Is Ecosia legit?

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at whether the search engine Ecosia is legit. Specifically, I figure out if Ecosia is real when they say Ecosia plants trees for every web search you make. Because there are no Snopes pieces on Ecosia, I figured it would be important to see if Ecosia is actually planting trees as they claim, as well as try to figure out whether switching from Google to Ecosia makes sense.
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Resources:
1. Nature 2.0: Exploring and theorizing the links between new media and nature conservation (Bram Büscher): pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d73c...
2. Ecosia’s B Corporation certification (B Corporation): bcorporation.eu/directory/eco...
3. An Unbiased Review of Ecosia (Path Around the World): www.patharoundtheworld.com/ec...
4. Ecosia’s financial reports (Ecosia): blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financ...
5. Map of Ecosia’s tree planting projects (Ecosia): info.ecosia.org/#projects
6. Microsoft pledges to cut carbon emissions by 75 percent by 2030 (Microsoft): blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-is...
7. Ecosia vs. Google: Which is the best search engine? (Ecosia): blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-vs-goo...
#Ecosia #treeplanting #OurChangingClimate

[@OurChangingClimate]

Do you use Ecosia? What do you think of it? Also check out Levi's video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXrSc3eYgLZ7oa8

[@thinkabout288]

excellent reporting my $$ goes to local conservation groups and NRDC HOWEVER after viewing this i will look into Ecosia thanks 👍✔

[@riptide8103]

I found ecosia a few months ago and have used it every since this video was an interesting insight

[@felixdosmond371]

Also because it runs on bing some search results would not be the same as google

[@autumnfennelly3613]

I like using Ecosia, but I don't get the same results (obviously) as google when searching for places, and I like using Google Maps

[@stavrosctz9539]

Proudly planted 5 trees already 😜

[@guiguigamer8842]

IMPORTANT THING !!! 1 SEARCH NOT=1 TREE but if you click on the little earth on the right top that say 45 search=1tree

[@AviateEntertainment]

*W H A T ! ? ! ?*

[@AviateEntertainment]

At least it’s more than 0

[@beeisverycool]

I started using it a little bit ago, I have 38 searches.

[@dais6376]

they literally say that on everything they advertise it on AND the app itself tho so no need to have a disclaimer

[@daniellamontgomery4426]

I think the little tree symbol is a wee bit misleading but it's still worth it

[@A-Wa]

Imagine the impact if google would just invest 1% of their money every year to trees!

[@cavinb11]

That would be good, they should also pay their fair share of taxes whilst they're on it

[@DerAykac]

@@bicyclebuffallo6846 Then why is your vid on another channel? Seem very suspicious to me. EDIT: Don´t mean to be rude or something. Just stating concern.

[@finley7986]

Unfortunately Google cares more about their money than the environment so I don’t think they’d do that

[@thorkmunch]

Very very very low impact

[@sajinth2006]

@@finley7986 Google are carbon neutral so they don't really need to

[@vincentivanchev]

Who else went, got Ecosia, and started searching random things.

[@thedragontoothshow3827]

me

[@viv3936]

me haha

[@Paper_Frogg]

@RedReubs 45 searches produces enough revenue for them to plant a tree somewhere that needs it, they don't come and knock on your door with a tree

[@Paper_Frogg]

@RedReubs I've never heard that phrase before, I don't understand what you mean

[@Paper_Frogg]

@RedReubs I already do, been using it since last year

[@QronoZ713]

What's more important is preserving existing forests. Unfortunately, you can't replant rainforests. It takes thousands of years for the complex ecosystems to develop.

[@rai8551]

Thats not true friend we do need to preserve our rainforests though

[@bellarosales4919]

Actually a lot of the worlds forests are now producing net C02 rather than absorbing it since they're so degraded. Plus they're still being chopped down so planting trees is a good way to go. Exponentially better than doing nothing as well. And the trees are being planted in places that resemble deserts so this is actually a great thing for the people who live near these places.

[@QronoZ713]

@@bellarosales4919 Just a question, what's your qualification? Or where do you draw your sources?

[@sruthikajohn7232]

I think you are saying that conservation is more important than restoration/regeneration (I don't really know the difference between these two). I agree. However, I believe that restoring an ecosystem that is already degraded so as to reduce its vulnerability to climate change is a worthy cause. Yes, prevention is definitely better than cure (excuse my crude analogy) but now that a lot of destruction has already happened, the work they are doing is commendable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/poHKkKl6gsqcgLs Check out this video. Their work is well researched and kinda awesome. In short, yes, I agree with you. But we have to give credit where credit is due.

[@QronoZ713]

@@sruthikajohn7232 Yes, for sure it's important with restoration! But I am sometimes worried that focus on restoration takes away from conservation. It's sort of a buy-out, a perfect green washing opportunity for companies and governments. It happens with the forest industry all the time, where they cut down primeval or old growth forests and replace with new saplings. They might not even be native species but in the end there might be more trees, which is inherently good right? (Of course it's not, and you know that but many people don't).

