Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱

Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱

This extension adds Ecosia.org as the default search engine to your browser — it’s completely free!

What is Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱?
Ecosia is a Firefox add-on that redefines the daily use of search engines. Your searches become a powerful tool for climate change action as Ecosia uses 100% of its profits to plant trees around the world. With Ecosia, enjoy searching the web, and also contribute to the environmental cause by helping plant millions of trees worldwide, backing renewable energy, and ensuring privacy protection.
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Stats
Rating: 4.80 (724)
Version: 4.1.0 (Last updated: 2022-06-09)
Creation date: 2010-12-07
Weekly download count: 924
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • *://*.ecosia.org/*
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 58.15K
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Summary

Get Ecosia to plant trees and be climate active every day. Like other search engines, we make money through ads, but we use 100% of our profits for the planet. The Ecosia community has already planted 150 million trees in over 35 countries.

Plant trees with your searches and be climate active every day — Ecosia users are tackling climate change, protecting wildlife, and collaborating with local communities around the world, planting the right trees in the right places.

Protect your privacy — We don’t create a profile of you, never sell your data to advertisers, and your searches are always SSL-encrypted. We want trees, not your data.

Become climate positive — Not only do the trees we plant absorb CO2, we also have our own solar plants. They don't just produce enough renewable energy to power all your searches, but twice as much! This means more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the electricity grid.

Radical transparency — Our monthly financial reports disclose all of our projects so you can see exactly what we spend money on. We’re a not-for-profit tech company that dedicates 100% of its profits to climate action.

Get Ecosia today and be climate active every day.


Website: https://ecosia.org

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Search results are improving
  • Shows which companies are sustainable
  • Donates proceeds to tree planting and renewable energy
Cons
  • AI chat integration is questionable
  • Does not always count trees planted
  • Worse search results than Google
Most mentioned
  • Donates proceeds to tree planting and renewable energy
  • Search results are improving
  • AI chat integration is questionable
Recent reviews
by psihozefir, 2024-04-16

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Safety
Risk impact

Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱 may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ecosia — The search engine that plants trees 🌱 has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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