The Amazon Rainforest has been burning for a long time. The number of fires decreased by 35% last month, but the problem is not over yet.
Besides recycling, there’s something else that we can do to help and the best part is that we don’t need to leave our desks or make a big change in our lives to be eco-friendly.
Ecosia is a search engine that uses 80% of its revenue to plant trees where they are needed most. Every search is helpful, you don’t need a certain device to use it, plus it’s free and it works as well as other competitors.
Using Ecosia is very easy! You can download the app or use a chrome extension. Every time you use it, it will show you a personal counter. It takes around 45 searches to plant one tree and you don't need to do anything else!
The social business based in Germany earns money from the ads that appear on the search results. They make a couple of cents any time someone clicks on the ads. Then Ecosia gives the profits from the ads to their planting projects.
They also make a small commission from their online store and every profit they receive is used on their projects. For example, every time they sell a shirt they can plant 20 trees!
Even when their income may fluctuate, each month Ecosia makes a financial report and a planting receipt. In that way, their users know how much money they are making with the search.
This is a great alternative to other search engines since they use Bing search technology, plus Ecosias algorithms to make it work for you! It offers amazing results since Bing is the second largest search engine of the U.S.
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