Big Room Inc.
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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 Anastasia O'Rourke | |
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. It has partnered with Afilias, Meridian Institute and Deloitte to submit its 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 presented their plan to operate the .eco gTLD to 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 the David Suzuki Foundation, the Worldwide Wildlife Fund, Green Cross International, Green Peace and other organizations.[3] See the company's partners for the .eco gTLD initiative here
The founders of Big Room Inc. recognized the risk of applying the .eco string as a community gTLD, but they believe that this method to be the only opportunity for the eco community to have their own space on 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.[4]
.Eco Community Council
For the past two years Big Room Inc. had been collaborating and coordinating its .eco gTLD with various environmental and social advocates, and 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
- Green.TV
- Green Peace
- Iseal Alliance
- Responsible Purchasing Network
- UL Environment
- Verite