[@atan7260]

im a sucker for being good for the environment with as little effort as possible

[@kosherburger]

Hey.. atleast you are supporting it! :D

[@user-dx5bn4yk4f]

though you can always go beyond your comfort zone 😉

[@petcheetah8092]

i though you were No One

[@atan7260]

@@petcheetah8092 😂😂 i like you

[@myealmarza2474]

You can lessen your meat consumption, especially beef.

[@michelcomenta]

I'm glad they aren't faking it because I made my whole family use this browser. 😊

[@khanhantran1997]

And I made my friends

[@tferreras8052]

Same!

[@savwilsonx]

michel sameeee

[@milenavasiljevic6095]

Same

[@user-bl3fl7cu7p]

I want to make mine use it but I think theyll make fun of me.

[@stephon3664]

Ecosia, planting almost 100 million trees: Nobody cares Mr. Beast plants 20 million trees: WOAH NO WAY MR BEAST IS SO COOL

[@triximix2924]

Ethiopia, planting 350 millions trees in 24 hours : Nobody cares

[@charlotteinfinito3581]

Well mr beast is a vastly more popular that Ecosia and probably Ethiopia too

[@buk1733]

caleb infinito wtf no lol

[@charlotteinfinito3581]

buk probably you can’t tell me that the majority of Americans or Europeans know what Ethiopia is

[@buk1733]

caleb infinito not Ethiopia. But so many people don’t know mr Beast compared to Ecosia (at least in Europe)

[@ChineseProductions]

Short answer: Yes Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeees

[@goosty17]

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS BECAUSE I USE ECOSIA

[@zaineb2191]

Gustavo Villar Me too

[@riptide8103]

me too

[@lenka8045]

WHY THE CAPS

[@Aaliyah_Eli]

is it just as good as google? have you had any issues using Ecosia?

[@goosty17]

@@Aaliyah_Eli I would say use Google for your scholarly research. I would use Google scholar for stuff like that. Other than that I use the Ecosia app. I will say, the ecosia app isn't as well developed as Safari or Google Chrome so be mindful when you use the app because it might show some websites as distorted.

[@supergirlysofia3054]

1:02 *CORRECTION: Ecosia claims every 45 searches there's a tree being planted...just letting you know

[@Hazy_Heart]

There is a counter in the search engine which counts your trees an it seem that there are about 20-22 searches for trees (Estimate)

[@a-1b-2c-37]

Thats good:)

[@juula9469]

If you use it at school or the office, you get higher results, because you use it more often. I think I have gotten about around 500 in one year, but I don thave that computer anymore to look it up.

[@zvoid_error000]

@@juula9469 I've been using it for a month (maybe less I'm not certain) and I have searched about 130 times 💜

[@Rainier214]

Ive searched on my phone like around 200 times in ~2 months, so if every 45 searches on average plants a tree, then I have planted approximately 4-5 trees. I feel so good about myself now.

[@bellarosales4919]

Using Ecosia makes me feel I'm actually doing something positive for the planet, even if it's small. I'll use this momentum to help me find even more ways to help the Earth.

[@maggy1944]

Been using it for 2 years. The total number of searches that I have so far is 8,452 which means I've planted about 187 trees. I get surprised every time I compute it and it kinda feels really good to know that I've contributed this much.

[@Volksgeist]

Been wondering about this for aaaages

[@JanNiediek]

yeah I was asked that same question by a friend, whether it is actually too good to be true, but didnt have a fact based answer

[@chnaealisha4113]

Same!

[@lokilokilokilokilokilokiloki]

Begone person whom videos I like but click baited the shit out of Kurz gesagt

[@AryanKumar-no5jf]

@@lokilokilokilokilokilokiloki That's coffee break.

[@neon6341]

Volksgeist volksgeist? Klingt ziemlich populistisch 🤔 XD

[@grace3393]

**gets an ecosia ad** cha cha real smooth

[@MidnightDawn]

I GOT ONE TOO! at first I thought it was part of the video but then the skip ad button showed up

[@user-vk2qr9dd5c]

take it back now yall

[@LinusDropTips]

@@user-vk2qr9dd5c One hop this time

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

criss cross

[@fykes5655]

Yes You Get Ads Related To The Video You Are Watching That Is How Ads Work Bro

[@yaafl817]

Sadly, as a programmer, using a less functional search engine would severely impact my work. If they could provide a better search engine, I'd definitely switch

[@crackedemerald4930]

Wdym with less functional?

[@EmyN]

Alternate between Google and Ecosia

[@chickenx777]

no one stops you from using both google and ecosia. even if you just go watch yoir fuckong porn on ecosia or some shit, you are still doing sumn ☠️

[@mariocamspam72]

@@navinater LOL what

[@CrayonConoisseur]

@Ianite I feel so called out 😂

[@lelevi3764]

The thing with Ecosia is that it doesnt plant one tree for every search, Ecosia itself says that for every 45 searches 1 tree is planted. For the rest, amazing video!

