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Dot Eco Welcomes William Nitze to its Advisory Board
We are pleased to welcome William Nitze to the Big Room & Dot Eco board of advisors. You can read more about William's long history of engagement on global sustainability issues here.
Briefly, William is currently Chairman of Gridpoint, Inc., a company that designs and manufactures energy management systems for the home and office. He is an internationally renowned expert on environmental issues.
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Dot Me Sparks a Question on the Usefulness of Domain Names
An interesting article published in the BBC on Sunday 'Montenegro's .me Name Gain' got us thinking about whether it's right to be cynical about domain names. Here are some of our thoughts, we'd welcome yours as well.
Demand and Pricing
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Dot Eco Cape Town South Africa Consultation
On Wednesday Oct 21, 2009, Big Room Inc. and Incite Sustainability hosted a Dot Eco consultation in Cape Town, South Africs. The report (pdf) from the event has been published today. An outline of the event is here.
Representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors came together to learn about Dot Eco's policies and system in constructive and wide-ranging debate.
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Dot Eco Advisors: William G. Knight | President, Hebb, Knight and Associates
Today, we are honoured to profile one of our closest advisors. Bill Knight has a long and distinguished career as a political leader, civil servant, businessman, and strategic advisor.
His contributions to the design and planning of Dot Eco, in particular with relation to our Accountability strategy, have been invaluable. As someone who has overseen conduct in one of the world's largest markets, we are confident his advice will continue to help ensure Dot Eco is trustworthy.
Here's some background on Bill:
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Global Ecolabel Survey Launches
Vancouver -- Monday, Nov 23rd, 2009 -- Big Room Inc., The World Resources Institute, The Sustainability Consortium, and Duke University today launched a global survey of ecolabelling organisations.
Over 400 organisations are being approached to complete one of the most comprehensive surveys of ecolabels ever undertaken.
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Dot Eco Sao Paulo, Brazil Consultation
On Tuesday September 1, 2009, Big Room Inc. and IT Trend hosted a Dot Eco consultation in Sao Paulo Brazil. Click here for photos from the event.
Over seventy representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors came together to learn about Dot Eco's policies and system in constructive and wide-ranging debate.
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Professor James Gustave "Gus" Speth to Advise Big Room and Dot Eco
Big Room is honoured to welcome Professor James Gustave "Gus" Speth, Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor in the Practice of Environmental Policy former Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental at Yale University, as an advisor and supporter of our application for the Dot Eco top level domain.
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Washington DC Dot Eco Consultation
When: Tuesday, November 17th from 9 - 12
Where: 1250 24th St NW # 6 - World Wildlife Fund
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Second Draft Dot Eco Policies Released for Comment
We've just released our second draft Dot Eco policies for public comment:
1. Accuracy and Accountability - How we'll ensure Dot Eco is trustworthy.
2. Eco-Profiles - What you'll need to do to get a Dot Eco domain name.
3. Foundation - How the foundation part of Dot Eco will work.
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Dot Eco Sydney Consultation Report
The Dot Eco Sydney Consultation Report is now online.
This consultation workshop was hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Futures – a leading Australian consultancy and research group that is part of the University of Technology Sydney.
We were also joined by several of the managers’ of ICANN’s new generic top level domain program. Big Room is applying for the dot eco top level domain under this program.
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