#YorkOnEcosia

This is a campaign to get the University of York to change its default search engine to Ecosia. Ecosia uses the profits from internet searches to plant trees where they are needed most. This is part of a global student-led campaign. As of writing, seven universities worldwide have switched to using Ecosia as their search engine to plant tens of thousands of trees combined. Let's be the eighth!

What is Ecosia?

Starting in 2009, Ecosia was founded as a modern-way to tackle the issues of deforestation by making use of a search engine in order to bring about positive change. From the revenue that they make from ads, Ecosia spends this money to plant trees where nature and people need them the most. Already, 91 million trees have been planted in Ethiopia, Brazil, Indonesia, Spain, as well as many other places around the world, and this all down to the 15 million users who use this search engine daily.

Why Ecosia?

The planet and local communities aren’t the only ones benefiting from the positive work of Ecosia. Through their work of support biodiversity, Ecosia are able to create and maintain habitats for endangered animal species around the world! Still got questions? Visit Ecosia’s website at: Ecosia.org.

What can you do?

Become part of the community that use Ecosia as their default search engine by using our link specific to the University of York! Anyone that downloads the Ecosia extension through this link will start to add to the University’s tree counter: https://ecosia.co/UniversityofYork.

Sign the petition!