Can a person change the world by instant messenger? That’s what a guy named Parker is trying to do. He’s raising money and awareness for causes by emailing, blogging and vlogging for 30 days! A couple of months ago, Parker found out about the i’m Initiative. It’s a Microsoft program that gives to a social causes every time you use Windows Live Messenger or Windows Live Hotmail. The i’m Initiative claims, ”the more you talk, the more we give.” So Parker is getting a bunch of people talking for 30 days to see how much will they give.

So takepart and visit Parkers site at http://imtalkathon.com.

The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Brigitte Bardot Fine: Top 5 Bardotisms That Got Hot Sex Symbol In Hot Water

Obama Pound: In Historic Moment, White People Exposed To “Fist Bump” For First Time

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Nicole Hughes:

Get a Job: Top 10 Guides to Finding the Perfect Eco Career

Schwarzenegger Declares Drought in California

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Andy Kondrat:

Barcelona Fines Citizens for Using Drinking Water in Pools and Gardens

Coal Power Plants Waste Two-Thirds of Energy Input

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Jon Popham:

Megabus Expanding to the East Coast

Egyptian Blogger Freed from Prison

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Giulia Rozzi:

Diamonds In The Rough: A Ugandan Hip Hop Revolution

Cluster Bomb Ban

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Gina Telaroli:

Interview with Nina Davenport, Director of Operation Filmmaker

KidZui : Internet for Kids (and Those Young at Heart)

KidZui has decided that we adults have had enough fun and it’s time that kids have their own internet. The Internet for Kids (KidZui) is a new free browser or portal that offers 600,000 kid-friendly websites, videos, and pictures reviewed by trained parents and teachers. Also it is pronounced Kid-Zooey!

Instead of blocking the bad stuff from the adult internet, KidZui takes the opposite approach and just includes all of the positive, all of the awesome stuff that kids can and should enjoy.

You can visit http://www.kidzui.com/ to sign up today and get your kid (or you for that matter) started on a new journey to have more fun on the internet.

“With KidZui in our home, we look forward to our children exploring the Internet,” said Robyn Jackson, a San Diego resident and mother of three kids aged 2, 5 and 8. “KidZui is a great way to give my kids some freedom on the Web, without having to worry about what they might see. I have already been telling all my friends about it, and now that it’s free, I’m sure everyone will be signing up their kids.” [EarthTimes]

For a video interview with the CEO and founder of KidZui click here >>>

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If you’re concerned about what junk is making its way into what you’re eating and drinking, and want to make sure your food is safe for you and the environment, Food & Water Watch has got you covered. A group based in Washington, D.C., the good people at this organization are monitoring what’s going into our food and drink, and trying to enact change. Here’s what they’re all about, straight from the source:

At Food & Water Watch we believe that the public should be able to count on our government to oversee and protect the quality and safety of food and water. We deserve to know that food and water are free of unhealthy chemicals, bacteria and added hormones. We have the right to know where our food comes from with accurate labeling and we have the right to clean, affordable, publicly owned water.

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Bloggers are uniting for human rights today!

By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference; from raising awareness for cancer, to an effort to better education systems or support 3rd world countries.

Read Giulia’s post on the campaign and learn how you can