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December 19, 2018

Surfing the web to save the environment with startup Ecosia

Meet Ecosia, the privacy-protecting search engine that plants trees with your searches


Max Traeger

5 min read

Image: Tree planting in Brazil © Ecosia

Troubled by the riches Google is making from your searches and data? How about a search engine that uses its profits to plant trees every time you search whilst also protecting your privacy? This is the idea behind Ecosia, an eco-friendly privacy-conscious search engine that uses its profits to plant trees all over the globe. The Berlin-based startup has invested over €9 million planting nearly 45 million trees in 15 different countries so far, and with the help of its users, is now planting one tree every second.

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How It Works Ecosia
Image: How it works © Ecosia
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