[@nadjaduonno3607]

This is something that channged since 3 years ago, at the beginning was 1 click 1 tree. I believe they are just being transparent.

[@BruceN0twayne]

literally had the ecosia ad before watching this video

[@tyc6850]

Same!

[@user-xd4sk4pk7h]

Don’t watch it fully so Ecosia don’t have to pay as much money on advertising so they can plant trees

[@eliseerickson5994]

me too! can't make this stuff up

[@binozia-old-2031]

Phuc Nguyen algorithm

[@kinsale186]

Phuc Nguyen same

[@benadrian21]

My work involves 8-hour research using a search engine. Glad I can help. Edit: 64 Trees planted so far.

[@ringtail5021]

lol and 65 likes

[@dragonscratchesstorytellin1126]

i think imma just seach a bunch of rando letters ,cuz for a lot of the day i just jam to mah music, not doing anything ,just lisening might as well

[@zknight4481]

Y’all should also try Tab For A Cause on your computer. It gives points for opening tabs that you can then donate to a charity of your choice

[@SoI-]

@Multorum Unum *around

[@SoI-]

@Emaan Shahid ÷45

[@the-letter-h-]

I literally had an ecosia ad on this video

[@romanticatdusk]

Same here! Got an ad right before the video started and for a second though it WAS the video :)

[@MrPickle0009]

Looks like a lot of people did, I did too.

[@Dreamy_Requiem]

also, iirc, ecosia removes tree saplings that die from the count. so the current count is the count of currently LIVING trees, not just trees planted. at least that was the case a year ago. if that's changed feel free to correct me

[@lorettagrey7383]

That's amazing 🥺

[@annika5495]

Title: _"Is Ecosia legit?"_ Yes or Yes... it's actually a yes. You can now spend your 7 minutes on other things :)

[@valerievalentova]

thanks!

[@smkd7294]

αииιкα twice yes or yes

[@chinogi1]

Fancy

[@annika5495]

@@chinogi1 YOU

[@annika5495]

@@smkd7294 :)

[@MattoMattoGaming]

PewDiePie should really shout out ecosia, imagine the impact on them. If I had that many subs, id make sure i shoutout everything i can to help.

[@alicelemieux531]

Harry's Life omg yes!!!!!

[@woffe8094]

No

[@UnStop4ble]

@@woffe8094 why? legitimate question

[@woffe8094]

@@UnStop4ble not relevant enough for pewdiepie to shout out

[@qazplm3845]

Woffe I think climate change and deforestation is very relevant

[@thellamacorn8902]

I've been using Ecosia ever since I found out about it. So far I've planted around 54 trees :)

[@aromanticism]

@Tiffany Wart came to ask that too lol

[@imleng4719]

Why does mine error. Started using ecosia last week an i already planted 1 tree but when I checked last time my search count suddenly got back to zero same as my planted tree I’m really curious why.

[@miyukimoyazono5958]

I tried it a week ago and already planted 57 tress lol

[@pewpew4085]

as a casual user, it doesnt really bother me. this is the laziest way to help the environment and im all for it.

[@cloverrr.33]

yeah.

[@Shadoufang]

Hahhah "the laziest way to help the environment" ;'DDD I luv it!

[@bellelirazan5970]

i have used ecosia many times now and i have planted 11 trees! i'm gonna save earth.

[@emiilysheils5030]

You've searched 11 times or 495 times because it's every 45 searches that they plant a tree

[@div_yam2304]

@@emiilysheils5030 correction-every 45 searches there is a tree being planted

[@Undead-gd5cv]

TheNMaxinOP on average

[@EverybodyHasAReason]

I haven't been using Ecosia for very long, but I do already use it a TON for research, travel planning, etc. I'm up to 9 trees now! I don't use Google at all anymore.

[@akshaysinha2711]

I'm jealous, I've planted 3 trees. And yes, that's around 150 searches I've performed.

[@allnone4277]

I deliberately click on ads while searching from ecosia .

[@Hazy_Heart]

* Bows *

[@cQ2DHPavXTqemm9Vsbgi4TV7x]

RESPECT

[@elnegromatapacos162]

You could just buy some merch or out right donate.

[@maya-ez3wc]

Duttle but clicking on ads is free

[@doomzday66]

@Lana Joy true bro/sis... let's do something for this planet b4 we die

[@cordeliushultberg9075]

To add - ecosia have now built their own solar power system which produces more energy than what they consume as a company, including the servers. This means that they're even more carbon negative than before!

[@laguildeduloup8804]

Hello, your report is very well thought out, but I want to add something: -Bing may be less "green" than Google, but ECOSIA has its own solar power plant, which "reimburses" their search footprint (only Ecosia's on Bing's servers). -If ECOSIA still exists, it is thanks to Bing, because, at the beginning, ECOSIA used Google's servers, which then fired them, for logical economic reasons, and Bing then agreed to "help" them.

