• Toward a Sustainable New York City

last modified August 27 by tomlowenhaupt

­­­­­With their ever growing populations, cities have come to be seen as locals where the sustainability movement can / needs to have its greatest impact. We here look at using the .nyc TLD to demonstrate the role of a TLD in creating a sustainable city, setting aside and facilitating the development of a name-set in support of green activities­. 

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Sustainability

Though never completely absent from various discussions since the 1970s, the modern holistic notion of sustainability was re-introduced and refined by Dr. Frans C. Verhagan at a Bethel, Kansas conference on peace in the early 1990’s. (Dr. Verhagan is a member of Connecting.nyc Inc.'s Resident Advisory Network.)­

In a paper on sustainability, Dr. Verhagan proposed the concept of 'contextual sustainability’ which held the Earth to be the primary context and essential foundation of all social activity and that ecological sustainability is key to achieving a culture of peace. Respect for human rights characterizes the social context essential for ecological sustainability: a society with norms based on nonviolence, social justice, intergenerational equity and participatory decision-making.

Identifying the green domain name-set that facilitates the creation of a sustainable city and developing  appropriate oversight and issuance policies are this page's goals.­

Domain Names in Support of a Sustainable City

The below names have been suggested as part of a "Sustainable City" name-set, to be included in our Domain Name Allocation Plan. Your additions, thoughts, and questions about this list and the oversight criteria are welcomed.
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 Bikelanes.nyc 
 Green-Buildi­ngs.nyc
 Dematerialization.nyc 
 Green-Design.nyc
 Eco-Friendly.nyc 
 Greenwashing.nyc
 Ecological-Footprint.nyc 
 Recycle.nyc
 Energy-Efficiency.nyc 
 Recycling.nyc
 Environmental-Justice.nyc 
 Sustainability.nyc
 Geothermal-Energy.nyc 
 Sustainable.nyc
 Global-Warming.nyc 
 Sustainable-Design.nyc
 Green.nyc 
 Sustainable-Development.nyc
 Green-Building.nyc  ­
 Trees.nyc ­­

 Zero-Waste.nyc
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Sustainability Name-set Policy Questions­

The criteria for deciding the appropriateness and for developing an oversight structure for their allocation and development of sustaining city names present the following questions.

  • How do we judge if a name will be suitable / helpful in creating a sustainable city?
  • Who gets to publish using each name­?
  • What are the content and collaboration requirements for keeping a Sustaining City name?
  • How does one loose control of a Sustaining City name?
  • What is the trustee entity for this name-set?

Related Links

  • Issue Identification, Organization, and Decision-Making: The TLD's Role In Creating a Sustainable City ­(In development.)
  • ­The Social Sustainability of Cities: Diversity and the Management of Change By Mario Polèse, Richard E. Stren.
  • Sustainability and Cities - Peter Newman Jeffrey Kenwort

Key .nyc Pages

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