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Ett, A Restaurant For One in the Georgia Woods

Social distancing is easy at Ett: The one-seat restaurant is located in a forest just outside Atlanta, and you’re the sole guest.  Each month, Chef Jessamine Starr invites six guests to dine at Ett, which means “one” in Swedish. A short, quarter mile hike into the forest leads to a babbling creek; beside it, a […]

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What is Ecotourism?

According to The International Ecotourism Society (TIES), ecotourism is defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.” What most of us know as the ecotourism movement started in the 1970s; the concept is intimately intertwined with the environmental preservation efforts […]

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Introducing the EcoTraveling Foodie

Who is EcoTraveling Foodie?  I’m Davina van Buren, a freelance food and travel writer who’s lived as a digital nomad since the early 2000s.  For years, people said I should start a blog. But I’ve been so busy with client work and building my writing business the past eight years that the last thing I […]