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Alexis (Danger) Bainger, was hatched on an farm in country South Australia. Far from neighbours or entertainment as you know it, the need to improvise strengthened her creative superpower, and her desire for adventure. She has lived in 6 countries, speaks 4.5 languages and has proudly lived 12 of her 9 lives. Like all super-heros, Danger Bainger is on a quest to help save the world. Currently she is doing that at Ecosia, previously she started the littledudes.de charity project.

Christian is originally from Wittenberg in Germany. After finishing school, he studied Business Administration in Nuremberg. At university he was disappointed to see that most people saw profit making as the only valid objective for a business. Christian decided that he wanted to do something more meaningful with his energy, and so he decided to travel the world for a year. During his travels he learned about the importance of trees for survival of our planet, and he finally launched Ecosia in 2009.

Fátima González-Torres has the most typical Spanish name and does hold a passport of that nationality. Having lived around the globe since young years, though, at least 3 languages feel like her mother tongue which form a very personal Esperanto she can only practice with her siblings. Before coming to Ecosia she trained her storytelling skills in journalism and documentary film and is now training herself in Irish tin whistle. At Ecosia she gives a voice to the users from all over the world and looks deeper into the stories of the wonderful communities whom the tree-planting program is empowering to lead a better life.

Gregory McCue is a native Texan, but the only remaining clues of his roots are his love for barbeque sauce and the music of Willie Nelson. After spending much of his previous life playing music in various Austin bands, he ended up in Berlin where he met Christian and the Ecosia team. At Ecosia he writes code while hiding behind his vim text editor, keeps the Ecosia servers running lean and contributes what social skills he has left to helping the product and development teams. Outside of work he enjoys photography, long hikes, books and coffee.

Jacey Bingler is half English and half German, which does come as an advantage when dealing with international journalists but leaves her with a slightly unhealthy passion for Brit Pop, antiquated swear words and tea biscuits. She joined Ecosia after a few years in book and music publishing, translating, content management, and city marketing. At Ecosia, she not only reaches out to the press, but is also happy to convince organizations and companies of the many advantages of this wonderful tree planting search engine.

After 20 years of village life in Saxony-Anhalt, Krissy moved to Berlin in 2003. She studied Business Law, relishing in big city life. Since her time at university, Krissy has worked for various companies, bookkeeping and managing communication with public authorities. In her free time, Krissy is completely devoted to her two boys, her husband and her friends.

Claudia is originally from Copenhagen and the capital of Denmark is still the biggest love of her life. When she is not working at Ecosia she draws a secret diary while binge listening to loud music or complains over German milk products.

When I joined Ecosia it immediately felt right. I love to empower teams to build products that are useful, and I was always passionate about the environment and how to heal the relationship between economy and nature. Now it feels like I'm on a great adventure algonside an awesome and inspiring crew exploring these questions. At the same time, we are trying new ways of working together, being more whole as humans while we do so, which can be frightening and exhilarating at the same time. When I take a break from all of this, I love to go running or hiking.

Henry grew up in the lush countryside of Wales. After migrating to Berlin in 2013, he helped ZenMate get off the ground and found a new home in the realm of BI & Analytics. Working for Ecosia affords him the ability to make waves of the internet, be a force for good on the planet and spend his days joyfully playing around with data. You'll usually find Henry inside the nearest CSV file or partially absorbed to a Tableau dashboard.

Born in Bulgaria, bred in the US, Ina spent much time figuring out how to have a positive impact on the world. Her journey started with a 2 year stint in the US Peace Corps, where she taught English in Azerbaijan. Then she got her Masters in International Development, and lived and researched in Nepal. Finding her way to the digital world, Ina consulted for a few web-based non-profits in New York, inadvertently switching her focus to user experience design. In her free time, Ina – a lazy outdoors person – can be found napping under a tree, skiing off a boulder, or climbing up a rock. It’s not hard to see why Ecosia is where she ended up!

Born in Germany's eco-capital Freiburg, Tim early on enjoyed protest marches against nearby nuclear plant Fessenheim and the new B31-Ost. Both unsuccessfully. He's certainly more successful as a tech entrepreneur, with Ecosia.org a very dear project to him at the intersection of technology and ecology. Other than that, he drives his wife and two kids nuts by being an avid 'Mülltrenner'.

