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Type:	Privately held (B-Corporation)
Industry:	Internet
Founded:	2007
Founder(s):	Trevor Bowden, Jacob Malthouse Anastasia O'Rourke
Headquarters:	Vancouver, British Columbia
Country:	Canada
Email:	hello[at]bigroo.ca
Website:	bigroom.ca
LinkedIn:	Big Room Inc.
Key People
Trevor Bowden, Jacob Malthouse and Anastasia O'Rourke, Partners

Big Room Inc. is a Canadian based company and one of the applicants for the .eco top level domain name. The company is widely recognized in developing the Ecolabel Index, a worldwide directory of eco labels. The company partnered with Afilias, Meridian Institute and Deloitte to push its application for the .eco application as a community gTLD. ^[1] ^[2]

Trevor Bowden, Jacob Malthouse and Anastasia O'Rourke founded the company in 2007. From the very beginning, they reached out and presented their plan to operate the .eco gTLD to the different ecological communities, environmental organizations and investors such as Renewal Partners and David Levi, CEO of Working Enterprises. Levi supported the .eco initiative and provided additional business expertise, strategy and financial support. Big Room Inc. also gained the support of David Suzuki Foundation, Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Green Cross International, Green Peace and other organizations. See the company's partners for the .eco gTLD initiative here

Afilias will provide technical infrastructure solutions. The founders of the company recognized the risk of applying the .eco string as a community gTLD but they believe that the new gTLD program is the only opportunity for the eco community to have their own space in the internet. According to Malthouse, "There’s a big difference between commercial and community" and he is hoping that the company would succeed in the application process. ^[3]

.Eco Community Council

For the past two years Big Room Inc. had been collaborating and coordinating its .eco gTLD to various environmental and social advocates both for profit and non-profit entities across the world. Some of the entities in support of the initiative volunteered to serve as part of the .Eco Community Council. These organizations include:

Akatu Institute, Co-chair
WWF International, Co-Chair
B-Lab
Beth Wallace
Conservation International
David Suzuki Foundation
Developmental Alternatives
Greenbelt Movement
Green Cross International
Gree.TV
Green Peace
Iseal Alliance
Responsible Purchasing Network
UL Environment
Verite

References

[1] Big Room Profile

[2] The Team

[3] Web Wars-Rivalry heats up in an unlikely place: at the green end of the Web

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 '''Big Room Inc.''' is a Canadian based company and one of the applicants for the [[.eco]] top level domain name. The company is widely recognized in developing the Ecolabel Index, a worldwide directory of eco labels.  The company partnered with Afilias, Meridian Institute and Deloitte to push its application for the .eco application as a [[Community gTLD|community gTLD]]. <ref>[http://bigroom.ca Big Room Profile]</ref> <ref>[http://doteco.org/the-team/ The Team]</ref>
-[[Trevor Bowden]], [[Jacob Malthouse]] and [[Anastasia O'Rourke]] founded the company in 2007. From the very beginning, they reached out and presented their plan to operate the .eco gTLD to the different ecological communities, environmental organizations and investors such as Renewal Partners and David Levi, CEO of Working Enterprises. Levi supported the .eco initiative and provided additional business expertise, strategy and financial support. Big Room Inc. also gained the support of David Suzuki Foundation, Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Green Cross International and Green Peace and other organizations. [[Afilias]] will provide technical infrastructure solutions. The founders of the company recognized the risk of applying the .eco string as a community gTLD but they believe that the new gTLD program is the only opportunity for the eco community to have their own space in the internet. According to Malthouse, ''"There’s a big difference between commercial and community"'' and he is hoping that the company would succeed in the application process. <ref>
+[[Trevor Bowden]], [[Jacob Malthouse]] and [[Anastasia O'Rourke]] founded the company in 2007. From the very beginning, they reached out and presented their plan to operate the .eco gTLD to the different ecological communities, environmental organizations and investors such as Renewal Partners and David Levi, CEO of Working Enterprises. Levi supported the .eco initiative and provided additional business expertise, strategy and financial support. Big Room Inc. also gained the support of David Suzuki Foundation, Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Green Cross International, Green Peace and other organizations. See the company's partners for the .eco gTLD initiative [http://doteco.org/partners/ '''here''']
+[[Afilias]] will provide technical infrastructure solutions. The founders of the company recognized the risk of applying the .eco string as a community gTLD but they believe that the new gTLD program is the only opportunity for the eco community to have their own space in the internet. According to Malthouse, ''"There’s a big difference between commercial and community"'' and he is hoping that the company would succeed in the application process. <ref>
 [http://www.vanmag.com/News_and_Features/Web_Wars?page=0%2C2 Web Wars-Rivalry heats up in an unlikely place: at the green end of the Web]</ref>