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!

Nicole Hughes:

Should Drive-Thrus Be Banned?

Eco-Moms Mad About “Greenwash” Barbie

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Andy Kondrat:

Home Depot Will Recycle Your CLF Bulbs for Free

Department of Energy Predicts 50% Energy Increase By 2030

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Jon Popham:

NYC Waterfalls Installation Starts This Week

Capt. John Smith Is Back…and Running for President

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Giulia Rozzi:

Yoga Across the Border

Emile Norman: By His Own Design

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Gina Telaroli:

Silverdocs 08: A Post-Fest Wrap-Up

Human Rights Watch 08: Letter to Anna

It’s June 27th, I’m Gina Telaroli and this is TakePart.com’s look at the week in social action…

A Wrap-Up

Silverdocs officially wrapped up its 2008 festival on Monday, announcing winners and putting an end to a great week of documentary film. Here is a little wrap-up including takepart links for some of the films I saw, plus the winners:

1) The Sterling US Feature Award went to a film called The Garden. I didn’t see The Garden, but my good pal did. She loved it and came out of the screening excited and moved. The film follows a group of farmers in their struggle to save their land, a 14 acre community garden that rose up after the 1992 riots. When development reared its ugly head and threatened to the turn the garden into warehouses a battle ensued in the courts and on the street and thus a film was made.

takepart to learn more about the farmers and the film.

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