Who is Ecosia? 🔎
Ecosia is a not-for-profit search engine whose goal is to make the world a greener, better place. When you search the web, they plant trees. 🧑💻 Over 150 million of them in over 35 countries (so far), in fact! 🙌
They live these 7 principles:
- Use 100% of profits for the planet 💸 - They dedicate all profits to the regeneration of the planet. Ecosia can’t be sold and money can't be taken out of the company. Your searches will profit the Earth, not shareholders.
- Plant the right trees in the right places 🌳 - Plant diverse forests, not sterile monocultures. Native and endangered species instead of imported and invasive ones. They're (we're!) all about large-scale conservation, but also agroforestry, natural regeneration, and firefighting. And as always: always collaborate with local communities who make sure the trees will still be around to benefit their grandchildren.
- Go way beyond neutral ♻️ - Their solar panels produce enough energy to power your searches TWICE over, meaning more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the energy grid.
- Protect your privacy ⚠️ - They don't create a profile of you or sell your personal details to advertisers. We want trees, not data.
- All about transparency 👀 - With monthly spending reports, you can see exactly how Ecosia's profits are being spent. No secrets!
- Rooted in global and local action 🏡 - Whether that’s tackling global problems like climate change and the biodiversity crisis, or showing up when California, Australia and Brazil are fighting wildfires.
- Improve your search experience 🌟- This one is self-explanatory! If Ecosia is a delight to use, more and more people will make the switch and be climate active every day. And that will have a huge impact. In fact, if everyone switched from Google to Ecosia, we could plant 300 billion trees — every year.
What’s Ecosia and how does it work? 🤔
From their words 🎥: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRDA1ynrHTU
How does Treecard plant trees with Ecosia? 🌲
Ecosia has a huge network of local organizations planting trees across the world. Treecard taps into their amazing tree-planting network to ensure we are planting trees where they’re needed most and with people who will plant them right. 💃🕺
So when you choose to use Treecard, it also empowers Ecosia, who then distribute them among their wide variety of partners. And because Ecosia releases monthly financial statements for where they’re planting trees, you can be certain you are leaving a positive impact on the world, around the globe. 🌍
Thank you for being a part of planting the right trees in the right places 💚
