Climate Changed

This Search Engine Is Planting Trees Every Time You Browse

  • German search engine gives majority of profits to plant trees
  • Ecosia increased users after Brazil fires, Greta Thunberg
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When fires raged across Brazil this summer and deforestation rates reached startling highs, users began downloading a small German search engine in a modest effort to counteract the devastation.

Ecosia GmBH, a Berlin-based alternative to Google, donates as much as 80% of the profit it makes from running ads alongside search results to plant trees around the world.