The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. We brought you some excellent top 10 lists this week on art, technology, director Errol Morris, and naughty celebs who should rethink their eco-lifestyles. Don’t forget to catch up with some of our other most popular articles of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

Bush’s War: PBS Frontline Brings the War to a Computer Near You

Inverted Areola, Asymmetrical Breasts, & the Miss Bimbo Game

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Nicole:

Where the Wild Things Are: Top 10 Art Blogs

Dark Water: Artist Explores Consequences of Three Gorges Dam Project

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Giulia:

A Pregnant Man?

Is the Lebron / Gisele Vogue Cover Racist?

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Gina:

Top 10 Technology Blogs

Errol Morris’ Top 10 Films

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Kerry:

Top 10 Celebrities Who Need a New Cause

Dead Bats Flying: Mysterious Fatal Illness Alarms Scientists

America suffers from a collective case of do-gooder deafness: we have a hard time hearing a message when it’s delivered by a dorky academic or an unattractive activist. We’re all ears, though, when celebrities speak out about their pet causes, or their pets, or whatever. So, in acknowledgement of the fact that I, as a mere blogger, can only hope to influence so many people, I’d like to enlist the aid of some of our most oogled and Googled celebrities to help America combat climate change and overconsumption:

1. Britney Spears: Britney’s evidently on the road to recovery after some much needed r “˜n’ r. Here are three more “r’s” I’d love to see Britney promote: reduce, reuse and recycle. Our landfills are overflowing with post-consumer crap and the oceans are clogged up with plastic; what better time for Britney to redefine white trash! Recommended reading/viewing: Garbage Land by Elizabeth Royte; The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard.

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Ah, politicians and dirt, that delightful duo. I’m talking horticulture, not whores. Forget about the soiled legacy of Eliot Spitzer; consider, rather, the contrasting agricultural approaches of Prince Charles and President Bush.

Prince Charles has been an organic farmer for decades; his Highgrove Estate farm provides some of the ingredients for Duchy Originals, the line of food products he founded in 1992. On Duchy’s 10th anniversary, Charles explained why he’d decided to get into the sustainable snack trade:

“I wanted to demonstrate that it was possible to produce food of the highest quality, working in harmony with the environment and nature, using the best ingredients and adding value through expert production. I also wanted to engender increasing funds for my Charitable Foundation, which receives all the profits through which I can then support an increasing number of worthwhile projects.”

President Bush’s 1600-acre Crawford ranch, bought in 1999, produces bumper crops of something called “brush,” which has no known culinary use in any culture’s cuisine. Bush has reportedly said that “the property is only good for grazing, and it’s pretty thin at that.”

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Prince Charles has been a royal treehugger for decades, but his mission to halt the destruction of the world’s rainforests has taken on new urgency as the earth’s temperature rises. The heir to the British throne addressed the European Parliament today and “urged the international community to wage war against “the doomsday clock of climate change””¦and to adopt “courageous and revolutionary” measures against the threat,” according to the TimesOnline:

In the simplest of terms, we have to find a way to make the forests worth more alive than dead”¦Unbelievable as it might seem, we are destroying our planet’s air-conditioning system. But the loss of biodiversity is also terrifying. It has been compared to burning down a library of previous knowledge without first reading the books”¦

Charles topped off his post-petroleum pep talk with a plea to Europe’s leaders to step up their efforts to tackle global warming:

“¦Some of the world’s best known and most powerful corporate leaders are now ahead ““ in some cases way ahead ““ of many political leaders in this debate. Determined and principled leadership has never been more needed. Surely, this is just the moment in history for which the European Union was created”¦

“¦ The lives of billions of people depend on your response and none of us will be forgiven by our children and grandchildren if we falter and fail.

Find out how you can help fight deforestation at the Rainforest Alliance’s website.

Sure, Prince Charles may seem kinda wooden, but maybe that’s why he has such an affinity for trees. Norwegian officials announced today that the Prince of Wales has offered to team up with Norway to save forests all over the world, according to Reuters.Norway declared its intention earlier this month to fund a massive initiative to prevent deforestation in developing countries. The announcement inspired Charles, who believes that preserving the world’s rainforests is key to combating global warming, to propose that representatives of his Rainforests Project should travel to Norway to discuss ways to collaborate.Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the royal offer, noting that Norway “is willing to work with all who want to put systems and regulations in place to halt deforestation.” Too bad our own Commander in Chief is too busy clearing his Crawford brush to help combat the clear cutting of the world’s endangered rainforests.For more on how to save the rainforests, visit the Rainforest Alliance’s website.