1. Becoming a No Footprint Nomad

2. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
WHO AM I?
0y to 31y - Unexposed
31y to 36y - Exposed
37y - - Purposed
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3. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
UNEXPOSED
Engineer studies in Portugal
and Sweden (seed)
Well paid job as a consultant
Huge loans to buy a car and a
house renovation
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Did not think
much about the
world

4. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
EXPOSED
Quit job, sell car, rent house
Barman, translator, volunteer
Volunteer eco-villa
permaculture project (sprout)
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Became worried
about the world

5. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
PURPOSED
Quit consulting for big non-
ethical companies
Hippie pack: vegan, yoga,
meditation, spiritual
Vowed for positive impact
entrepreneurship (harvest)
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Wants to make the
world better

6. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
MY RESUMÉ?
8y nomad: UK, Cayman Islands,
Nicaragua, Brazil, Thailand
2y digital nomad: Teaching
Online and creating a brand
Former Operations Engineer
now a Greenpreneur
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Business-oriented
planet-lover geek

7. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
WHAT IS A NO
FOOTPRINT NOMAD?
Travels to Grow
Fights for our Planet
Thrives for Health

8. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
WHY BECOME A NO
FOOTPRINT NOMAD?
Travels to Grow
Fights for our Planet
Thrives for Health

9. DON'T MISS THE DIGITAL
NOMAD TRAIN
2020 40% Workforce remote
700M w/o China and India
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Today 1.2 Billion travelers in
the world
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Today 100M Digital Nomads
1Bi in 2035?
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Travels to Grow

10. WHY DID PEOPLE
TRAVEL IN THE PAST?
Religion
01 Trade
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Activities03
Travels to Grow

11. WHY DO WE TRAVEL
TODAY?
Pleasure
01 Necessity
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Growth 03
Travels to Grow

12. TRAVELING IS GROWING
INTO EDUCATION
Gap year growth with proven
life and career success
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Students exchange in Europe
doubled in 3 years
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Abroad study growing for
traditional education
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Travels to Grow

13. EXAMPLES TRAVELING
WITH A PURPOSE
Caliche wants to start his own eco-tour
company in Colombia. To prepare for it
he embarked on a year-long bike tour in
SouthEast Asia visiting all different
eco-tour companies he could find to
learn and take the best practices for
his project.
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Travels to Grow

14. EXAMPLES TRAVELING
WITH A PURPOSE
Paul and Simon are traveling for 8
months looking for projects that are
inspiring for them and eventually to
their studying institution
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Travels to Grow

15. EXAMPLES TRAVELING
WITH A PURPOSE
Wisinomad is starting a digital nomad
program across Africa to
stimulate social and sustainable
impact projects while they explore the
continent
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Travels to Grow

16. EXAMPLES TRAVELING
WITH A PURPOSE
Joao and Sara moved to Chiang Mai
because they call it the mecca of
Digital Nomadism and because they
wanted to learn more about Buddhism
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Travels to Grow

17. TRAVELING TRANSFORMS
Patience / Thick Skin
01 Adaptability / Sense of Humor
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World Awareness / 6th Sense03
Travels to Grow

18. TRAVELS TO GROW IN A
NUTSHELL
Travel with a Purpose
01 Travel in Education
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New Personal Skills03
Travels to Grow

19. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
WHY BECOME A NO
FOOTPRINT NOMAD?
Travels to Grow
Fights for our Planet
Thrives for Health

20. TRAVELING IS BAD FOR
OUR PLANET
Infrastructures for
profitability not sustainability
01 Mass tourism = Mass Polution
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Local disruptive overpricing 03
Fights for our Planet

21. YOUR TRAVELS ARE BAD
FOR OUR PLANET
Move to a new home base
means buying stuff
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Transportation carbon
footprint
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When on the road we use and
buy many disposables
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Fights for our Planet

22. WHAT CAN WE DO
BETTER?
Responsible Travel
01 Slow Travel
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No Footprint Travel03
Fights for our Planet

23. WHY SLOW TRAVEL?
A mindset
01 Offshoot of Slow Food
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Time to connect with people
and local culture
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Fights for our Planet

