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Treeapp - Plant a tree for free daily. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by H2207@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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I just wanted to promote Treeapp, it's a mobile app that lets you plant a tree for free daily by watching a short ad. The products shown are endorsed by Treeapp, it's actually a really good way to find sustainable substituions for everyday items.

I've been using it for almost 2 years now, I've planted 594 trees using it. You can also pay in addition to your free tree to plant extras, either as a one-off or subscription. 1 Tree = £1.

You take a short survey to find your carbon footprint, then when you plant trees you get a nice meter to show how much of your footprint you've offset. I've offset 165% of my carbon this year! (My footprint is quite low anyway however)

If you are gonna sign up, then I've provided my link here. You don't have to use it though, obviously.

I've not been paid or asked to promote their app. I'm doing this out on my own because we all need to do our part in the climate crisis.

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[–] nero@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Is there any way to see trees they’ve planted? Seems like a good effort but i’m always skeptical

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Unfortunately it says the app is not available in my country :(

As an alternative, the Ecosia search engine uses revenue from ads to plant trees, but I haven't done a deep dive on them as to how effective they are (Update: They actually seem to be pretty legit and effective from what I can tell).

There's also Ekoru, another search engine that instead focuses on using revenue for ocean cleanup and replanting seagrass, which is a better carbon sink than young trees, and is apparently a little more privacy friendly compared to Ecosia.