Growing trees in a nursery is just one way to bring forests back. In Brazil, for instance, we're paying firefighters to keep human-made fires at bay. In Burkina Faso, we dig half-moon-shaped seedbeds. In Malawi, we're using radio to grow trees – no nursery required! Listen to the Ecosia podcast to learn how – and how well – this innovative method w…

This interview features Dominik, a developer and the tech lead for Ecosia’s search team. He talks about why privacy matters, and how Ecosia’s privacy policy compares with that of other search engines, such as Google or DuckDuckGo. In short, at Ecosia we don't store your searches permanently, and don't create personal profiles of you based on your s…

Like Ecosia, Jonathan Drori is passionate about telling stories about trees. His latest book Around the World in 80 Trees has just been re-released in paperback. In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, he talks about the origins of his ongoing fascination with trees, the role education and leadership can play when responding to crisis - whether it’s…

Jéssica Lins is a software developer at Ecosia. We have company policy that every employee gets the chance to visit one of Ecosia’s reforestation projects. Jessica decided to visit our project in her home country, Brazil, where we are restoring the Atlantic rainforest, a magnificent biodiversity hotspot. In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, she t…

On Thursday, January 23, all Ecosia searches will plant trees in Australia. We will use 100% of our profits to help regenerate the country’s ecosystem by planting native, subtropical trees in the Byron Bay area, which is a biodiversity hotspot that has been affected by the fires. With your help, we can plant trees that clean the air, bring down tem…

In the age of the climate crisis, bad news is no longer news. We are constantly confronted with the reality of climate change – with all of its consequences, and with the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, despite everything. It doesn't come as a surprise that this situation is having an effect on our mental health. More and more …

Despite international efforts to restore forests, we still lack a basic understanding of how much trees could potentially be supported by the land. In their latest paper, the Crowther Lab maps the global potential tree coverage to show that, under current climate conditions, our planet could support 4.4 billion hectares of continuous tree cover. Th…

Spain produces 12% of the EU’s fruit and vegetables. It is home to over half of Europe’s animal and plant species. Yet 75% of the country’s soil is degraded. Large parts of Spain are on the brink of becoming a desert. We had to do something. So we partnered with Alvelal, a farmer-led association. Together we’re planting trees and help farmers switc…

Alternative Nobel Prize laureate Tony Rinaudo explains how to bring forests back through Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration -- an innovative reforestation technique that is changing landscapes and lives. Ecosia has been applying Tony Rinaudo's technique in Ghana, in combination with traditional tree-planting. Our aim is to restore the banks of the…

Our profits go towards trees, not shareholders – and we’ve just made that commitment legally binding. For most traditional entrepreneurs, this sounds like a terrible idea. But Ecosia isn’t a traditional business. Instead of maximizing shareholder value, we’re interested in maximizing the amount of trees we plant. To learn more about how we’re worki…

In this bonus episode of the Ecosia podcast, we chat to Shane McMillan, the journalist, photographer and videographer who has been helping us document our reforestation projects for many years. We talk about the half moon-shaped seedbeds that villagers are digging in Burkina Faso; we talk about how to build a future by reaching back into the past; …

On this episode of the Ecosia podcast, we talk to Jonathan Watts, the Global Environment editor at the Guardian. For years, he has travelled from the Coral Triangle to the Ugandan savanna to report on activists who are risking their lives to defend forests, rivers, coastlines and wildlife.Af Ecosia

What do our planting projects sound like? How many tree updates can our Tree Planting Officer Pieter squeeze into one phone call? And what are the strangest ‘Climate Change is a hoax’ theories on the internet? We want to try and answer all of these questions. And what’s the best format for that? A podcast! From now on, you can get in-depth updates …