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Ecosia is 10 years old! To celebrate our birthday, we\u2019ve launched two limited-edition t-shirts<\/a>. A decade of Ecosia means 76 million trees in the ground. And we\u2019re just getting started!<\/p>

Ten years ago, Ecosia was just an idea. Our founder Christian envisioned a search engine that plants trees during a backpacking trip around Nepal, where he witnessed deforestation and related poverty first-hand.<\/p>

Since then Ecosia has grown into a powerful climate movement with 16 million monthly users, who have planted 76 million trees globally. From the highlands of Peru to the former palm oil plantations of Indonesia, Ecosia has been changing the world for the better since 2009.<\/p>

Celebrate 10 years of Ecosia with us over on our https:\/\/blog.ecosia.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>","urlTitle":"ecosia-turns-10","url":"\/blog\/ecosia-turns-10\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/ecosia-turns-10\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/ecosiashop.com\/blog\/ecosia-turns-10\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1575388676,"updatedAt":1575388811,"publishedAt":1575388811,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":18321,"name":"Ecosia"},"tags":[],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5de6863eb51188.40151188.png","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5de6863eb51188.40151188.png.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5de6863eb51188.40151188.png.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":2092,"title":"The circular economy: is fast going out of fashion?","url":"\/blog\/the-circular-economy-is-fast-going-out-of-fashion\/","urlTitle":"the-circular-economy-is-fast-going-out-of-fashion","division":18321,"description":"Black Friday marks the beginning of the shopping season, which culminates in millions of unwanted gifts going to landfill. For those trying to follow a planet-conscious lifestyle, it\u2019s clear that runaway consumerism is trashing our planet \u2013 but how can we minimize our impact during the holidays and","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5de680b21fcd18.05649190.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5de680b21fcd18.05649190.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":1719,"title":"Protecting Kenya's rivers with trees","url":"\/blog\/protecting-kenyas-rivers-with-trees\/","urlTitle":"protecting-kenyas-rivers-with-trees","division":18321,"description":"When we visited your trees in Kenya, we saw how protecting forests means the rivers keep flowing, safeguarding access to clean water for millions of people across the African continent. Together with The Green Belt Movement, we are planting trees around 'water towers' \u2013 mountains that collect rainw","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5db2d7d3aec596.41305285.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5db2d7d3aec596.41305285.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0},{"id":1787,"title":"Why is palm oil bad for the environment?","url":"\/blog\/why-is-palm-oil-bad-for-the-environment\/","urlTitle":"why-is-palm-oil-bad-for-the-environment","division":18321,"description":"There is no such thing as a bad tree, but the way humans plant them can lead to problems. Over 25% of Indonesia's rainforests have been deforested and replaced with vast palm oil plantations. Why is palm oil bad? Because in these man-made monocultures, local wildlife can't survive and the palm tree","published":true,"metaImage":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5dbc629098a2b2.81971902.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/5dbc629098a2b2.81971902.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"hidden":0}],"labels":[]}