Ecosia
Encyclopedia
Ecosia is an eco-friendly web search engine
founded in Wittenberg
, Germany in 14 December 2009. Ecosia is powered by Bing and Yahoo!
, and comes from Christian Kroll, who is also the founder of the self-proclamed green search engine Forestle
. Dubbed by Ecosia's press release it is "the greenest search engine in the globe" . Ecosia has been online since 3 December 2009. The server from Ecosia function with green electricity from Greenpeace Energy.
Ecosia is a privately owned social business
that has pledged to donate at least 80% of their revenues to a rainforest protection program run by the WWF
. In 9 March 2010 Ecosia had about 220,000 users world wide - about 60% coming from Germany - and donated over 510.000 EUR to the WWF's rainforest program.
Web search engine
A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web and FTP servers. The search results are generally presented in a list of results often referred to as SERPS, or "search engine results pages". The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other...
founded in Wittenberg
Wittenberg
Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....
, Germany in 14 December 2009. Ecosia is powered by Bing and Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
, and comes from Christian Kroll, who is also the founder of the self-proclamed green search engine Forestle
Forestle
Forestle is an ecologically inspired search engine created by Christian Kroll, Wittenberg, Germany, in 2008. Forestle is a website for finding all kinds of information on the internet; Forestle helps to save the rain forest and aims to reduce CO2 emissions...
. Dubbed by Ecosia's press release it is "the greenest search engine in the globe" . Ecosia has been online since 3 December 2009. The server from Ecosia function with green electricity from Greenpeace Energy.
Ecosia is a privately owned social business
Social business
Social business, as the term is commonly used, was first defined by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus and is described in his books Creating a world without poverty—Social Business and the future of capitalism and Building Social Business—The new kind of capitalism that serves...
that has pledged to donate at least 80% of their revenues to a rainforest protection program run by the WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
. In 9 March 2010 Ecosia had about 220,000 users world wide - about 60% coming from Germany - and donated over 510.000 EUR to the WWF's rainforest program.
Donations
| Month | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dec. 2009 | 2.656,34 € |
| Jan. 2010 | 5.921,60 € |
| Feb. 2010 | 7.393,96 € |
| Mar. 2010 | 8.911,76 € |
| Apr. 2010 | 9.135,11 € |
| May 2010 | 10.979,03 € |
| Jun. 2010 | 10.678,19 € |
| Jul. 2010 | 12.090,41 € |
| Aug. 2010 | 11.523,77 € |
| Sep. 2010 | 12.474,72 € |
| Oct. 2010 | 13.300,17 € |
| Nov. 2010 | 15.354,96 € |
| Dec. 2010 | 16.316,85 € |
| Jan. 2011 | 25.297,54 € |
| Feb. 2011 | 18.697,32 € |
| Mar. 2011 | 20.292,95 € |
| Apr. 2011 | 17.430,41 € |
| May 2011 | 29.524,77 € |
| Jun. 2011 | 20.144,90 € |
| Jul. 2011 | 36.439,22 € |
| Aug. 2011 | 45.790,29 € |
| Total | | 350.354,27 € |