It says it takes approximately 45 searches to finance the planting of one tree. Since its founding in in 2009, Ecosia has planted 60 million trees over 2,000 hectares. “It’s time for the industry to step up and do better and we’re proud to be part of a movement towards a fairer and more sustainable form of travelling.” What has Ecosia already been doing to save the planet? We want to give Ecosia users the opportunity to make an environmentally friendly choice when planning their next trip. This will make it easier for users to travel sustainably and encourage accommodation providers to become more eco-friendly.Ĭhristian Kroll, founder and CEO of Ecosia, said: “Travel is an essential part of our lives, but it comes with a carbon footprint. Over the coming months, it will be working to provide access to users globally.Įcosia says it wants to leverage Ecosia Travel to promote more sustainable forms of travel, including eco-friendly hotels, as well as allowing users to compare their carbon footprint across different transport options.
What are Ecosia Travel’s plans for making travel more sustainable?Īfter launching in beta in Germany, Ecosia Travel is now avialable in the US, New Zealand, Australia and across Europe. Ecosia will partner with additional travel search platforms in the future to expand its offering. Hotel deals can be compared by price, star rating or guest rating.Įcosia’s hotel search engine is powered by HotelsCombined to “provide a rich hotel search experience integrated into Ecosia’s search engine”. Users can either search for “hotel” through Ecosia or directly access Ecosia Travel through the “more” link on the search results page. For hotel searches, you can also go direct to.
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How does Ecosia Travel work? Firstly, add the free browser extension to Firefox, for example, and then conduct all web searches through this portal instead of Google. For each hotel that users book, the ethical search engine will use 100 per cent of the commission profits to plant an average of 26 trees. Jenny Southan reportsĮcosia Travel is designed to help travellers reduce their carbon footprint. Here at, we like to see a better future and small simple changes, such as Ecosia is a big step in the right direction.Ecosia, the world’s largest nonprofit search engine, has launched a new platform called Ecosia Travel that plants trees for every booking that is made. This not only means your privacy and your data are protected, but you also always get objective and impartial search results, that is not based on your previous behaviors and clicks. They are not looking to sell your personal data to the highest bidder for advertisements. By encrypting your searching and allowing you to turn off all their tracking and do not use external tracking tools. Unlike other search engines, Ecosia respects your privacy. But there is another positive apart from the environmental effects. Well, you are already searching the web using other engines, making the switch is no different. So, farm Ecosia’s investments have helped to preserve an estimated 3.5 million trees since 2018. So, Ecosia helps protect habitats from wild and manmade fires which is incredible after the devastating fires in 2020. They also invest in firefighting in Brazil and in our own back yard Australia.
But the major difference is, Ecosia uses the profits to help plant trees across the 9,000 sites globally.Įcosia uses its profits to plant trees in deforested areas, work with local communities, and restore fragile ecosystems. Ecosia like other search engines makes money from your searches through advertisements.
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