[@IanLeeIsMe]

Clicks on video Advertisement : "Ecosia is a search engine just like google, but we save TREEEEEEEES"

[@Koshijapan53]

OMG me too, I thought it was so hilarious

[@ImplyDoods]

me 2

[@aperson6799]

Same :D

[@paulaaquino]

I got the 4ocean ad, which one also wonders if it's legit

[@allpowertothepeople3737]

Ian Lee, are you still using Google? Then I have something to show you!

[@willemwavefoe553]

video title: Is Ecosia legit Me: Well yes,..... but actually yess.

[@lily_the_bird]

an investigation is not superfluous

[@pbj4184]

L was better, you killer

[@frickinfrick8488]

I absolutely love initiatives like this, where making a simple and convenient change makes a big impact because of some creative minds. Good on Ecosia for giving me another easy way to do something good.

[@sarahfitzpatrick8241]

I started using Ecosia years ago when I was a college student. I have never regretted it.

[@aryanagarwal7742]

And then I see an Ecosia ad on this video. *Now that's legit.*

[@Koshijapan53]

OMG me too, I thought it was so hilarious

[@isername1929]

mee too

[@canttouchthefluff]

Ecoseption

[@nana-chan3584]

I had a 4ocean ad. I'm surprisingly pleased by this.

[@cold1892]

is this aryan from jls

[@alf279]

Unfortunately since it uses Bing, the search results are different than Google, and in many cases, less relevant. I have Ecosia set as my default search engine, since all my casual searches are successful with it, but I also have a Google search bar whenever I want to use Google Maps, or can't find exactly what I'm looking for. It would be nicer if Ecosia used Google's engine, but it's probably impossible. It's good the way it is, but Google is needed as a backup for me.

[@sunwoodior]

exactly!

[@tatiana2133]

Browser, not engine.

[@alf279]

@@tatiana2133 Thanks for the professional advice, but it is a search engine, not a browser. A web browser is Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, IE, Edge and such. A search engine is a search engine. If you try to act clever, make sure you are not wrong. ;) It takes one search to check.

[@alf279]

@@tatiana2133 I'm just a merely web developer, I probably don't know :)

[@tomorrcitozi9880]

@@alf279 pretty much roasted

[@rompevuevitos222]

47% is more than i expected, considering other corporations It's nice to ocassionally see a company not trying to scam everyone It is also nice that they have been smart about it, they hire when possible to ensure that whoever's planting the trees knows what they're doing

[@aliyatsabitadaffamutaqin9682]

please do one on ocean hero, they don't have a financial report, so I'm not confident

[@Rainier214]

I’m gonna talk to my school and see if we could use Ecosia as a search engine on our student laptops. Probably at least 1,000 trees per week, and that’s a really low estimate. Edit: Just a random thing I guess YT decided to crash right after commenting lol Edit2: ah yes, 1K likes, thanks guys!

[@shadowsneak100]

This is a great idea! Getting schools involved with this project would do wonders.

[@Panda-ub8iv]

In my high school we use it, so every computer here has ecosia. I'm from Costa Rica ❤️

[@domsquaaa4323]

I tried at my awful school and they completely ignored me 🙃

[@Rainier214]

Panda Good!

[@Rainier214]

Dom Squaaa they probably don’t care about climate change etc anyway. My school made this thing where you would put plastic in certain containers (although I don’t know where it went though) so they care at least a little. Once school starts in Sept. I’m gonna talk to my principal. If it doesn’t work because they might not be able to add it as an extension then I will just do it on mine. Edit: I bet I could talk to one of my favorite teachers and I bet she would jump on board, she very much cares about the climate. Then she could talk to the principal.

[@hannah752]

I also heard that Ecosia doesn’t sell your data to other companies like Google does!

[@Very-Uncorrect]

I didn't know Google did that damn now I'm fully switching my search engine!

[@hannah752]

Hey It's Sarah.` I thought this was obvious 😅 Whenever I talked about something with my phone nearby and I used google later on, they always showed me an ad about the things I’ve talked about (same thing with Facebook and Instagram) and I’ve never had that with ecosia!

[@Very-Uncorrect]

@@hannah752 I was too lazy to look tbh Tldr

[@ccg_mc9828]

Search about "The hated one" on youtube if you really care about privacy

[@hannah752]

Smegma Saucer I’ve never searched for that person I was speaking about. Not on a single platform and that’s the crazy part

[@sakshamsood7480]

Elon Musk should shout it out on twitter like he did for signal

[@capedcrusader5282]

@@verapalavecino1735 No bro. He doesn't.

[@rajulrathi9886]

true bhai

[@colymaniqui5306]

This was three years ago? It shocks me that i only knew about this app about three weeks ago😔

[@LELEFO]

The plan was actually to be powered by google but they (google) backed out of the contract so they had to look for an alternative!

[@lucian2331]

That's awful of google! >:c

[@sardonicsardonyx359]

Why?

[@sarahallenhumboldt2638]

What would happen if each of us contacted Google, and asked them to work with Ecosia?....Christian Kroll said that because people click more on ads when they are using Ecosia, Google does not want to work with them, as it has a negative effect on their billionaire clients.

