![]() You don’t work in the background with Google but with Bing, the search engine from Microsoft. We’re definitely the privacy-friendly search engine. For us, privacy as a whole is important, and we’re convinced that it’s very important to our users as well. We don’t collect individual fingerprints either. The user as a person cannot be recognised. ![]() F or example, we don’t create user profiles. We decided to just collect the data we need to keep Ecosia going. Last year, we took the General Data Protection Regulation (General Data Protection Regulation ) as an opportunity to deal with what our values regarding data and data collection look like. What sets you apart from other search engines on this point? For Ecosia, data protection is particularly important, along with environmental protection. For mobile phones, both Android and iOS, there’s a browser app that you can download for free. You can go to our website,, where you’ll also find a browser extension. It’s very easy to set Ecosia up as your search engine. How does the transition from Google or another search engine to Ecosia work? It’s worked out very well – trees have been planted and are flourishing. Some project partners also have an app they use to document exactly what’s changed. In addition, we follow developments via satellite imagery. Of course, we also have contracts with partners to make sure the trees are planted. For example, the tree planting project can be constructed so that the groundwater level is increased and diverted to a well. Pieter visits the project partners, builds relationships with them, and works in collaboration with the partners to determine how the project will be developed to best support the local community. He’s been in the industry for several decades and is an expert. We have a tree planting officer, Pieter, who coordinates the projects. Since last year, there’s also a European project in Spain. A large number of these can be found in the global south, in African countries, in South and Central America and in Indonesia. ![]() Where are these projects?Įcosia currently supports 22 tree planting projects around the world. With our income we cover our running costs – salaries, office and marketing expenses – and what’s left over, the company profit, goes into tree planting projects. If you’re looking for ‘Hotel Berlin’, for example, the first few results will often advertise suitable marked pages. Like all search engines, we generate our revenue through adverts. Tell us more… Ecosia's Génica SchäfgenĮcosia is like Google – with the difference being we use the money we earn to plant trees. Ecosia is a search engine that plants trees. Triodos Bank UK is also proud to advertise on the search engine. Ecosia is headquartered in Germany and a customer of Triodos Bank Germany. The company plants trees – over 73 million so far – with the money it earns, and places great emphasis on users’ privacy too. If you’re looking for something on the internet you often just ‘Google it’, but Ecosia offers a sustainable and ethical alternative to the search engine giant. Ecosia is a search engine that’s rapidly gaining momentum. ![]()
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