Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees

Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees

This extension sets your search engine to Ecosia and customizes your new tab page so you can plant trees with every search.

What is Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees?
Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees is an Edge add-on that transforms your browsing into environmental action. By setting Ecosia as your search engine, each search contributes to tree planting efforts globally, funded by ad revenue. Privacy-conscious and dedicated to sustainability, Ecosia uses profits solely for ecological projects, with full transparency. It even runs on renewable solar energy to double the positive eco impact.
Stats
Rating: 4.40 (290)
Version: 5.1.6 (Last updated: 2024-03-27)
Creation date: 2020-05-05
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • cookies
  • storage
  • topSites
Host permissions:
  • *://*.ecosia.org/*
Size: 875.38K
Stats date:

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Summary
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This extension sets your search engine to Ecosia and customizes your new tab page so you can plant trees with every search.

Get Ecosia to plant trees and be climate active every day. Like other search engines, we make money through ads, but we use 100% of our profits for the planet. The Ecosia community has already planted 150 million trees in over 35 countries.

Plant trees with your searches and be climate active every day — Ecosia users are tackling climate change, protecting wildlife, and collaborating with local communities around the world, planting the right trees in the right places.

Protect your privacy — We don’t create a profile of you, never sell your data to advertisers, and your searches are always SSL-encrypted. We want trees, not your data.

Become climate positive — Not only do the trees we plant absorb CO2, we also have our own solar plants. They don't just produce enough renewable energy to power all your searches, but twice as much! This means more renewables (and fewer fossil fuels) in the electricity grid.

Radical transparency — Our monthly financial reports disclose all of our projects so you can see exactly what we spend money on. We’re a not-for-profit tech company that dedicates 100% of its profits to climate action.

Get Ecosia today and be climate active every day.


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User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Helps to plant trees and fight climate change with every search
  • Uses the power of Bing to provide relevant and reliable results
  • Respects privacy and data
Cons
  • Edge keeps blocking the extension
  • No way of changing the keyword shortcut from ecosia.org to something easier
Most mentioned
  • Planting trees and fighting climate change with every search
  • Edge keeps blocking the extension
  • Uses the power of Bing to provide relevant and reliable results
Recent reviews
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by Hofer, 2023-02-15

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by Hofer, 2023-02-15

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Safety
Risk impact

Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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