We know everyone loves Google, but what if every time you searched using Google you could something beneficial? So I'm introducing Ecosia and Blackle!
Ecosia is a search engine that works just as well as Google. The only difference? It plants a tree for every search you make! While searching, it does add a bit of advertisements, but all the money Ecosia makes from these ads go towards donating for tree planting (another reason to not get ad block, people, it's terrible and takes money away from the internet). You can easily set it up so that whenever you search through your url bar thing, it automatically searches through Ecosia and plants a tree! Still not convinced?
Click here! Now onto Blackle.
Blackle is exactly like Google, the only difference is it's completely dark. Why? To save energy of course! Producing white on your screen takes the most energy out of all the colors (monitors/screens alone when turned on take A LOT of energy, so get into the nice habit of turning off your screen when you're not using them/turning the brightness down when you don't need it that high). And likewise, black takes the least amount of energy. This way, whenever you're on the website Blackle or searching through it, it saves energy otherwise wasted to produce that nice white that Google shines.
Side note: Want to have an impact every time you simply open a tab? Look at the
Tab For a Cause thread!