Elina is a frontend developer, she enjoys experimenting with code and loves design. She grew up in a house with the garden of apple trees and strawberries just next to a forest of pine trees. Joining Ecosia just seemed a very natural choice to make.

Dominik Henter was born in (not so) world-famous Wittlich, but left anyway to study computer science in Kaiserslautern. Having spent several years in the Palatinate Forest and two months in the rain forest of Borneo, he not only learned to tell apart all three kinds of maple that grow in Germany, but also to deeply care about the forest, making Ecosia a perfect fit. When he’s not at work, he currently learns the saxophone. Apart from that you will probably find him playing board games, bouldering or relaxing in his hammock.

Wolfgang discovered his green side during his studies and when writing his PhD on decentralizing energy generation. He extensively worked in the field of solar electricity generation both in Germany and California before joining Ecosia. Since then, he remains puzzled how trees manage to turn air and water into wood and other useful materials.

As a young and sturdy sapling, Nikki always thought her roots would take permanent hold in her beloved hometown of London. But in 2015, the winds of change did blow and she found her branches extending over the Atlantic towards Berlin. After a budding year spent in the start up scene, Nikki stumbled upon Ecosia where she found fertile ground for nourishing her core passion for sustainability and social business. Having grown tall enough, she sends her shoots back over to her native land and harvests growth from the UK for Ecosia. She stands strong in solidarity with her bonsai companion, Ovid, and his brothers and sisters from all over the world.

Born in Hamburg, Ferdinand left his hometown at the age of 17 for military service with the Austrian mountain infantry. Later on, he studied civil engineering and social psychology. After a professional rugby career in France, he became an associate partner of C9consultants as a business coach and leadership trainer. In 2014, Ferdinand followed his intuition, left C9 and went on a spiritual journey in Northern and Central America. Currently, he is publishing his first novel, becoming passionate about permaculture and deepening his relationship with nature. He tries to inspire people to choose a responsible, joyful and conscious way of living.

Hungry to become an ecologist and save the rainforests, Pieter learned during his studies that it's most of all humanity that decides whether forests have a future. He then tried to understand the different forest stakeholders and worked with the United Nations, in commercial forests in Argentina and at different NGOs. Having travelled over 60 countries (and living in some of them) he now manages Ecosia tree planting activities and makes sure Ecosia plants trees where they make sense for people and nature. In his free time, you might find Pieter performing piano or guitar at some stage in Germany or Holland.

Being very far from home is not unusual for Julián. After discovering amazing cultures far away from his beloved Colombia, he realized how fragile the environment is and decided to focus his engineering skills towards a better world. He is a believer of green energy and sustainable technologies. When he is not developing apps that save the planet, repairing things or playing latin caribbean rhythms, he is exploring Gaia a little bit further.

After spending two decades failing to acquire a proper Bavarian accent Frederik started roaming other parts of Germany. Roughly another decade of failing at doing animated films later, he decided it'd be a good idea to apply the unbroken urge to roam to non-spatial domains too and learn a new trade. It turned out to be a very good idea, so he is now spending his days writing JavaScript, still unable to understand where this amazing language got its bad rep from. His walk home will usually include many a detour, enabling him to spend even more time watching birds, eating wayside kimchi or listening to Hank Williams songs on repeat.

Best described as someone who once hugged a tree and liked it, Joshi grew up in Luxembourg before studying moral and political philosophy at the the University of Cambridge and the Sorbonne. Following graduation, he returned to Luxembourg to work for public radio and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He’s been flourishing in Berlin since 2017, where he documents the amazing impact Ecosia’s reforestation projects have on the natural world and on everyone who depends on it.

Paul migrated from Australia to sunny Germany in search for the answers to some difficult questions. He hasn't yet found the answers, but he has progressed significanlty in the city of Berlin where he discovered that even as a developer one can have some positive impact on the world. He thanks his past life in Australia for developing his affinity with nature and feels very happy and fortunate that he can give back to nature through working with Ecosia.

Trees have always been important to Alicja. Her grandfather was a ranger and she lived close to a forest for most of her life. Alicja chose marketing as her profession. Luckily, at Ecosia, she can combine her love for both.