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 @fasterandworse It does look a bit in poor taste. Their idea of "business as usual to save the world" is prone to scams and cover-ups. But at least they have a pretty clear reporting system that should make it easy for any investigative journalist to have come up with something if they're not honest: https://blog.ecosia.org/ecosia-financial-reports-tree-planting-receipts/ 6 comments
@benjaoming @fasterandworse aren't most of these companies that compensate carbon emissions scams anyway? Like, they do plant some trees but these are either not long term forest or the numbers of how much co2 a tree captures get massively inflated by doing some dodgy math idk how you would check this tho  @benjaoming @fasterandworse just planting trees in the global south. I'll clap when they stop being colonial and protect forests up here @powersource @benjaoming @fasterandworse They do have some tree planting projects in the global north. For example: See for reference: @NexaLilly @benjaoming @fasterandworse Trees can plant themselves. It's protection they need @powersource @NexaLilly @fasterandworse I like that point, that trees need protection. It takes years and years for them to grow big and self-reliant. It's like the antidote to disruptive societies. Judge a civilization by it's canopy! Especially the urban parts. Surely, there must be lessons learned from Wangari Maathai and the Green Belt Movement. Not sure what the lesson is, I don't have the knowledge. I wonder how that's all going. |
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@benjaoming I guess we have to do our own research into the transparency of their 3rd party providers, though