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Ecosia has stressed that it is not just [[carbon-neutral]] but [[carbon-negative]]. Combining its tree-planting initiative with investment in [[solar energy]] to power its servers (running on "200% renewable energy"<ref name="Digit-Kelly" />), each search is said to remove 1 kg of CO<sub>2</sub> from the atmosphere.<ref name="Digit-Kelly">{{Cite web|last=Kelly |first=Ross |date=8 April 2021|title=How Ecosia is helping tackle climate change, one click at a time|url=https://digit.fyi/ecosia-is-helping-tackle-climate-change-one-click-at-a-time/|access-date=4 August 2021 |website=Digit |language=en}}</ref>
Ecosia has stressed that it is not just [[carbon-neutral]] but [[carbon-negative]]. Combining its tree-planting initiative with investment in [[solar energy]] to power its servers (running on "200% renewable energy"<ref name="Digit-Kelly" />), each search is said to remove 1 kg of CO<sub>2</sub> from the atmosphere.<ref name="Digit-Kelly">{{Cite web|last=Kelly |first=Ross |date=8 April 2021|title=How Ecosia is helping tackle climate change, one click at a time|url=https://digit.fyi/ecosia-is-helping-tackle-climate-change-one-click-at-a-time/|access-date=4 August 2021 |website=Digit |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ecosia.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201531072-How-does-Ecosia-neutralize-a-search-s-CO2-emissions- |title=How does Ecosia neutralize a search's CO2 emissions? |access-date=3 March 2019 |website=Zendesk |language=en-US}}</ref>


= Reforestation Projects =
= Reforestation Projects =

Latest revision as of 09:15, 22 December 2022

Ecosia is an internet search engine which devotes the majority (80%) of its surplus revenue to reforestation projects.[1][2][3]

Carbon-Negative

Ecosia has stressed that it is not just carbon-neutral but carbon-negative. Combining its tree-planting initiative with investment in solar energy to power its servers (running on "200% renewable energy"[4]), each search is said to remove 1 kg of CO2 from the atmosphere.[4][5]

Reforestation Projects

  1. ↑ http://www.sundaytimes.lk/190512/magazine/search-online-and-plant-a-tree-with-ecosia-348289.html
  2. ↑ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ecosia-the-green-search
  3. ↑ Smith, Adam (27 January 2021). "Green search engine Ecosia partners with pro-privacy Brave browser". The Independent. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kelly, Ross (8 April 2021). "How Ecosia is helping tackle climate change, one click at a time". Digit. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "How does Ecosia neutralize a search's CO2 emissions?". Zendesk. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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