Marketing nomad Dylan Basile of Tree Tribe got my attention at the 2016 Nomad Summit when he presented on his eco-fashion company with a passion for sustainability. Since our meeting, Dylan has had a challenging year. At the time of this interview, he’s coming off a 6-month battle with dengue fever, which is a debilitating mosquito-borne disease he contracted in Thailand.

In this episode, we talk about the transition to a nomadic work life, leaving Vancouver’s rainy season, the ins-and-outs of social media strategy at Tree Tribe, as well as the most difficult psychological and physical trial of Dylan’s life—dengue.

I was so inspired by Dylan’s passion for the good work at Tree Tribe, and his resilience through the last half year. I hope you think so too!

“I think it was the shock of being told I couldn’t go back to Chiang Mai and the whole digital nomad community, but I’m getting better and excited to go travel again.” – Dylan Basile



Travel Topics:



* The Nomad Summit 2016 experience in Chiang Mai [1:15 ]

* A successful experiment in becoming location-independent [3:10 ]

* How Dylan unfortunately became the dengue expert [10:52 ]

* A second bout of dengue nearly cost Dylan his nomadic lifestyle [19:52 ]

* The mission behind Tree Tribe’s eco-fashion brand [25:40 ]

* An amazing goal to achieve… Planting 40,000 trees!! [29:39 ]

* Tree Tribe’s 4 core values: Nature, Adventure, Travel, and Community [30:30 ]

* How Tree Tribe customers and fans show their love of the product through social media [33:04 ]

* Why Tree Tribe agrees that giving back is worth a cut into the bottom-line [44:05 ]



Dylan Basile’s Talking Points:



* Find out more about The Nomad Summit 2016 in Chiang Mai

* Get a copy of the 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss

* Dylan’s favorite café Warung Ocha in Badung, Bali

* Check out Buffer, a social media planning site with all locale-independent employees

* Listen to Fabian Dittrich’s experience with malaria on the LAT podcast

* Tree Tribe’s planting partners: Trees for the Future and Eden Projects

* The 2015 Impact Report from Trees for the Future

* Patagonia and 1,200 other member businesses donate 1% of their annual sales to sustainability initiatives as an earth tax to 1% For the Planet

* Read Let my People Go Surfing by Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia

* Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: A web series that defines newly invented words for strangely powerful emotions

* Connect with Dylan Basile:

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