A few of them, particularly millennials, might even say Bing or Yahoo.Īnd that’s because Google has had more than 90% market share among search engines for almost two decades now.Įven in Dec 2009, when Christian Kroll, founder of Ecosia decided to launch the eco-friendly search engine, Google had more than 90% market share. If you do not meet all of our criteria, but most of them are within your reach, we encourage you to still complete the project proposal form.If we were to ask a random group of people to list down the search engines that they’ve used, most would say Google. If you don't hear from us, this means your project proposal may not meet our criteria. Unfortunately, due to a high volume of requests, we cannot reach out to every applicant with individual feedback. If your idea matches our objectives and needs, we will contact you to set up a 30-minute call. Once in our database, our tree planting officers will review your proposal. Once you have submitted this form, your project will automatically enter our database. What should I expect after submitting a project proposal? You may also simply provide a description of the approach that you want to use. If you want, you may also attach a proposal or concept project idea, but this is not required at this stage. If you are interested, please use this link to fill out our project proposal form. In other words we expect partners (companies) to invest a share of their profits into additional trees. When Ecosia invests in projects (equity) the return is calculated in trees. The loan is paid back according to an agreed timeframe. It is an agreement between Ecosia and its partner in which we grant a loan or provide equity to execute a tree planting project. We pay the partner for their tree planting services, and in turn Ecosia owns the claim to the trees planted. It is an agreement between Ecosia and its partner in which both parties jointly stipulate how many trees the partner will plant for us and at what price. Examples can range from tree products such as cacao or moringa, or intercropping pineapple or lemongrass, for example, with trees. Loan and investment agreements are signed in instances when our partners generate an income with the trees planted and/or intercrops. We usually sign either Service Provision Agreements or Loan/Investment Agreements with our tree planting partners. What kind of contract agreements do you work with? Ideally, our project partners have the capacity to plant over 500,000 trees per year (although it does not have to be in the first year).
What’s the size of projects Ecosia normally works with? Native trees are strongly preferred exotic species are only applied in agroforestry systems when they do not create monocultures. What kinds of trees should Ecosia’s partners plant?
We are also interested in investment projects that are scalable and socially sustainable. We are also keen on projects that make use of innovative planting approaches to scale tree planting and reduce costs, and are always open to new ideas. Our collaborations are usually enhanced when beneficiaries contribute a fair share of money or time to the projects. When the projects focus on people, we expect local communities to benefit from the trees directly, for example when the trees are planted on their land. We work with projects where trees are planted in view of benefitting nature and people in a direct way. What kind of projects are you looking for? We have no preference with regard to our partners' legal structure as long as they are legally allowed to make service or loan contracts. Since transparency towards our users is key, we only partner with organizations that can commit to monitoring their trees and supplying planting proofs. We usually work with partners that have at least three years of tree-planting experience and who focus on planting trees in a way that benefits both nature and people. What kind of organizations does Ecosia partner with? If you work for a tree-planting organization that is interested in planting with us, we’d love to hear from you! Here are some FAQs to show what kind of tree-planting partners we’re looking to work with.
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