Al Gore Supports Environmental Top-Level Domain
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), the organization responsible for managing Internet domains, is getting ready to expand the number of top-level domains available. Environmental activist and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore hopes that one of those top-level domains (TLDs) will be created to promote environmental activism.
So two Internet entrepreneurs have formed Dot Eco LLC for the purpose of creating the .eco domain. The group announced that it has entered into an “integrated partnership” with Gore and his philanthropic organization, the Alliance for Climate Protection. “We fully support Dot Eco LLC in its efforts to secure the .eco top-level domain through the ICANN application process and look forward to working with Dot Eco LLC to promote .eco,” Gore said. “This is a truly exciting opportunity for the environmental movement and for the Internet as a whole.”
Dot Eco said it is interested in establishing the domain “for individuals to express their support for environmental causes, for companies to promote their environmental initiatives, and for environmental organizations to maintain their Web sites in a namespace that is more relevant to their core missions.”