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Work · March 18, 2019

Ecosia

The search engine that plants trees

Ecosia launched on March 18, 2019 with 7 votes, #1,449 of 3,009 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.

What it does

Ecosia is a fantastic drop in replacement for your current search engine. They use the profits from their search ads to plant trees in areas around the world where they are most needed, currently planting a tree ~every 1.1 seconds!!

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