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In July, your searches financed more than 2 million trees across 14 countries 🌳 From Romania and Italy to Nicaragua, India and Madagascar, you helped fund biodiverse, native forests around the world. Your searches can fund this instead of billionaire shareholders. Just switch to Ecosia. #ecosia #searchengine

Your Ecosia searches in Germany just became more independent. Earlier this month, we started delivering results from our European search index to some searches in Germany, and plan to serve a majority of German search queries by Janaury. Right now, most searches in Europe depend on infrastructure controlled by just a few US companies. So we built an alternative. Together with @Qwant@mastodon.social, we created European Search Perspective, a European search index for more choice and digital sovereignty 🚀

Less focus on footprints, more focus on the good things we can do together 🌱 #climateaction #grassroots

We're working over 600 farming families in Kenya to plant trees, restore land, and improve livelihoods. Joseph and Mary have been planting trees since 2023, and now have almost 100 fruit trees on their small farm. They're seeing better fruit yields, healthier soil, and more income to support their family. This is what progress looks like. All funded by your Ecosia searches 🌱 #reforestation #ecosia

Around the world, cities are making room for nature. Concrete and asphalt trap heat, making heatwaves even harder to deal with. That’s why more and more cities are bringing nature back into urban spaces 🌳 From planting urban forests to replacing paved spaces with greenery, these solutions help keep cities cooler and more liveable for everyone 💚 Which one would you like to see in your city? #heatwaves #climateaction #urbantrees #greenercities

This isn’t just another summer. Wildfires are tearing through France and Spain, North Africa and Canada. France has already seen one of its worst wildfire seasons on record. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to evacuate across France and Spain. And the fire season isn't over yet. But the worst is not inevitable. Cut fossil fuel emissions. Protect and restore ecosystems. Strengthen communities against climate impacts.

Your searches on Ecosia helped bring this landscape back to life in Ethiopia 🌳 Together with our partner Green Ethiopia, we’ve planted 20,000 trees here since 2017. These trees are already making a huge difference for people and wildlife: they’re cooling the land, restoring water cycles and stopping the soil from washing away 💚 Keep searching to help us restore even more landscapes! #ethiopia #reforestation #ecosia

This is how a not-for-profit tech company spends its money 💸 Every month, we tell you how much money we made and where it goes. Swipe for more.

🔎 Search engines are infrastructure. And infrastructure must be neutral. In energy, rail, and telecoms, whoever controls the infrastructure cannot favor their own services. The same logic must apply to search. At Ecosia, we index the web. We don't compete with it. Users deserve genuine choice. #ecosia #dma #bigtech #digitalmarkets

Meet Amaille. In 2023, she started planting trees alongside her crops in Nyarusange, Rwanda. Today, those trees protect her fields from erosion, hold moisture in the soil, and naturally boost her crop yields. The extra income has changed everything. Amaille was able to buy livestock, secure money for her family’s healthcare, and send all four of her children to school. Want to see more farmers like Amaille succeed? Switch your search engine to Ecosia 🌍🌱 #ecosia #climateaction

This Sunday 5th July is Digital Independence Day ✨ Are you ready to declare your independence from Big Tech? 📲🌱 This is a movement to reclaim our digital freedom, protect democracy, and switch to privacy-friendly alternatives. At Ecosia, we are a proud search engine alternative. When you search with us, you protect your data and plant trees. Making the switch is simple—get your step-by-step recipe here: 👉 https://di.day/en/digital-switch-recipes/google-to-ecosia #DIDit #DUTgemacht

Your search, your choice. You can now use Ecosia completely AI-free. Use AI when you need it, or switch every AI feature off when you don’t. However you choose to search, your searches still help fund climate action 🌱

Both look green… but only one is a real forest 👀 This land used to be a palm oil plantation. Today, it’s a thriving forest. 15,240 trees planted in partnership with FKL 🌳 And we let nature do the rest. In just over a decade, the landscape recovered. Help more forests come back – download Ecosia 💚 #reforestation #indonesia #rewilding #palmoil #deforestation

What does it take to prepare thousands of trees for planting? 🌴 In West Bengal, India, our partners at Symagine Solutions are getting ready for the planting season. Community members help raise and distribute seedlings, and community leaders (many of them women) train others in how to plant and care for them 🌱 Households receive a small number of saplings at a time, so each tree can get the care it needs. This is what collective restoration looks like 💚 #westbengal #ecosia #treeplanting

Wait… that’s the same place? 🌳👀 These before and afters are the result of years of reforestation work with local communities and restoration partners around the world 💚 Every search on Ecosia helps us plant native trees where they are needed most, turning degraded landscapes back into thriving forests that support people and wildlife. If you haven’t already, switch to Ecosia and help us bring more forests back 🌱 #reforestation #beforeandafter #ecosia

