Did you know that each Google search produces 0.2 grams of carbon dioxide? It excludes the technological resources used to set up an ecosystem or search engine. Thus, with the ever-increasing environmental threat, eco-friendly search engines have emerged to help make web browsing environment-friendly: one search at a time.
Some eco-friendly search engines are Ecosia, Ekoru, OceanHero, Rapusia, Elliot for Water, and GoodSearch.
These eco-friendly search engines use ad revenues generated per search to conduct environmentally friendly actions, aiming to reverse the damage caused by each search.
Ecosia
Ecosia is the best search engine that exists out there when it comes to sustainability. It is an eco-friendly search engine that uses Bing’s search technology and algorithm, and it uses 85% of the search ad revenue to grow trees.
Further, the best part about Ecosia is that they plant trees with local communities according to the biodiversity of that area. Now, this promotes not just reforestation but also helps in maintaining natural biodiversity hotspots across the world.
Ecosia has a  Google Chrome extension that you can add to effortlessly search through the search engine and plant a tree for every 45 regular searches you make. Also, they claim to have planted 172,826,667+ trees already, and you can check this dynamic number on their official website.
EkoruÂ
Ekoru is yet one of its kind of search engine that helps keep our oceans clean. Ekoru’s ad revenues go towards cleaning up the sea with the help of its partners like Big Blue Ocean Cleanup and Operation Posidonia.
Further, Ekoru’s servers run on hydroelectricity, which makes them all the more eco-friendly. They claim to produce 4.4g less carbon dioxide than other search engines, and further, they produce 1205% less carbon dioxide than Google.
Bing powers Ekoru’s searches. Encryption protects our data as well.
OceanHero
OceanHero comes with its own Google Chrome Extension as well. Additionally, the attractive feature of this search engine is that it shows you corals and the ocean waters in the background while you search.
OceanHero, in partnership with Plastic Bank and Waste Free Oceans, removes one plastic bottle from the ocean bed for every five searches you make. Google powers its searches.
For now, OceanHero works in four countries. It intends to clear oceans of plastic, and the ad revenue generated from our searches helps achieve this.
Rapusia
Rapusia is a search engine that does not work directly for the environment. 50% of the ad revenue generated by rapusia is donated to social and environmental causes carried out by nonprofitable organizations.
Searches on Rapusia are anonymous. So, they help maintain privacy. Further, the additional encryption prevents data stealing.
It has its own Google Chrome extension that can be added to make searches easier.
Elliot For Water
Elliot for Water works towards the aim of providing clean water to all. 60% of their ad revenue goes towards providing clean Water.
Their searches are powered by Bing, along with their algorithms. Elliot for Water has already donated clean Water to tonnes of people and continues to do so with every search.
Thus, it is high time to switch to sustainable search engines for everyday search purposes and help contribute to the environment in any way possible. So, these search engines help minimize the number of searches on Google and, in turn, help to reverse the damage done by search engines like Google.