In Senegal, Ecosia works with local communities to restore the desert. The land restoration project includes mapping the land, planting trees, and protecting the trees from climate change and industrial agriculture. They also work to educate the local population about the importance of land restoration. You can see the fruits of their labor near the end, when they show the before and after.
What is ecosia?
Ecosia is a search engine that focuses on environmental sustainability. When users perform searches on Ecosia, the company uses the ad revenue generated to fund tree planting projects around the world. Unlike major search engines that prioritize profit, Ecosia aims to contribute to ecological efforts, thus allowing users to have a positive impact on the environment simply by using their search service.
In their blog, you can see their actions, projects and how they spent money month over month. There is also educational content, an option to “gift trees”(donations, basically), and some apps and programs such as browser(for phones and PC), extensions and more.