Listen to @ecosia@mastodon.social COO Wolfgang Oels and @Vivaldi@social.vivaldi.net TCO Bruce Lawson chat about all things Ecosia, the European Search Perspective (EUSP), and why digital sovereignty is vital for our future. Find the full conversation on the "For a Better Web" podcast:👇 https://vivaldi.com/blog/wolfgang-oels-ecosia-for-a-better-web/ #Ecosia #Vivaldi #WebStandards #DigitalSovereignty #Podcast

@Cuicas@mastodon.social Hey! Since the beginning of this year Ecosia is offered on Linux. Let us know if you're having trouble setting it up 😊

We're spotlighting niche nature words that deserve attention. Let us know your favorite hyper-specific nature vocab in the comments

From 5 lanes of traffic to a tree-lined boulevard 🌳 In just 8 months, Lancaster, California transformed this five-lane street into a greener boulevard designed around people. The project was part of a wider downtown revitalisation. Less asphalt, more trees 🌱 Better for the planet, people and cities. 📚 Sources: Congress for the New Urbanism, "Lancaster Boulevard"; City of Lancaster, "City of Lancaster Receives Statewide Honor for The BLVD Transformation Project".

We’re fighting for a Climate Nobel Prize, and we’re not alone — support is growing in the scientific community 💚 Join the movement by commenting below and sharing this post. Got more to say? Reach out at press@ecosia.org to add your name to the growing list of climate scientists and activists publicly supporting the campaign. #ecosia #climatenobelprize

3 million trees financed in Spain, the US, Peru, and more 🌳 Not just any trees: biodiverse, native trees that are not meant for carbon offsets. Trees that make landscapes more resilient to fires, provide incomes to local communities, restore water sources, and protect wildlife 🌱 Trees that are protected and monitored for decades to come. Your searches contribute to all of this 💚 More details about June's financials in the link in bio.

Imagine if more cities did this. #urbantrees #heatwave

POV: you helped this forest heal 🌴 Since 2020, we’ve helped restore this forest in Sumatra with our partner Leuser Conservation Forum, planting 15,240 biodiverse trees while supporting the forest’s natural regeneration. 6 years later, the area is already getting cooler and receiving more rainfall! Local farmers can harvest fruit from the trees, while Sumatran tigers and sun bears have been spotted near the restoration sites 💚 Every search with Ecosia helps restore forests around the world ✨

We’re burning this forest to bring it back. Together with our new partner Paskaia, we’re supporting Indigenous Miskito communities in Honduras, working to break that cycle. Local fire brigades patrol the land, build firebreaks and put out uncontrolled fires 🔥 But they also carry out controlled burns. Burning vegetation around protected areas removes fuel for future wildfires and can also help the pine forest regenerate by releasing seeds from its cones. 150,000 trees growing back 💚

Getting ready to plant trees in West Bengal, India 🇮🇳🌳 Our partners at Symagine work with local communities who raise tree seedlings. Community leaders teach the community how to plant and care for them. Then, each household takes home a few saplings 🌱 The leaders then visit the families and help keep track of how the trees are growing. A forest, grown by the community that lives there 💚

Only one of these streets is built for a heatwave. Trees are some of the best cooling tools cities have. In some conditions, they can cool urban air by up to 8°C and land surfaces by up to 12°C. They also filter air pollution, make streets more walkable, and create homes for wildlife 🌳 Does your city need more trees?

Your income shouldn’t shape how much shade you get. But it does. In US cities, wealthier neighbourhoods often have far more tree cover than lower-income ones — the result of decades of disinvestment and redlining. That means cooler streets and cleaner air for some, and more concrete and heat for others. Trees are climate infrastructure. Every neighbourhood deserves them. Source: The New York Times

Here’s what we’re doing to support communities and ecosystems affected by the recent wildfires.

We set up trail cams in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains… and this is who showed up 🥹 The Carpathians are home to some of Europe’s most iconic wildlife — but years of farming and grazing have pushed wildlife out of parts of this landscape. Together with our partner Transylmagica, we’re restoring native forests, and wildlife is beginning to return with them. Every search with Ecosia helps fund projects like this 💚 #rewilding #romania #carpathians #reforestation

Consider this your sign to go read outside 🌳 Which book would you add to the list?

@Carrotti@wien.rocks Hey! How can we help?

Sometimes the best thing you can do to restore a forest is… nothing 🌱 This project with our partner GEOTA in Portugal is a good reminder that restoring forests isn’t one-size-fits-all. Some areas are being left to regenerate naturally. Others are being restored by planting a mix of native species. The more we learn about how landscapes recover after fire, the better we can understand when to step in and when to let nature do its thing 💚 #ecosia #reforestation #wildfires

we're bringing back the Australian bush with ReForest Now 🌳🌳🌳 search with Ecosia to fund tree projects like this ecosia.org

These trees helped protect a village from wildfire. Native forests can act as natural firebreaks: slowing flames, retaining moisture, and creating safer landscapes for people and wildlife. Together with GEOTA, we’re helping restore fire-damaged land in Portugal with 35,000 native chestnut trees 🌳 Search with Ecosia to support projects like this 💚

