Support Dot Eco needs your help… submit your comment to ICANN

15 Jan 2010

Support Dot Eco needs your help… submit your comment to ICANN

Help us keep the process towards an environmental top level domain (.eco) moving forward!

ICANN, the organization in charge of approving and assigning top level domains, is accepting public comment on a potential plan to accept “Expressions of Interest” (EOI). This would give companies such as Dot Eco TLD the opportunity to tell ICANN that we want to create an environmental top level domain.

We believe that Expressions of Interest are the next crucial step towards making new top level domains a reality because:

  • EOI will help ICANN prepare for the new TLD applications process by providing useful information about the potential applicants.
  • EOI will help ICANN determine how many organizations, companies and countries plan to apply for their own TLD.
  • EOI will bring transparency to the pre-application process. This is important for everyone who is considering applying for a new top level domain!

In order to be effective, Dot Eco believes that the EOI process must:

  • Require a fee to discourage companies from “gaming the system” and ensuring that only applicants that are serious participate.
  • Have a specified timeframe to reach out and make sure that potential applicants are aware of the process.
  • Have a limited timeframe that does not allow the EOI process to unduly delay the application period.
  • Be a pre-requisite for applying for top level domain.

How can you help?

ICANN is accepting comments on whether or not to proceed with Expressions of Interest. Let them know that they should move to accept EOI! Be sure to let ICANN know your reasons for supporting the EOI. This will help the Board to make an informed decision.

Click here for information about how to submit your comment to ICANN.

Your actions now can help move us forward towards the creation of an environmental domain.

Apple Resigns from United States Chamber of Commerce

6 Oct 2009

Apple Resigns from United States Chamber of Commerce

The New York Times Green Inc. blog reports on Apple’s resignation from the United States Chamber of Commerce over climate policy. Apple objects to the chamber’s recent comments opposing the E.P.A.’s effort to limit greenhouse gases.

Catherine A. Novelli, the vice president of worldwide government affairs at Apple, wrote a letter addressed to Thomas J. Donohue, president and chief executive of the United States Chamber of Commerce announcing Apple’s resignation. You can view the letter here.

Apple isn’t alone in disagreeing with the chamber – three large utilities have resigned in recent weeks, and Nike withdrew from the chamber board, all for the same reason.

Climate Change To Hit Hard in the Midwest

28 Aug 2009

Climate Change To Hit Hard in the Midwest

The Huffington Post released an interesting article dated yesterday that has received quite a bit of attention.

“The environmental group finds that rural Midwestern states will face the greatest consequences of climate change. The three that will face the steepest rise in temperature — Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa — are farm states whose soil will be significantly less productive as temperatures rise more than 10 degrees Fahrenheit there by 2100.”

Read more about this article here: Small Midwestern States To Be Hit Hardest By Climate Change: Report

Project Kaisei

24 Aug 2009

Project Kaisei

Project Kaisei will examine the largest area of the Plastic Vortex, an ocean gyre, situated to the North East of Hawaii, and approximately five days by boat from the United States (San Francisco area). The expedition will consist of a large pass through the Plastic Vortex, with the aim to collect and study plastic and other debris forms from the ocean in order to showcase some of the new technologies that will be used for processing and recycling.

Folow the Kaisei and New Horizon vessels as they sail to the Plastic Vortex.

http://kaisei.blipback.com/comment/go/714545

*requires Google Earth to view

Book Review: Green, Inc.

22 Aug 2009

Book Review: Green, Inc.

green incI hesitate to mention the newly released book “Green Inc” on this blog, because the book makes some scathing accusations on the Environmental industry as a whole, and in general, I disagree with much of the tone (and implications) of the book. However, the author is certainly very credible, and the book is getting considerable play in the news media, so I thought I would make a few comments.

Christine MacDonald, the journalist who wrote the book, is a true environmental insider, having worked at Conservation International, a large environmental organization. The book is a very rich source of information, including some not well known facts on the origin of the modern environmental movement. For example, I was not aware that Rachel Carlson’s book “Silent Spring” published in 1962, had such a strong impact on creating the first public awareness of the environmental problem we face. Nor was I aware that as late as 1978, the World Wildlife Fund had a budget as low as 2 Million dollars a year. (more…)

Truth Revealed: The Cove Goes Behind Enemy Lines

19 Aug 2009

Truth Revealed: The Cove Goes Behind Enemy Lines

The Cove is a must-see documentary that is both powerful and exciting. Winner of 14 film festivals and hailed as one of the most fascinating documentaries of its time, The Cove has received remarkable reviews.

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times calls it “an exceptionally well-made documentary that unfolds like a spy thriller, one of the most audacious and perilous operations in the history of the conservation movement.”

Find out what you can do to take action.

Support This Important Film

17 Aug 2009

Support This Important Film

Support “End of the Line” a very important film which reveals the devastating effect that global over-fishing is having on fish stocks and the health of our oceans. Thoughts from anyone who has seen it?

Australia Nixes Carbon Trading — Not Good.

17 Aug 2009

Australia Nixes Carbon Trading — Not Good.

picture-1Unfortunately, it appears that coal interests (Australia is the #1 producer) have won yet again. An ambitious bill was defeated by the Australian Parliament which would have cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25% in 10 years.

Not only this is a sad precedent for Australia (which has been virtually untouched by the recession, thanks to high commodity prices), it illustrates the scale of the battle we are up against. Big money, scares of job losses and special interest lobbying could very well defeat Cap and Trade in the US senate.

Related articles: VentureBeat, Treehugger

Wonderful Video from GreenPeace Australia

15 Aug 2009

Wonderful Video from GreenPeace Australia

The Debate on Carbon Offsets

15 Aug 2009

The Debate on Carbon Offsets

SeedMagazine (seedmagazine.com) has a very interesting (and comprehensive) discussion on Carbon Offsets.

Some of the points:

- On the plus side, offsets are cost effective and easy to implement

- On the negative side, there is the very real problem of 3rd party verification. And, in general, the possibility of offsets doesnt do enough to discourage non-clean energy uses (coal for instance).