Title: This Search Engine Plants Trees For Searches You Perform While Browsing
The article introduces the reader to Ecosia, a search engine that uses income from ads (that come fro researches) to plant trees, making up for digital inefficiency
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Description:The article introduces the reader to Ecosia, a search engine that uses income from ads (that come fro researches) to plant trees, making up for digital inefficiency
Subject Area: 1. Natural sciences – Computer and information sciences
Education Level: Secondary school
Education Use: Informal education
Author: Farai M. Date added: 07-04-2022Language: EN
Publisher/Institution: Techzim
License type: Creative Common – Attribution – Non-Commercial – No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 
Primary User: Student
Learning resource type (IEEE LOM): Activity – Case Study
Technical type (IEEE LOM): Application – Presentation
Time to read: 5min
Learning outcomes:
- Understand digital impact on environment
- Compare search engines efficiency
- Apply the principles learned to develop new solutions
DigComp competence area: 3. Digital content creation – 3.1 Developing digital content
DigComp proficiency level: 4.Tasks, and well defined and non-routine problems
Key words: Ecosia, reforestation, Search Engine, Trees
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