Palm oil

Why is palm oil bad for the environment?

There is no such thing as a bad tree, but the way humans plant them can lead to problems.

Fátima
Tree Updates

Tree-Planting Update: Episode 16

Our latest tree update comes from Sumatra, Indonesia, where your searches are helping to reforest former palm oil plantations.

Pieter
Projects

Our project in Senegal

We never have to choose between forests and fields. When trees and agriculture coexist, people thrive.

Joshi
News

“Everything needs to change”: meet Generation Climate

Greta Thunberg wants us to act "as if our house is on fire" – because, she points out, it is.

Joshi
Peru

Deforestation in Peru: a slippery slope

Peru’s forests are disappearing. But there’s hope. Farmers who have never met are helping one another by reforesting their land.

Fátima
Trees

Where, why and how does Ecosia plant trees?

Everything you always wanted to know about Ecosia's trees but were too afraid to ask.

Pieter
News

The women behind our projects

For International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the extraordinary women we’ve met on our journey to document your trees around the world.

Ecosia
Projects

Why we plant fruit and nut trees along a river in Ghana: Makada’s story

We try to plant trees where people and nature need them most. We found the perfect spot in Ghana.

Joshi
Podcast

Sounds from our project in Andalusia, Spain

This episode explores our Spanish tree-planting project through interviews, a personal story, and sounds recorded at our reforestation site.

Joshi
News

The kids are alright: Ecosia joins climate strike

Greta Thunberg's solo protest outside Sweden's parliament has spread from one school to the next, from Sweden to Honolulu.

Joshi
Burkina Faso

How your searches brought a desert back to life

Each year, entire villages come together to dig seedbeds in half-moon formations. Saydou Kalaga is a driving force behind all of this.

Joshi
Tree Updates

Tree-Planting Update: Episode 15

A new project from Colombia and news about your trees in Burkina Faso and Peru. With a message from Jane Goodall.

Pieter

News from Ecosia, the search engine that fights climate change through reforestation.

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