The name eco is a proposed top-level domain

Proposed top-level domain

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 for the Domain Name System

Domain name system

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 of the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

. Its intended purpose is for Internet resources that address environmental or sustainability

Sustainability

Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...

 policy and related issues.

Prospective applicants

There are two prospective applicants for the eco top-level domain

Top-level domain

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Dot Eco as Developed by Big Room Inc.

Dot Eco by Big Room Inc. includes the following elements:

• Identification of TLD application type as 'community-based' per section 4.2 of the proposed ICANN New gTLD Applicant Guidebook.
• Focus on broad range of environmental and social issues, with clear, enforceable registration and take-down rules.
• Requires sharing of sustainability performance, or Ecological Footprint
  Ecological footprint
  The ecological footprint is a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate. It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area necessary to...
  
   information and agreement to set of principles as part of registration process.
• Percent of revenue (gross sales) to an independent foundation that supports sustainable development.
• Known investors: Working Enterprises.

Big Room's Dot Eco Consensus Policies were developed in collaboration with an independently mediated multi-stakeholder Community Council. These Consensus Policies were unanimously agreed on September 16th, 2010 following nearly two years of debate that included three rounds of public comment and series of public consultations. The process sought to follow the ISEAL Alliance Code of Good Practice for Setting Environmental and Social standards.

Dot Eco Community Council Membership

• Akatu Institute, Brazil
• B Lab (B corporation)
• Conservation International
  Conservation International
  Conservation International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, which seeks to ensure the health of humanity by protecting Earth's ecosystems and biodiversity. CI’s work focuses on six key initiatives that affect human well-being: climate, food security, freshwater...
  
  
• The David Suzuki Foundation
  David Suzuki Foundation
  The David Suzuki Foundation is an environmental organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada It is a non-profit organization that is incorporated in both Canada and the United States, and is funded by over 40,000 donors...
  
  
• Development Alternatives, India
• The Green Belt Movement International
• Green Cross International
  Green Cross International
  Green Cross International is an environmental organisation founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993, building upon the work started by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...
  
  
• Greenpeace
  Greenpeace
  Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
  
  
• The ISEAL Alliance
• The Responsible Purchasing Network
• UL Environment & TerraChoice
• Verité
• WWF International (World Wide Fund for Nature
  World Wide Fund for Nature
  The World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
  
  ) (Chair)

Dot Eco Partners

Following agreement on the Consensus Policies for Dot Eco, the Council invited other sustainability networks and groups to Partner in voicing support for the Consensus and for a Community approach to Dot Eco governance to ICANN. Groups that have recognized the Dot Eco Council as the appropriate community steward include:

• 350.org
  350.org
  350.org is an international environmental organization, headed by author Bill McKibben, with the goal of building a global grassroots movement to raise awareness of anthropogenic climate change, to confront climate change denial, and to cut emissions of one of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide,...
  
  
• Green America
• Social Accountability International
• The Polish Green Network

A number of partners are also collaborating on technical elements of this application, including:

• Climate Change Strategy: The Climate Group, and Carbon Disclosure Project
• Consensus and Mediation: The Meridian Institute
• Accountability Policy and Strategy: Deloitte Canada
• Domain Name Infrastructure: Afilias Limited supports Big Room Inc.'s .ECO bid as technical partner. Afilias currently manages over 16 million domains, including supporting all .org
  .org
  The domain name org is a generic top-level domain of the Domain Name System used in the Internet. The name is derived from organization....
  
  , .info
  .info
  The domain name info is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet, The name is derived from information indicating that the domain is intended for informative Internet resources, although registration requirements do not prescribe any theme orientation.The info TLD was...
  
  , and .mobi
  .mobi
  The domain name mobi is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from the adjective mobile, indicating its use by mobile devices for accessing Internet resources via the Mobile Web....
  
   domains.

Dot Eco Proposed by Dot Eco LLC

• Dot Eco LLC proposed the following elements in its application:
  • Focus on climate change
  • 50% of profits to Sierra Club
    Sierra Club
    The Sierra Club is the oldest, largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892, in San Francisco, California, by the conservationist and preservationist John Muir, who became its first president...
    
    , Surfrider Foundation, and 350.org
  • Requires agreement to set of principles before registration.
  • Policy Development Process
  • Known investors: TLD Holdings

External links

• Big Room Inc. Dot Eco Proposal
• Dot Eco LLC Dot Eco Proposal

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