[@blkstrai]

@@lucian2331 well you don't know the reason

[@celinak5062]

Even if was like 100 searches, one tree. It still feels like the least I'd have to change to be more eco friendly

[@emilyperry541]

Celina K and with millions of people using the search engine, it would add up

[@ArlanKels]

There's an actual psychological study into how even a "trivial" amount of charity often leads to the person feeling better about themselves. I think.. somewhere.... .... Hi

[@briandiehl9257]

@@ArlanKels I mean did we really need a study for that?

[@carolinafrech1260]

Yaaas 🌿

[@skylerricketts7392]

Also, switch to Tabs for a cause. Basically, it changes your home page, but you can still use Ecosia on it. For every tab, you open =1-3 pennies are donated to a charity voted on by people over the course of a month. And for every search goes toward planting trees with Ecosia.

[@MariachiFromHell]

I’ve been using Ecosia since 2017 and I always trusted them, following their projects on the web. I’m glad I did the right choice with this search engine !!!!! Keep the good work Ecosia ! Much support from France ! Very interesting video !

[@joebiden123mail5]

Agreed

[@jeanneboucher5503]

Besides the precious information that you give in this video, the editing is so so good and your voice is nice to listen to !

[@spiderrose6324]

I may be 13 but i'm trying to get my school to ues Ecosia. Just imagine the impact with how much schools are using computers now. Edit: it didn't work but i got some teachers to use it

[@sidhantpatnaik685]

Great going dude......surely go for it....!!

[@arxsaur]

my school uses ecosia! my school is an eco friendly one, which is really nice :)

[@murphyk1310]

My School does use Ecosia and I'm really proud of it

[@navybluechilipeppers]

Great that you try to make a difference!!

[@al0088]

while our teacher recommended this to us (*ΦωΦ*)

[@ellenacrystal5108]

I honestly think that ecosia makes searching more comfortable. Idk why but maybe it's the logo that looks very calming and pretty on a tab, unlike most other logos XD

[@askat2016]

I do love their icon doodle too

[@CounterFlow64]

Imagine if every google search for a day was converted to a Ecosia search. Let alone every google search forever.

[@thypuddio2965]

I feel bad to say that I didnt expect this video to be this good. This is a really well made video which completely got rid of my skepticism about ecosia. Ive been using it sometimes, cause I wasnt sure but I thought for most searches I can use it in case it actually works as they promote it, but now I will use it for everything.

[@juanpablo_san]

Okay, I'm gonna slowly change all the search engines of the computers of my university :D

[@Sander-Brilman]

how did it go?

[@generalgrievous2202]

Don't do that. It is not your property

[@TheDailySnail]

Video Title: Is Ecosia Legit? Ad: Are you still using Google? Me: I think I know the answer.

[@foottoast4235]

Download it

[@coffeetree_]

You do? Well... Yes?

[@LuigiCotocea]

The small snail watches ads!

[@TheDailySnail]

@@LuigiCotocea well it was within the first 5 seconds of the ad so

[@qxuuiinnn]

I KNOW I GOT AN ECOSIA AD IWJIHWUI

[@penelopevanellope1232]

The fact that this is 3 years ago is surprising.

[@pretationpictures6615]

To put it in a nutshell Ecosia safe jobs around the world and plant threes. Well done Ecosia 👍🏻

[@LeahandLevi]

Dude your stuff is so tight! Super fun getting to make this with you!

[@mention4264]

Levi Hildebrand I was like wow that’s weird you guys post about the same thing at almost the exact same time. This was my thought though before watching the videos!

[@aLena14x]

this was the collab i didn't know i needed!!!

[@bolo6935]

Wow! I found Levis channel because I saw on IG that 'our changing climate' follows Levi haha Great work bro!

[@onlinepersona123]

'' dude your stuff is so tight ''

[@olivernaumann3966]

Just an FYI about the "Self-published" accounts details for Ecosia, they are based in Germany, if those books were wrong we would have heard about it, it's one of the most regulated and monitored finance environments in the world.

[@lunaceleste9897]

I remember using it 3 years ago and classmates that I recommend it to just ignore it. Now they're posting about it, i guess it's better than never

[@mygetawayart]

i've switched to ecosia years ago and not only i never had issued with them, but it makes me feel better thanks to its environmental commitment

[@coolbeans19841]

I have my default browser as Ecosia, and I use it about 70% of the time, however say i want to get shopping results, maps, flights, or restaurants near me etc google is superior. For a basic search its great, and you're doing something good.

[@hanna_x9179]

Me too, I use Ecosia for normal research but I still use the google calender, maps etc.

[@Bucherviews]

Same here. It's easy enough to just navigate to Google when I need to use it, and use Ecosia the rest of the time. (:

[@failandia]

exactly this, i use Ecosia by default, if i don't find what i want i use Google it's not even hard and i'm helping as much as i can Ecosia

[@anreji_]

coolbeans19841 you can also type "#g" to directly search with google, "gi" for google images, "yt" for youtube and so on. it's really useful.

