Ecocho.co.uk: grow trees while you search
Ecocho ("you search, we grow trees") is a brand new search engine on an environmental mission. There have been a few of these types of things, where your forsaking of Google meant good deeds were done, but this is the first that deals with the environment (other than our old friend Blackle, of course, and that was quickly declared bogus).
Two trees are planted for every 1,000 searches made, albeit they're planted in Australia. Still, the company is planning on sharing the tree planting love with other countries in the future. For now, I don't begrudge our Antipodean friends a bit of clean air. Just because they've got the weather, the beaches, Neighbours and a constant stream of bar-b-qued food, why should I be bitter...
[Via Shiny Shiny]
The engine itself is powered by Google and Yahoo, so has enough power behind it to work properly. From a quick play, it's perfectly usable. Sightly slower than Google and Yahoo direct, and you might miss the extra features like 'images' and 'news', but what cost for saving the world?
Try it out here
