Green Search Engines
Searching the web has become a major part of our lives. There are tons of search engines available to help you find information or websites, but a few have their way to make our searches a little more green.
Google and Yahoo currently dominate the market for search engines. In order to try to find a more optimum search algorithm to compete with them would require an enormous amount of funds and a team of top mathematicians and computer scientist. There are a few search engines that use these major search engines as a foundation, but use a portion of their profits earned to donate to charities that promote a more eco friendly world.
What’s great about the idea behind these types of search engines that instead of giving all of the profit to google’s or yahoo’s shareholders, you can provide them to environmental organizations. In order to really make a difference, it makes so much sense to make one of the following search engines as our home page to use for search queries:
EcoSearch.org
EcoSearch.org is the best example of one of the search engines I mentioned above. They simply pass Google searches through their site, but direct 100% of the money they earn to environmental charities. The organizations that they sponsor are all focused at protecting or restoring our environment so that future generations can enjoy it. Some organizations that EcoSearch.org supports includes Sierra Club, TreePeople, National Resource Defense Council and the Rainforest Alliance.
EcoSearch
Though the same names as EcoSearch.org, EcoSearch search engine operates slightly differently. It actually uses Yahoo to fuel its search queries and does not alter your searches one bit. They also donate to reforestation projects throughout the world. For every 1,000 searches made, a tree is planted either in the Amazon or Canary Islands. Aquaverde, Foresta and Cœur de Forêt are the major organizations supported by this search engine and ensure that our precious Amazon region remains intact.
The Eco Key
The Eco Key uses an Eco filter on Google in order to make search engine queries more eco friendly. Instead of returning all the search results Google would normally return, it retuns relevant green search results. On top that, they give 40% of their revenue towards cleaning up our planet. That money is directed towards organizations aimed at removing trash and help clean up pollution in communities, parks and beaches throughout the world.
Green Maven
Green Maven is a search engine and directory for environmentally friendly websites. Their goal is to keep growing the green web by providing a single place where a large number of some of the top green sites can be found. Green Maven makes it so easy to find green webistes instead of having to filter through search results from Google or Yahoo.
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May 5th, 2009Trackback from : Green tinted web searches
I’m trying to get my workmates to think about offsetting their cabon emmissions at work and want a simple solution that everyone can do. i’ve heard about green search engines but don’t know what’s best? anyone?
That is great to hear that you are wanting to offset your carbon footprint. There are many great green search engines out there that can aid you in your quest. Some purchase carbon offsets (www.clickforcarbon.com)others donate to charity (www.climategift.com) or with http://www.TheEcoKey.com we remove pollution from the environment.
So it is all a matter of trying them out and seeing which one appeals to you.
Good luck!
Whats the link for the Green Maven Search engine? I can’t seem to locate the link.
Till then,
Jean
Good catch. I will fix now.
Not bad, but I tend to use GreenLinkCentral.com. They have search results that have already been filtered so it saves me time. I like that they suggest giving to the Sierra Club and they don’t post ads to non-green topics.
» Green tinted web searches
May 19th, 2009
[...]Pays to Live Green has a nice post listing several green search engines[...]
» Green tinted web searches
May 19th, 2009
[...]Pays to Live Green has a nice post listing several green search engines[...]
Sorry about the double post, I had a clicking accident :-/
a good green search engine I follow on twitter. Interwibble.com has hot green links just click and go. good site.
Ecosia launched today, and is dubbed the greenest search engine in the globe. It is backed by Yahoo and Bing, with 80% of its revenue going to the WWF. Every search saves 2 square metres of rainforest. Try it out at http://www.ecosia.org!
One search engine that you don’t have listed is My Green Search Engine http://www.mygreensearchengine.com This site has only green websites listed on it. This is a true green search engine and is not using google, bing or yahoo’s database. Each search uses very little energy compaired to the other sites.