Ecosia planted 100 million trees

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For those who aren't familiar, Ecosia is an alternative search engine browser that plants a tree per every 45 searches through the money collected from ad revenue. It's free for anyone to use and change to their default search engine.

Ecosia was launched in Berlin, Germany in 2009, so it took a decade for them to reach this point.

But last Thursday, July 9th, they finally hit a remarkable milestone of 100 MILLION trees planted in places like Burkina Faso, Brazil, Morocco, everywhere that deforestation has taken a mighty heavy toll. These milestones put them at the biggest planter of native trees in the world. In their words:
"Each tree is also a vote, a protest sign, a message that things can be done differently. Each tree brings us closer to a different future – one we can all look forward to."

Their plant shop is also a main source of revenue for the company. For every shirt purchased, 20 trees are planted.

This milestone could mean a lot for the future of a lot of go-green organizations like Greenpeace or WPF or any others reaching milestones of their own and making a change in the world. It puts Ecosia far higher on the radar for those looking for alternative eco-friendly organizations step by step making a difference.


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