Search Engine Ecosia Plants Its 250 Millionth Tree
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Ecosia, the nonprofit search engine, is celebrating 250 million trees planted worldwide, becoming the world’s largest planter of native trees.
Since its founding in 2009, Ecosia has built the world’s largest network of local reforestation operations, numbering more than 200,000 tree planters and 125 organizations worldwide.
Unlike Google (which gobbles up as much revenue as it can), clicks and searches on Ecosia, as well as the ad revenue they generate, translate to revenue which the company uses to benefit our planet by organizing tree planting with local partners around the globe. So, far Ecosia has invested over $100 million to plant 250 million of them.
These local partnerships have allowed the Germany-based tech company to focus on working with local experts to plant 1,600 native tree species, including 144 endangered or vulnerable species making them the leading contributors to threatened-tree conservation. These efforts are helping biodiversity hotspots recover and restoring ecosystems in communities for generations to come.
Founder Christian Kroll - together with Germany’s Federal Minister for the Environment -planted a tree to symbolize the 250 million milestone in front of the German federal parliament, the Reichstag, in Berlin where Ecosia has its HQ.
“All of our successes have come from this powerful on-the-ground movement,” said Christian Kroll. “From one click in 2009 to 250 million trees today, our global community supercharged our climate action.”
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