Difference between revisions of ".green"

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Status:	Proposed
Type:	Generic
Category:	Industry

.green is one of the proposed new TLDs in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Current Applicants

Dotgreen Registry, the organization is led by Annalisa Roger, co-founder and co-Chair of the San Francisco Regional Chapter of ISOC. Neustar will provide the technical back-end registry solutions.^[1] It is associated with the Dot Green Foundation.
Top Level Domain Holdings Ltd., one of 68 applications the company filed on their own behalf
Demand Media (United TLD Holdco Ltd.)
Afilias

Applicant Details

The Dotgreen Community, Inc.

In an interview, Ms. Roger confirmed that .green has many supporters from the environmental community and the internet industry. She explained that .green means many things, and is about encouraging sustainable, humanitarian, and ecological progress; and represents a worldwide movement that is better served by the proposed TLD. She also welcomed the competition and choice created through other proposed environmental TLDs, like .eco.

References

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 ==Applicant Details==
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+===The Dotgreen Community, Inc.===
-In an interview, Roger confirmed that .green has many supporters from the environmental community and the internet industry. She explained that .green means go, environmental, humanitarian and sustainability. She encouraged the world to go forward and go green. According to her, other proposed environmental TLDs like .eco are welcome as competition could be beneficial and it is good for consumers to have choices. Mrs. Roger also emphasized that 100% of the revenue that will be generated from the .green TLD will be used for funding various sustainability programs and projects worldwide.<ref>[http://www.hybriddomainer.com/2012/01/using-the-internet-to-better-the-planet-an-interview-with-annalisa-rogerdot-green.html Using the Internet to better the planet, an interview with Annalisa Roger CEO Dot Green]</ref> [[Tim Switzer]], COO and CFO of the organization confirmed that their application was already registered with ICANN. <ref>
+In an interview, Ms. Roger confirmed that .green has many supporters from the environmental community and the internet industry. She explained that .green means many things, and is about encouraging sustainable, humanitarian, and ecological progress; and represents a worldwide movement that is better served by the proposed TLD. She also welcomed the competition and choice created through other proposed environmental TLDs, like [[.eco]].
-[http://news.dot-nxt.com/2012/02/14/dot-green-is-go Green means go! DotGreen talks community]</ref> Switzer served as former vice-president of registry services for [[Neustar]].<ref>[http://domainincite.com/dotgreen-hires-former-neustar-exec/ DotGreen hires former Neustar exec]</ref>
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