The stakes are high for Warren Buffet at Long Bets. His prediction:

Over a ten-year period commencing on January 1, 2008, and ending on December 31, 2017, the S & P 500 will outperform a portfolio of funds of hedge funds, when performance is measured on a basis net of fees, costs and expenses.

And one million says he’s right. Long Bets new site offers a new way of finding resolutions to BIG issues. It is an arena for competitive, accountable predictions and a way to see what leaders think of world issues. Whoa. That’s a mouthful but it is a really fascinating site. Take a peek at the bets and the predictions.

A personal favorite is: By 2100 racism will no longer be a significant phenomenon in most countries of the world. That’s a long bet. And in 97 years we wont be around to see who won but here’s to hoping he wins the bet within the next few decades. Some other heavy bidders on the site include Wired’s Kevin Kelly, Warren Buffet and Ted Danson.

LongBets is a project of The Long Now Foundation which hopes to provide a counterpoint to today’s “faster/cheaper” mind set and promote “slower/better” thinking. And they want to do so by creatively fostering responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years. Takepart and check out longnow.org

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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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Our second installation of the TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is here give you the very best of Katie, Nicole, Giulia, Gina and Kerry! More blogs means more to love this Valentine’s Day week, and more social action means a healthier and happier world for everyone. Check out our most popular posts of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites.

Katie:

5 Ways to Take Action and Get Action On Valentine’s Day

Top 10 Guilt-Free Valentine’s Day Jewelry Gifts: Show Your Valentine You Have a Heart

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Nicole:

Kiva: Microlending to Change Lives

Top 10 New Releases to Inspire Social Change

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Giulia:

Alicia Keys Uses Grammys to Help Keep a Child Alive

V-Day Celebrates Its 10 Year Anniversary!

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Gina:

Top 10 Movie Characters That Make A Difference

Art As Politics In “The Silence Before Bach”

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Kerry:

Tap Project Gets Donations Flowing For Safe Global Water

Levon Helms’ “Dirt Farmer” Wins Grammy Gold

Just call him a wavehugger–Ted Danson’s been lobbying on behalf of our oceans since 1987, when he founded the American Oceans Campaign. Danson, now a board member of advocacy group Oceana, which merged with Danson’s organization, is calling on Americans to pay more attention to the problems of overfishing and contamination, as the AP reports:

“This is not about saving fish from the goodness of our hearts or taking care of our oceans because we want to be thought of as environmental. It is economic. It is moral, and it is public health”I guess it’s really tough to get people to focus on this great big, beautiful, gorgeous ocean.”

Find out what you can do to help protect our great big, beautiful, gorgeous oceans at Oceana.org.  

This Valentine’s Day, if you’re hoping to find that special someone who will “take actions” with you to make the world, and your love life, a better happier place, I have just the list for you. So here are the 5 best free on-line dating sites for finding that special someone to drink organic free trade hot cocoa with, to make a hemp necklace for, and to send action alerts to. Because, you know what they say: the personals is political.

1. Act For Love is a personals site where you can find the activist– and the cause– of your dreams. After you’re done searching through profiles, you can search through the action center where you will find things like “Less Pink, More Research” take action link, which urges Congress to pass the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. Their motto, which I say after coming up with the title for this post, is “Take Action. Get Action.”

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