Ecocho - you can search with Cho Cho the tree!
Ecocho is a new search engine trying to make a difference for climate change. For every 1000 searches users make on Ecocho they will counter balances or “offset” up to a ton of greenhouse gases. They do this by planting two trees via advertising on the site.
A game: Guide Cho Cho to the tasty CO2 particles.
Help him munch on his favorite food and grow big.
Flash player is needed to play the game. Get it here.
What does the word ‘ecocho’ mean?
Ecocho: “Eco”, so you know it’s something for the environment right away, and “cho” meaning “super”, “ultra” or “extremely” in Japanese. Ecocho is a new “eco-friendly” model for searching the web, making it extremely easy to be environmentally active.
What exactly does Ecocho do for the environment?
Ecocho uses your web searches to promote tree growing projects. We generate funds through advertising, which we use to buy carbon offset credits. These credits allow us to contribute cash towards carbon dioxide (CO2) emission offset. We estimate that every 1000 searches on ecocho will help remove up to a ton of CO2 from the atmosphere. The crux: if people use Ecocho as their search engine we will donate money towards growing trees. Trees store CO2 and give out oxygen, which helps the environment to reduce carbon pollution levels.
For example, a million monthly searches on Ecocho should allow us to regularly remove a whopping 1000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere (approximately equal to removing 200 cars from the roads for one whole year). As 1000 searches allow us to adopt two trees, a million searches would allow 2000 trees – collectively an entire bio-diverse green forest - to do their thing. With your help, Ecocho can regularly adopt and protect whole forests full of carbon-vacuuming trees.
