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!

TakePart Gang:

Everything I Know About Climate Change, I Learned in the Fifth Grade by Martin Musatov

When Torture Is Condoned, Is FISA That Shocking? by Wendy Cohen

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Nicole Hughes:

Baltimore Woman Turns Tragedy Into Art

Why Don’t We Do More to Stop Global Warming?

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Andy Kondrat:

Foods You Should and Shouldn’t Buy Organic

Paper or Plastic? The Environmental Impact

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Jon Popham:

The Energy Independence Bill: A Filibuster Odyssey

“Bruno” Fools Mossad Agent

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Gina Telaroli:

While Iran Tests Missiles, Test These 5 Iranian Films

Mao’s Out, Time to Capitalize On the Olympics

Why don’t we do more to stop global warming? As an environmental news writer and as someone who tries to make small changes everyday to live a more sustainable lifestyle, it’s a question I often ask myself. By now, most of us agree that global warming IS in fact happening, that climate change is responsible for a slew of emerging global issues like weird weather patters, rising water levels, mass migration, loss of eco-habitats, food shortages, droughts and desertification (if you’re still a non-believer, read this, then watch this). If we know that global warming is threatening life on the planet as we know it, why aren’t we doing more about it?

I was presented this question in a class last night by our guest speaker Mark Weiss, Founder and CEO of Global Urban Development and the Climate Prosperity Project, and it was interesting to hear what some of my fellow classmates had to say about the subject:

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