The Ecosia Podcast

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Stories from Earth: with updates on Ecosia and our reforestation projects, conversations with remarkable environmentalists and climate change experts, fascinating facts about science and nature, and personal stories. Brought to you with love from Ecosia's HQ in Berlin and our reforestation projects around the world.

  1. 08/28/2020

    The radio show that plants trees

    Growing trees in a nursery is just one way to bring forests back. In Brazil, for instance, we're paying firefighters to keep human-made fires at bay. In Burkina Faso, we dig half-moon-shaped seedbeds. In Malawi, we're using radio to grow trees – no nursery required! Listen to the Ecosia podcast to learn how – and how well – this innovative method works.

    11 min

  2. 06/12/2020

    Why online privacy matters and how to protect it

    This interview features Dominik, a developer and the tech lead for Ecosia’s search team. He talks about why privacy matters, and how Ecosia’s privacy policy compares with that of other search engines, such as Google or DuckDuckGo. In short, at Ecosia we don't store your searches permanently, and don't create personal profiles of you based on your search history. We actually anonymize all searches within days. Nor do we sell your data to advertisers, or use any external tracking tools. Moreover, we protect your searches from potential eavesdroppers with a securely encrypted connection.

    20 min

  3. 05/07/2020

    A botanical adventure, with Jonathan Drori

    Like Ecosia, Jonathan Drori is passionate about telling stories about trees. His latest book Around the World in 80 Trees has just been re-released in paperback. In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, he talks about the origins of his ongoing fascination with trees, the role education and leadership can play when responding to crisis - whether it’s the coronavirus crisis or climate crisis - and about why, when it comes to trees, there is always much more than meets the eye.

    34 min

  4. 02/21/2020

    An Ecosia developer goes to Brazil

    Jéssica Lins is a software developer at Ecosia. We have company policy that every employee gets the chance to visit one of Ecosia’s reforestation projects. Jessica decided to visit our project in her home country, Brazil, where we are restoring the Atlantic rainforest, a magnificent biodiversity hotspot. In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, she tells her story — of her work as a developer, of her changing relationship to her home, of finding meaning in work, and of how her climate anxiety has started to turn into hope.

    7 min

  5. 01/22/2020

    Trees for Australia

    On Thursday, January 23, all Ecosia searches will plant trees in Australia. We will use 100% of our profits to help regenerate the country’s ecosystem by planting native, subtropical trees in the Byron Bay area, which is a biodiversity hotspot that has been affected by the fires. With your help, we can plant trees that clean the air, bring down temperatures, support biodiversity, and attract rain in Australia. In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, Maximo Bottaro talks about the situation in Australia, why rainforests should never burn, and how we're going to fix this together. He is the co-founder and president of Ecosia's local partner, ReForest Now. Go to Ecosia.org to get started!

    8 min

  6. 10/29/2019

    How to cope with climate anxiety

    In the age of the climate crisis, bad news is no longer news. We are constantly confronted with the reality of climate change – with all of its consequences, and with the fact that greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, despite everything. It doesn't come as a surprise that this situation is having an effect on our mental health. More and more people are suffering from "climate anxiety" (sometimes called "eco anxiety" or "eco anxiety disorder"). In this episode of the Ecosia podcast, we talk to Rosemary Randall, a psychotherapist and author who's been working on people's psychological response to climate change for the past 15 years. Climate anxiety denotes distressing feelings that people experience when they let themselves understand what climate change is. It is, according to Randall, a life-changing experience, as well as an appropriate response. Fortunately, there are things we can do to manage climate anxiety. This podcast episode addresses some of the following questions: How does climate change lead to climate anxiety? How do we know if we have climate anxiety? How can we cope with climate change anxiety in creative ways?

    15 min

  7. 07/05/2019

    Why forest restoration is the top climate change solution

    Despite international efforts to restore forests, we still lack a basic understanding of how much trees could potentially be supported by the land. In their latest paper, the Crowther Lab maps the global potential tree coverage to show that, under current climate conditions, our planet could support 4.4 billion hectares of continuous tree cover. That is 1.6 billion more than existing coverage.

    8 min
  8. Food and the desert: sounds from our project in Andalusia, Spain

    03/05/2019

    Food and the desert: sounds from our project in Andalusia, Spain

    Spain produces 12% of the EU’s fruit and vegetables. It is home to over half of Europe’s animal and plant species. Yet 75% of the country’s soil is degraded. Large parts of Spain are on the brink of becoming a desert. We had to do something. So we partnered with Alvelal, a farmer-led association. Together we’re planting trees and help farmers switch to agricultural practices that regenerate their soil instead of depleting it. This episode of the Ecosia podcast explores this tree-planting project through interviews, a personal story about going home, and a polyphony of sounds and instruments recorded at our reforestation site by our friends at Sound Matters.

    10 min
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Stories from Earth: with updates on Ecosia and our reforestation projects, conversations with remarkable environmentalists and climate change experts, fascinating facts about science and nature, and personal stories. Brought to you with love from Ecosia's HQ in Berlin and our reforestation projects around the world.

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  • Creator
    Ecosia
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2020
  • Episodes
    13
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ecosia GmbH, Gerichtstr. 23 13347 Berlin, DE273999090
  • Show Website
    The Ecosia Podcast