fact that livestock production contributes more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transport sector, there is an appalling unwillingness to change eating habits in order to make a difference.




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Meatonomics explores the bizarre economic forces that drive meat & dairy production

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.




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How many showers would you skip to help the beef industry?

Would you go stinky for steak? By skipping 26 showers for every 4 oz hamburger you eat, you can offset the water used to produce it.




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I ate how many trees for breakfast?

What nutrition labels do, and do not, tell us about what goes into our food




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If cows could fly: What's in United Airlines' biofuel?

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.




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Danish Council on Ethics releases its report on beef as a 'climate damaging food'

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.




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Try the 'Better Burger Challenge' this summer

Adding vegetables or legumes to ground beef makes a burger that's tastier, healthier, and less environmentally damaging.




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Study says grass-fed beef isn't better for the planet

Under perfect circumstances, grazing cattle do sequester carbon, but most of the time that's not the case.




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Grass-fed beef is threatened by nutritionally-deficient grass

"Since the mid-90s, levels of crude protein in the plants, which cattle need to grow, have dropped by nearly 20 percent."




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Sonic's part-mushroom burger now available nationwide

Blending ground beef with mushrooms cuts both calories and carbon emissions. Oh, and lots of folks say it tastes better too.




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Calling veggie substitutes "meat" is now illegal in Missouri

Guess which industry pushed that one through?




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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10 common myths about bike lanes, challenged by Peter Walker

Bike lanes carry the shock troops in the never-ending war on the car.




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The new Tern HSD could be the future of urban e-bikes

It's got something for everybody in a compact and clever e-bike that can carry a big load.




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Tern's new folding bike folds up 30 percent smaller than other folders with 20 inch wheels

Bigger wheels mean more stability and regular-bike feel, but it comes at a price.




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The robots are coming for your bike lanes

Why not? Everybody else uses them for everything but biking.




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Is this the busiest bike lane in North America?

Ten years after Vancouver's Burrard Street Bridge bike lanes opened, it is no longer controversial.




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Famous motorcycle designer tries his hand at e-bikes with the FUELL Fluid

Buell motorcycles are fast, beautiful and expensive. How does Erik Buell's e-bike compare?




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Electric cars alone won't save us, says new UK parliamentary report; get a bike instead

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.




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Why I think buying an e-bike online is a really bad idea

If e-bikes are going to replace cars, they should be taken seriously and maintained properly by people who know what they are doing.




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Why buying an e-bike online is not as bad as I thought

A lot of readers have had good experiences and saved a lot of money.




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Yet another study shows that bike lanes boost business

A deeper look at Toronto's Bloor Street bike lanes finds more shoppers spending more money.




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Learn basic bike repair with these 9 DIY videos

Keeping your bike in tip-top shape means regular maintenance, preventative measures, and the occasional on-the-road quick fix.




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New video from Ken Avidor: "My bike is freedom"

At least until you ride it to a public meeting, where your bike is part of a vast, bike-wing conspiracy.




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E-bike sales hit almost $15 billion last year

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.




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6 month report: My e-bike ate my car

It changes everything – how you think about bikes and how you think about cars.




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The real problem with the NTSB's mandatory bike helmet recommendation

We covered this subject before but I got it wrong. Peter Flax of Bicycling Magazine got it right.




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How to ride your e-bike all winter

It's a little bit different from how you ride your bike, but not much.




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We shouldn't need a biking lawyer, but we do

The streets are deadly and the cops don't care, but we now have David Shellnutt.