Trees

Trees – if planted in the right way – play a crucial role in regenerating ecosystems and supporting local communities. Learn more about Ecosia's projects, the difference between monocultures and mixed forests, and how trees can change lives.

Interviews

This farmer saves rivers by planting trees

Stories of hope seldom make headlines these days. But they are just as real. Discover Naliaka’s story of hope.

Facts

How to plant a tree

Planting a tree may seem like an easy thing to do. But many things can go wrong in the process of reforestation. This is the Ecosia quick guide to tree-planting.

Facts

The importance of forests and how we can protect them

From the bushfires in Australia, to the slow destruction of the Amazon forest. Now more than ever, the world's forests need our attention.

Tanzania

Three new reforestation projects in Tanzania

Your Ecosia searches are now planting trees throughout Tanzania. Learn about their impact on wildlife and people.

Australia

You did it. Ecosia searches will plant 26,446 trees in Australia!

The trees will be planted without delay. We also have long-term plans.

News

On Thursday, all searches will plant trees in Australia

We will use 100% of our profits to help regenerate the country’s ecosystem by planting native, subtropical trees in the Byron Bay area, which is a biodiversity hotspot that has been badly affected by wildfires.

Projects

Is everyone getting tree planting wrong? Here’s how to get it right!

One of the biggest lies of our times is that planting trees is simple. But it’s easy to tell the difference between sustainable and destructive tree-planting, once you know where to look.

News

Good news for the planet: we'll plant more trees than ever

Ecosia’s growth is through the roof. This means that we’ll be able to plant more trees than ever. Here's how we'll reshape the industry.

Trees

How one conversation started a silent revolution

Piet Abik imagined a better future for his palm oil dependant community. So he did one thing nobody had done before: he started a conversation.

Kenya

Protecting Kenya's rivers with trees

In Kenya we saw how trees safeguard clean water for millions of people across Africa.

Facts

How to read a landscape (and why it’s important to learn how to do so)

If you look at the landscape around you: would you be able to tell whether the environment is suffering; whether the trees you see are healthy or the soil you’re walking on is still fertile?

Trees

The tree-planters behind your searches in Brazil

Meet some of the more than 300 organizations within PACTO, Ecosia's tree-planting partners in Brazil.

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