24. HOW TO TRAVEL
RESPONSIBLY?
Outdoor Activities
01 Eco-Lodging
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Green tour operators03
Fights for our Planet

25. HOW TO TRAVEL NO
FOOTPRINT?
No Footprint Kit
01 Mindful of one's decision
impact
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Apply the 5Rs (Zero Waste)03
Fights for our Planet

26. MINDFUL DECISIONS
EXAMPLES
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Renting a house with a garden,
where you can grow some food,
compost your waste, etc.
We did it using Airbnb and their
unique search capabilities while
traveling in Malaysia
Fights for our Planet

27. MINDFUL DECISIONS
EXAMPLES
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Overwhelming tourism
Although Halong Bay (Vietnam) is
a beautiful place, we regretted
having spent our holidays in one
of its islands, Cat Ba, due to the
heavy impact of mass tourism
Fights for our Planet

28. MINDFUL DECISIONS
EXAMPLES
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Flying vs shared land transport
There is a threshold (around 1000
miles) where traveling by plane
can be better than land
transportation
Fights for our Planet

29. MINDFUL DECISIONS
EXAMPLES
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Because we knew we were going
to stay at least 4 months we
rented a house with a big garden
where we could easily make our
carbon footprint smaller
Fights for our Planet

30. WHAT IS THE NO
FOOTPRINT KIT?
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Foldable Coffee Cup
Metal Straw
Water bottle
Cutlery / Chopsticks
Foldable plate/bowl
Washable napkin
Foldable tote bag/bread
bag
Food container
Liquid Soap
Fights for our Planet

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HOW TO USE THE NO
FOOTPRINT KIT?
Fights for our Planet

32. APPLY THE 5RS?
Reuse
Reduce
01 Refuse
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Recycle
Rot
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Fights for our Planet

33. R1 - REFUSE
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Fights for our Planet

34. R2 - REDUCE
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Fights for our Planet

35. R3 - REUSE
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Fights for our Planet

36. R4 - RECYCLE
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Fights for our Planet

37. R5 - ROT
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Fights for our Planet

38. FIGHTS FOR OUR PLANET
Slow Travel is the way
01 Traveling is an Eco-Problem
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Kit / 5Rs03
Fights for our Planet

39. Travels to Grow
Fights for our Planet
Thrives for Health
WHY BECOME A NO
FOOTPRINT NOMAD?

40. MAIN TRAVEL HEALTH
CHALLENGES
Mental and physical
Health Assesement
01 Eat well
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Thrives for Health

41. EATING ON THE ROAD IS
CHALLENGING
Fewer options (even worse
for diets)
01 Less time to plan
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Higher risks of food
poisoning
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Thrives for Health

42. IF SLOW TRAVELING
THEN YOU CAN
Rent houses with kitchen so
you can cook
01 Easily access to local markets
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Have access to more food
options
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Thrives for Health

43. ADVANCED EATING
WELL TECHNIQUES
1 pot cooking
01 Avoid food travel shock
02 Cook more than you eat out
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Thrives for Health

44. EATING AND HELPING
THE PLANET
Avoid food waste
01 Eat and shop local food
02 Plant-based diets
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Thrives for Health

45. TRAVEL WELLNESS
CENTER
Meditation / 5 min Journal
Stoicism
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House exercises or resistant
bands and yoga
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Routines, routines, routines
and good sleep
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Thrives for Health

46. THRIVES FOR HEALTH
Effort to mantain routines
01 Mindful eating
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Monitor your health03
Thrives for Health

47. The No Footprint Nomads project

48. OUR MARKET
01 1.2 Billion travelers
02 2/3 Internet Conscious Buyers
Travelers -> Eco
Eco -> Travel
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Travels to Grow

49. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
THE BIG PICTURE
User Generated Content
Zero Waste Travel Shop
NFN Summit
Green Discount Club
NFN School
Green Lodging Consultancy
Green Transport (Carbon)

50. N O F O O T P R I N T N O M A D S . C O M
LOOKING FOR
COLLABORATION
User Generated Content
Zero Waste Travel Shop
NFN Summit
Green Discount Club
NFN School
Green Lodging Consultancy
Green Transport (Carbon)

51. Thank you