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.

Facts

50 reasons you should use Ecosia

Convince that one friend who still uses Google that it's time to make the switch to Ecosia.

News

We’re days away from 50 million trees!

Back in 2014, we planted one tree per minute in Burkina Faso. Today, we’re planting a new tree every second across 21 reforestation projects across the planet.

Ghana

The women’s collective that fights poverty with baobab trees

By working together, the women can sell larger quantities of the fruit. Most of the women now earn more than their husbands.

Podcast

How to bring forests back without planting trees

In this episode, alternative Nobel Prize laureate Tony Rinaudo explains how to bring forests back through FMNR, an innovative technique.

Brazil

Tree-planters by day, firefighters by night

The fires are often started on purpose – and illegally – by cattle farmers trying to expand their pastures.

Trees

Trees, community and how Peru’s farmers fight deforestation

Felipe, Samuel and Oswaldo have never met. Yet they depend on each other.

News

News from Brazil: Your trees, Bolsonaro and how you can help

Your searches in Brazil support an umbrella organization of over 300 tree-planting projects.

News

After the California wildfires, doing nothing isn't an option

The press is no longer reporting on the fires – but the destruction they have left in their wake hasn't gone away.

Projects

Race against desertification: your searches in Spain

Europe's food security is directly linked to Spain's soil and water resources.

Trees

Our first mini-documentary: Uganda's New Forests

Ecosia's first mini-documentary tells the story of our reforestation project in Uganda, and the lives it has changed.

Trees

40 million more trees in the world!

As of today, there are 40,000,000 more trees on the planet thanks to your searches.

Burkina Faso

From depleted desert to fertile forest

Before the rainy season, villagers dug seedbeds to prevent rain from running off. The results are breathtaking.

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