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

April 22nd is Earth Day! People are uniting around the globe on issues of climate change, wildlife preservation, water supplies, and more! It’s time to celebrate all the hard work you’ve done for the environment this year, and to make new goals to improve upon our environmental progress. These top 10 ways to take action will put you on the right path. Remember, everyday is Earth Day, and a new day to do something good for the planet. Let’s get started!

1) at the Arbor Day Foundation, and learn how to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. Planting trees is an excellent way to offset your own carbon footprint. Visit your nearest nursery, or even shop for trees on their website.

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Celebrity chefs including Paul Rankin, James Martin, Cyrus Todiwala and Jimmy Doherty are lending their support to WRAP’s “Love Food Hate Waste” campaign to provide consumers with information on simple steps that can be taken to reduce food waste, and its impact on the environment. The campaign recently released a new research survey which shows 90 percent of consumers are unaware of how much food they waste. In the UK alone, 6.7 million tons of wasted food is shipped off to landfills. That’s almost $16 billion dollars wasted on food that is never eaten each year.

and find out how you can reduce your own food waste with these practical solutions from WRAP.