Independent journalism and creator voices are essential to a healthy democracy. This Sunday, on Digital Independence Day, we’re proud to be handing over the mic to independent journalists and creators — because a free and diverse press is part of a free and fair digital world. Read more: https://steady.page/de/ecosia #DIDay #digitalsovereignty

This is what a forest recovering after a wildfire looks like. This landscape in Verdelhos, Portugal, has burned 4 times. But in this plot, we’re not planting any trees 🌳 It’s easy to assume that bringing back a forest always means planting. That’s not true. After a fire, surviving roots and stumps can resprout, while seeds can germinate 🌱 So here, together with our partner GEOTA, we’re letting the forest regenerate naturally and monitoring which vegetation returns. #wildfires #reforestation

It's your choice. Not everyone wants AI when they search — so now you can turn all of it off on Ecosia. Or keep it. Everything else stays the same. 🌳 Your searches help fund climate action around the world. 🔒 Your privacy stays protected. 🌍 We generate more renewable electricity than Ecosia uses overall. Search your way, and keep funding climate action 🌱

What's fuelling Indonesia's fires? El Niño is making this year’s fires worse, but that’s not the whole story. Across Sumatra and Borneo, forests have been cleared and peatlands drained to make space for palm oil and pulp plantations. This has made these landscapes more vulnerable to fire. Real prevention means protecting and restoring natural ecosystems. None of our partners in Indonesia are currently affected, but we’re keeping a close eye on the situation 💚 #indonesia #wildfires

This is who your Ecosia searches are helping 🫶 5,000 trees planted in the Byron Bay hinterland with ReForest Now 🌳🌳🌳

Europe is baking. Again. 🌡️ And the difference between living in a neighbourhood filled with concrete or trees is massive. One stores heat, the other provides shade. Urban trees cool streets, clean the air, and make cities liveable when temperatures rise. But most European cities are running low on them — and not everyone gets the same access.

Raise your hand if you'd like to see European trees on the new banknotes 🙋

In southern Europe, major wildfires have burned through almost 20,000 hectares, forcing thousands to flee their homes. In Colorado and Utah, fires have also burned huge areas of land. Climate change is making forests easier to burn. Europe went from extreme wet conditions to record-breaking heatwaves. Rain helps vegetation grow, and heat dries it out — leaving more fuel for fires. But there’s another problem we don’t talk about enough: how forests are managed.

Spotted on our wildlife camera in Romania 🦊🌳 We’re planting trees in the Carpathian Mountains with Transylmagica to bring back the native forest 💚 Switch your search engine to Ecosia to help fund more projects like this ✨ #ecosia #reforestation #wildlife

This isn't just another summer. Parts of Europe, North America, North Africa and South America are facing severe heatwaves and wildfires. Many broke records before peak fire season even arrived. In France, 116,000 hectares have burned this season. Across Spain and France, 300,000 people have been displaced. None of this is random. It's what scientists have warned about for decades: a hotter planet means fires that burn hotter and faster🌡️ We can't let this become the new normal.

You’re in control of how you search. Here’s how to switch to AI-free searching on Ecosia. Turn it on or off any time, so you can search the way that works for you 🌱

Your Ecosia searches gave these forests a second chance 🌳 These before and afters are the result of years of reforestation work with local communities and restoration partners around the world 💚 Every search on Ecosia helps us plant native trees where they are needed most, turning degraded landscapes back into thriving forests that support people and wildlife. If you haven’t already, download Ecosia and help us bring more forests back 🌱 #reforestation #ecosia

Even trees need personal space 🌳 Crown shyness is when neighboring treetops leave river-like gaps between them. Scientists still don’t know exactly why it happens. One theory is that it could be the result of competition for resources such as light. Keeping a distance may also help prevent pests and diseases spreading from one tree to another. Next time you’re in a forest, look up ✨

🌱 From 15,000 seedlings in 2019 to over 21,000 today. Israel's work in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda, shows what real growth really looks like 🌳 For 6 years, Israel has been growing saplings that eventually become Ecosia trees, partnering with us and One Acre Fund. Running this nursery provides him with reliable income to raise his 5 children and build long-term security for his family. Every search helps plant trees while creating lasting economic opportunity for people like Israel ✨

Somewhere, a forest is growing back because of you 💚 These are just a few of the places where we’re able to plant trees thanks to your Ecosia searches 🌳 We work with local communities and restoration partners to plant biodiverse, native trees where they’re needed most. Together, we’re restoring forest ecosystems and creating healthier landscapes for people and wildlife 🐒 Over 250 million trees planted so far. Get the Ecosia app and help us do more of this. #ecosia #reforestation

From grazing land 🐐 back to a thriving native forest in just 5 years 🌳 Together with ReForest now, we’ve planted 5,000 biodiverse trees, creating habitat for endangered wildlife in Australia. And it’s already paying off: birds and lizards are beginning to return 💚 #regreening #beforeandafter #reforestation