Internet search engine Ecosia celebrates planting 100 million trees
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When we go online to use the internet, we often use a search engine, such as Google.
Ecosia is a search engine too, similar to Google or Microsoft’s Bing. However, Ecosia is also an eco-friendly search engine. It uses 80% of its profits (made from advertising) to support tree-planting projects around the world.
Recently, Ecosia planted its 100 millionth tree! This is equal to 1,771 tonnes of carbon dioxide being removed from the atmosphere every day.
Ecosia was started in 2009 and is based in Germany. It powers its search through Microsoft’s Bing (search engine). It is available in many languages and has over 15 million active users around the world.
Ecosia plants trees. These trees are native (local) to the region and Ecosia has over 9000 planting sites. It focuses largely on countries that are the most biodiverse (where there is a large variety of unique animals and nature). This includes countries like Nicaragua and Peru in South America, Burkina Faso and Malawi in Africa as well as Indonesia and Australia.
Ecosia also built a solar plant two years ago. The solar plant produces 200% of the energy that it needs.
Here is a video of an Ecosia project in Madagascar:
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