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 a Chrome extension that sets your search engine to Ecosia and customizes your new tab page, allowing you to plant trees with every search. Ecosia users have already planted 200 million trees in over 35 countries, contributing to climate action, protecting wildlife, and collaborating with local communities. Ecosia dedicates 100% of its profits to climate action, protecting privacy, and ensuring radical transparency through monthly financial reports.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000,000+
Rating: 4.71 (2,389)
Version: 6.0.4 (Last updated: 2024-10-09)
Creation date: 2020-06-22
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • cookies
Host permissions:
  • *://*.ecosia.org/*
Size: 34.43K

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Extension summary

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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 200 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.


Website: https://ecosia.org

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Good cause: supports tree planting and environmental efforts.
  • Easy to install and use.
  • Allows searches via Google or Bing with specific commands.
  • Good page layout and user interface.
Cons
  • Search results can be less effective or up-to-date compared to Google.
  • Issues with functionality, such as error messages and glitches.
  • Persistent cookie pop-ups that are annoying for users.
  • Limited visibility or options for setting Ecosia as the default search engine in some browsers.
Most mentioned
  • Search results are not as robust as Google.
  • Great concept but has functionality issues.
  • Relentless cookie pop-ups are frustrating for users.
  • Ability to switch to Google easily during searches.
Recent reviews
by Beyza Tuna, 2024-10-25

Ive been using it for a while but i was trying to get it to not be on all my accounts, since i only have it on one account, and i couldnt figure out how. Although, i saw that it automaticly has acces to protected content ids, payment handelers, and sign in information. Very very suspicious if you ask me. this is wrong, very wrong.
by DanFANthewhitherman, 2024-10-24

Very well done search engine, good results and good page layout!
by Asavei Adrian, 2024-10-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Ecosia - The search engine that plants trees requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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