[@Bucherviews]

@@anreji_ Wow, really? Cool tip, I never knew that :D

[@tehguitarque]

Pretty awesome that they do seem to be able to make an impact. I wonder how much google could do with their profits if they dumped it into this for a let's say just a month. Didn't know* their servers are 100% renewable though. Learning so much from this channel, keep it up!

[@gustav3916]

Ecosia says that if they were as big as google, 15% of all Co2 emissions from the world could be absorbed. That is a fairly large number for something so simple to as using a different search engine.

[@ASBlueful]

@@gustav3916 It is still vital that their operations run on a renewable platform. According to some sources, in terms of server power, Google is more sustainable.

[@tehguitarque]

@@gustav3916 Damn, can you link to that stat? I'd like to see their calculation and couldn't find it with a quick search. @L Blueful I could see this, but they could do more :D

[@artit91]

renewable =/= environment friendly

[@gustav3916]

@@tehguitarque You will just have to trust the owner on this one blog.ecosia.org/co2-neutral-seach-engine-ecosia-solar-plant/

[@farikkun1841]

i hope this just doesnt become easy "feel good" action for most people.

[@wa7saka]

I could be searching really dumb and embarrassing things… but at the same it could be helping? Good to know

[@munenex]

I started using ecosia browser when they had planted 30m trees. It's now my default browser and it feels good that while I enjoy a great browsing experience I am also caring for the environment. I've planted 485 trees so far according to ecosia.

[@kikikaka2148]

Are you sure? 45 searches equals 1 tree

[@theost8872]

@@kikikaka2148 thats not that Hard if u live the Corona lifestyle

[@chobbs3384]

How smart are you after almost 22k searches? What else is there to search about.

[@LighteningBoy33]

Ecosia claims that 100% of its server energy comes from renewable sources, so perhaps an extra thing to be aware of.

[@frybreadndizhnikaaz3314]

@Ultra Mega i mean unless bing uses renewable energy for its servers (its just a hypothetical dont turn and flip on me)

[@unusedaccount9130]

And now they're feeding power into the grid!

[@andrewhannaford2995]

What they most likely mean is that ecosia's webservers that they own are renewable, not bing's.

[@unusedaccount9130]

@@andrewhannaford2995 Bing's webservers are renewable

[@ryanchowdhury999]

I'm guessing you didn't even watch the video. Ecosia sends its searches to Bing which only uses 44% renewable energy while Google uses 100%.

[@fullczennie5080]

okay, so it is true that ecosia's search engine is not that "helpful", especially if you are doing academic research but!! what i do is still use google, and simply have ecosia as an extension. it's on default, but when i'm in need of academic papers, scholarly published articles, and even infos on my anachem class, i simply manage my extension, then turn it off for a while. that way, i can use ecosia without giving up google :))

[@Nova-jj6ov]

Thank you for making this video, hopefully it means more people would make the switch to using Ecosia!

[@tonydeveyra4611]

we need to plant 1.2 Trillion trees to reverse climate change

[@failandia]

let's do this then

[@skylerricketts7392]

Or throw iron into the oceans to improve plankton counts.

[@skylerricketts7392]

And have houseplants

[@failandia]

@@skylerricketts7392 proven to not work, cause alga bloom instead what would work is ocean alkanification, look into it, it want to reduce ocean acidity and give it back it's full CO2 absorption capability

[@skylerricketts7392]

@@failandia I will, but it was proven to work in the Gulf of Mexico and many ships are sunk annually so the iron can work its way into the water and it has created many ecosystems, but if that works better, I am so on board.

[@_geck]

i got 2 ecosia adds while watching this vid. their ads are EVERYWHERE imagine the impact on the environment those will have :)

[@da1Dvibes]

@Ultra Mega They need ads to grow as a company, and they put money from their profit to that, but don't worry, it's a really small part, most of it goes to planting trees. You can check out ther monthly reports for that :)

[@navyaashok4844]

Can you do if Oceanhero is legit?

[@Ajattaro]

Thanks for this video! I've been wondering about this

[@user-dc4bl1cu2k]

I read recently that Ecosia uses solar energy now and no longer needs to produce emissions.

[@Eredom]

True =)

[@averdadeeumaso4003]

نادر الی راحمان Solar Panels have emissions to produce them and to build new ones when they stop working after 10-20 years, NOTHING IS WITHOUT EMISSIONS don't believe in global warming myth, look up THE TRUTH ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING

[@user-dc4bl1cu2k]

@@averdadeeumaso4003 Yeah but if you build solar panels and keep them running for 20 years you stop producing emissions for 20 years. And BTW I'm wary of using solar panels in planted areas where they interfere with natural sunlight distribution. Even other green technologies should not be used everywhere.

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@@averdadeeumaso4003 Yeah but you can also produce Solar Panels without emissions, such as making solar panels in enviorments that use sustainable and renuable energy. The technology and equipment used can be made without using fossil fuels if the energy, epquipment and technology is uses renuable and sustainable sources and methods.

