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Dead zones in the ocean are caused by low levels of oxygen, and said low levels of oxygen are caused by increased amounts of chemicals in the water, most often fertilizers. Air pollution is often a factor. By now, I’m pretty sure you can see where I’m going with this: dead zones are on the rise.

But not just one the rise. Seriously very much so on the rise. In fact, the number of dead zones has roughly doubled every decade since the 1960’s, according to a Washington Post report. In turn, these dead zones are killing all sorts of fish and crab and marine life that serve as the bottom of the food chain.

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Totally missed this one.Well, we finally missed one. After managing to post on Earth Day, Arbor Day, and even World Environment Day, it seems that World Ocean Day fell through the cracks this weekend. We are ashamed.

World Ocean Day, which to be fair is still an unofficial day (though I have no idea how the validity of something like Arbor Day is nationally or internationally accredited), passed us by yesterday, June 8. There was even a big party for the event of which ecorazzi got some pictures, with celebrities such as Ted Danson taking a break from drumming for R.E.M.’s tour for the occasion.

The day has been celebrated for 15 years, says Oceana, the ocean conservation organization that co-threw the party yesterday.

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. In celebration of Earth Day 2008, we made ‘green’ the major theme on the TakePart blog this week - green documentaries and television programs, Earth Day quotes and action activities, as well as some great film reviews. Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie Halper:

Top 10 Earth Day Videos From the Hub

Joanne Herring Invites You to “Charlie Wilson’s War” Screening Discussion - Free DVD!

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Documentaries About the Environment

Top 10 Ways to Take Action On Earth Day 2008!

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Andy Kondrat:

Top 10 Quotes About the Environment

Disney Launches DisneyNature to Make Documentaries - I Freak Out

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Jon Popham:

B Corporation Takes the Guesswork Out of Going Green

Sea Level Rise Explorer

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Giulia Rozzi:

Oprah and My Mom Going Green

Green It. Mean It.

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Gina Telaroli:

Taking Part In the Blogsphere With “The Visitor” and “Standard Operating Procedure”

“The Soloist” Explores the Homeless and Mentally Ill With Grace and Music



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I assume the movies will have better production value than this.To celebrate Earth Day, The Disney Company is really raising the bar and announced today the creation of its own studio, Disneynature, to produce nature documentaries. I know. Super rad. Like, amazingly awesome. Basically, Disney was all like, “Oh, really, NBC, you’re doing a whole week of green programming? Isn’t that special. We’re launching a new studio. With movies and everything. Eat it.” From the press release:

The Walt Disney Studios is launching Disneynature, a prestigious new production banner that will literally go to the ends of the earth to produce major big screen nature documentaries, Studios Chairman Dick Cook announced.

Hell and yes. This is exciting stuff. And it gets even better.

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Nicole Hughes April 11, 2008 | 12:49 pm EST
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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Want to learn our top eco-kinky tips for ‘greening up’ your sex life? How about the top 10 ways to take action against AIDS?  Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

Katie:

Annie Lennox & Top 10 Ways to Take Action Against AIDS

Somewhere Over the Rainbow: American Idol & Yip Harburg

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Nicole:

Top 10 Ways to ‘Green Up’ Your Sex Life

Top 10 Global Warming Myths Debunked

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Giulia:

Mortified Makes Movies

What a Bunch of Boobs

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Gina:

Top 10 Immigration Films

Boarding Gate’s Empty Adventure of Capitalism

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Young At Heart Hits the Silver Screen

Death and the River

Andy Kondrat wrote:

Top 5 Things You’ll Love About Planet Green

Leonardo DiCaprio Does Everything For the Environment, Ever


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The Discovery Channel, which helped bring you the almost-too-awesome Planet Earth and Blue Planet mega-epics, has announced that June 4 will be the launch date for a new television channel, Planet Green. We can assume that the channel’s name gives a pretty good description of what it’s all about. At takepart we’ve already told you that Adrian Grenier, the dude from Entourage who isn’t the brother of the dude from The Outsiders, is working on a show for the network. We’ve also mentioned that Tom Bergeron, who apparently hosts Dancing With the Stars (but I only know from post-Fugelsang/Fuentes era America’s Funniest Home Videos), will also have his own program. Yet there’s already so much more to love about this station, which is why I’m bringing you The Top 5 Things You Will Love about Planet Green, in no particular order.

1. Tommy Lee and Ludacris are in a show together.

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