August Eco Profile ~ Ecosia

As we announced in our recent blog post 7 Changes on Simply EcoNomads, every 1st week of the month, starting from August, we will share a profile of a sustainable company or initiative which is doing amazing things for the environment and the Planet.

This month I would like to talk about Ecosia, a sustainable search engine.

Searching with Ecosia is like searching with any other browse engine, with one major difference: they use the profit they make from our searches to plant trees where they are needed most.

That's right, they donates 100% of their surplus income to non-profit conservationist organisations, and their servers are powered by 100% renewable energy making them a CO2-neutral company.

Founded in 2009, they have planted 1 million trees by 2014, and currently they have planted over 32 million trees!

Screenshot taken 18.07.2018 @ 16:00

But that's not all, they work relentlessly to restore lands and empower communities:

"We plant native acacia trees, because they make the soil more fertile. With our earnings we started a communal savings account, which allows women to start their own businesses."

Another core value is complete transparency, in fact they share their financial reports every month. Here you can find them.

Also, they take pride in keeping your searches private. They don’t sell our data to advertisers and have no third party trackers, unlike most other search engines.

As soon as I heard about this fantastic company I replaced Chrome with Ecosia and so far Simply EcoNomads have helped plant 50 trees!

If you would like to be part of the solution and support this incredible company download Ecosia from the below links:

• Click here to download the app on Android

• Click here to download the app on IPhone

• Click here to the website and download the extension to your existing browser