[@argonauts56au1kera6]

@@averdadeeumaso4003 Also Global Climate Change is real, the guys who put a man on the Moon says Global Climate Change is real. Source:-climate.nasa.gov/

[@guysnacho]

I love the engine, it lacks a couple of extra Google features like timers and online calculators but each search definitely feels like it has meaning.

[@KcarlMarXs]

They've added a calculator, albiet a simple one

[@Eredom]

yea they keep adding functionality. A few weeks ago they added a weather widget.

[@skylerricketts7392]

Also, switch to Tabs for a cause. Basically, it changes your home page, but you can still use Ecosia on it. For every tab, you open =1-3 pennies are donated to a charity voted on by people over the course of a month. And for every search goes toward planting trees with Ecosia.

[@RomuloFF]

I have to double thanks Ecosia now, for finding this channel. Great content and amazing video!

[@anton-exe]

The only downside for me is sometimes when I look for solutions to coding errors it gives me something only related by the fact that it shares a digit of the error code.

[@shicadelic]

Just downloaded it and shared it with all my friends and family. I m so tired off feeling helpless in regards to deforestation

[@resentfulrogue7463]

The only ad I don't mind robbing me of my nonexistent money :')

[@sethblood6804]

ResentfulRogue time is money

[@polk207]

Very well done video, cool animations. Thanks!

[@kdiggydawg1]

thank you for posting the exact video i needed! i was getting their ad often and wanted to know if they were legit. your insight was very helpful!

[@yankwong2348]

I always doubted Ecoasia. Thanks for the vid and I will use it more often now! :D

[@2genes585]

Same here. I ve tried it, but the results where awful. But I will give it another chance now.

[@magnus8420]

Ecosia’s servers run on 100% renewable energy though

[@jamesx2703]

That's great!

[@ryeo9907]

Me trying to watch this to see if it's real: Ecosia: AD TIME

[@DrustZapat]

Love the video. Thanks for making it!

[@WonderlandWarGaming]

Think of the amazon rain forest fire right now.

[@idontbelieveinmagic]

I’m pretty sure ecosia is planting like a million trees because of the burning

[@Rainier214]

I think Ecosia is planting like 3 million now to replace the fires. It used to be 1 mil., but then installs increased by 1000% percent, so they then went to 2 million, and installs have still been increasing a lot, so now they went up to 3 million.

[@wife_puncher_bot8483]

Ecosia planted +100,000 trees on the amazon starting last month

[@Pyriphlegeton]

But also keep in mind the cause of the Fires. It's mostly farmers setting the Forest on fire because of the demand for animal products. The animal products industry is the leading cause of deforestation worldwide.

[@_kaleido]

Pyriphlegeton yup, 91% of the Amazon's deforestation is because of the animal agriculture industry (and of that, around 80% is due to cattle ranching)

[@user-es3sm9bk2i]

i really like using ecosia, i even made a presentation about it for one of my classes.

[@enatp6448]

Absolutely on board with this! Thanks for breaking it down.

[@justsomeintrovertedhuman5726]

As of now the total trees that were planted by Ecosia/users are *148,503,350* and still counting. I recently use Ecosia as my default search engine because of the news about the Scientists'.

[@corentin.6624]

And now : "Is this video legit?" Will the video about this video will be legit ? xD

[@gregorgrob3159]

Those 10% from the marketing budget need to go somewhere right?

[@2genes585]

I dont know this channel so this is literally what I asked myself while watching it^^

[@brianbrise7338]

@@2genes585 When I was watching the video, a part of my skeptical brain kept wondering "I wonder if this video is sponsored by Ecosia or if the channel is run by the company."

[@dododakowski2813]

Ifinite videos

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

There are resources in the video description.

[@edim108]

Ecosia is actually a really nice search engine. You lose nothing and you help fight the climate change. What's not to like? :) Honestly, if everyone was doing these "Small Token" things like using Ecosia, choosing a paper bag over plastic, etc. then it would all add up to a huge difference. There are over 500 million people in countries being part of the European Union. People in the EU are pretty rich and even in the poorest EU member states average person can count on decent living conditions. If you were to take annually 10 Euro from each one in tax it would amount to over 5 Billion Euro. Assuming that planting a single tree costs about 0,2 Euro a tree (what Ecosia Claims), then each year there could be 25 Billion Trees planted each year. That number is of course greatly inflated and just an estimate, but take 1/5 of it and you still have 5 Billion Trees a Year with just 10 Euro a Year (less than 0.10 Euro a month) from each EU Citizen. Small things can add up to something great! Also, planting trees is one of the most effective ways of preserving an ecosystem. Trees stabilize the ground, protect less robust crops from too much sun rays and dehydration, they absorb CO2 and other environmentally harmful substances, provide habitat for various creatures, etc. etc. Trees are the simplest answer to most Environment Problems. Not all, but most + they look beautiful and a stroll through the forest is one of the great joys of life IMHO.

