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Want to help Australia after the fires? Use the Ecosia search engine on Thursday! 💪🏽 / thread
This Thursday 100% of profits from Ecosia web searches will be used to plant trees in New South Wales, Australia. #AustraliaFires
We're working with local org ReForest Now to bring subtropical rainforest back to the Byron Bay area, which has been touched by recent bushfires. This is important because unlike Australian bushland, rainforests struggle to regenerate by themselves.
Planting trees here will clean the polluted air, cool down temperatures, support biodiversity, and attract much-needed rainfall, helping to protect Australia against future fires.
This emergency action will only work if we can get everyone on board! Install Ecosia and tell your friends and ollowers that 100% of searches made on Thursday will plant trees in Australia. Use #ECOSIA4AUS to spread the word! ecosia.co/australia
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