[@heyitsdusk]

If you think about it....to make change happen, a lot of people have to change. And if you say to yourself "meh, someone else will do it, so I don't have to" think about how someone else probably just thought the same thing. So, yes, you SHOULD do those little things, because in the long run you'll be helping out

[@edim108]

@@heyitsdusk And the more people do these things the larger the difference will be and more people will be joining.

[@feikedejong5247]

Don't use paper bags, they are way more damaging than plastic ones.

[@Honeyflight]

@@feikedejong5247 Just use reusable bags because both aren't very good. But if you had to choose I think paper is the slightly better option.

[@feikedejong5247]

@@Honeyflight paper bags emit more about 40 times more carbon-dioxide than plastic ones, if you just throw the plastic bags away it's way better for the environment. Plastic bags are also cheaper. It's a shame that there is such a lack of focus. There is a lot of talk about things of minor importance. for example, I suppose you have been told to shower less. But if you replace meat from your diet once a week you can leave all your taps running and you would have a higher impact. (sorry for my bad English and by: the way I reuse my bags)

[@tkenglander6226]

I've been using Ecosia for a few years and have wondered this very thing several times. Thanks for doing the research to figure out if Ecosia is legit!! I enjoy helping out the environment with my day-to-day online searches. Besides citing your sources and putting together a nice-looking video, your speaking voice explains things clearly and intelligently. I truly wouldn't have known how to figure out the carbon footprint facts you reported. This is the first video I've found on your channel and I will look at a few others to see if I want to subscribe. I'll also watch Levi's video. Thank you again!!

[@pgum123gonowplayread4]

Remember though, we still need groups to protect bogs for carbon capture as trees are not the best, though useful, not the best to capture carbon as when they die, the trees release all of the carbon they have captured instead of bogs and swamps which "hold " it in for 1000 years. Also talk for recycling E waste later...

[@tina-wl1fc]

0:58 I just want to say that you have to use the search thing 45 times before you plant a tree.

[@happygimp0]

You could write a script that makes automated searches. In the other hand that would lower their income per search and increase the number of searches they need for planting a single tree.

[@koniki7050]

@@happygimp0 I did this, but then I realized that they only receive profits from ad clicks. You could theoretically write a script that clicks on these randomly, but I feel like there's probably some kind of captcha in place.

[@happygimp0]

@Koniki It should work, they do not use a captcha because no one would bother with that and the ad would be useles. It is called click fraud but i think there could be negative long term consequences and i do not know if it is legal.

[@koniki7050]

​@@happygimp0 They could be using a hidden captcha that just makes sure the clicks are genuine, but you're probably right, I doubt they would actually care about this. It doesn't look like there's much legislation on click fraud and is more of an issue when it's committed by companies. Just throw the script onto a Tails VM and should be fine xD

[@gardenapple]

@@koniki7050 Ad companies do use machine learning to tell if you're an actual human browsing their page or just a bot that clicks on things. I've heard from people who work in that industry that filtering out fake clickers is extremely easy nowadays.

[@johnshields3658]

People should download the Ecosia app. It's remarkably good.

[@ArtistryofDebauchery]

This video, while made with good intentions, completely fails in its attempt to educate the viewer about how Ecosia generates revenue for planting trees. Searches alone DO NOT magically generate money for a search engine. In order for a search engine to be paid by an advertiser, users must be directed from searches to the advertisement itself (i.e., they must at least click on the link, or purchase an item from that company). If you use ecosia, but have never clicked on an ad, you have contributed exactly nothing to planting trees.

[@MCArt25]

It's okay, this isn't really about information, but about making people feel good about themselves.

[@esmacengiz]

if social media influencers would use it massively it can make things i guess...

[@user-qv2gf7lz9d]

200 million just reached, keep going!

[@sharmisthatralalala]

I do use ecosia but it was getting difficult for me to convince people to make the switch from Google. This will help. Thank you for this.

[@dimananda]

Ecosia is really great. I use this search engines already for years and the results are as good as google. Our earth needs more trees!

[@phyliciajoykloes]

Thank you for this video! Today I mentioned to my colleagues I use Ecosia. I learned more thanks to you.

[@SS-wj3lt]

Been using Ecosia for years now. But saw your video today.!

[@ihave25subslol45]

To save people 7 minutes: yes, yes and yes. Edit: OMG Thanks for the likes!

[@a-1b-2c-37]

Thanks i got to 4min tho

[@human_sheeple243]

You have one sub why u lie

[@52flyingbicycles]

Longer version: Yes it’s legit, no it’s not perfect, but every bit can help

[@clairdecat7630]

This is a really great video!! Really really professional, my Environmental Studies professor always shows your vids in class. Love!

[@andrewkilman3271]

that's actually savage

[@brianbrise7338]

That's awesome that professors are using non-textbook resources. Esp. on environmental stuff

[@williamknight2433]

Damn this video is smooth 😂🔥, seriously, great editing