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:

Obama Global Love Fest by Martin Musatov

Interview with Lawrence Lessig by Wendy Cohen

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Nicole Hughes:

Top 10 Ways to Green Your Move

Climate Change Activist Superglues Himself to UK Prime Minister

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Andy Kondrat:

Can Junk Mail Be Green?

Google Maps Adds Walking Directions

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Jon Popham:

Recycling Building Materials Greens Up Home Improvement

CA Hotel Owner’s Anti Same-Sex Marriage Donation Brings Boycott Calls

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Gina Telaroli:

Naming a Generation

Ebert and Roeper Exit: Time to Give a Lady the Thumbs UP

Summer is the busiest time of the year for moving, and like many of my environmentally-friendly compatriots in the throes of relocation, I’m faced with the dilemma of moving all of my earthly possessions from one state to another while accruing the least amount of carbon fallout possible. Throwing stuff away, finding packing materials, renting a gas-guzzling moving truck – it’s enough to drive one to the brink of eco-guilt. Still, with enough green-inspired forethought, moving doesn’t have to be a ruthless planetary burden. Here are 10 ways to reduce your impact while switching digs:

1) No need for new boxes - there are plenty of retailers that you can rescue boxes from, which would otherwise be thrown away. I pick up a few every couple of days from my local grocery store, but you can probably find them at just about any commercial venue since, well, most stuff comes in boxes. If you don’t feel like scouring the neighborhood for used cardboard, check out Usedcardboardboxes.com, a service that will deliver recycled boxes to you for a small fee. You might also consider RECOPACKS from Earthfriendlymoving.com, a zero-waste packing and moving system developed from recycled trash rescued from local landfills.

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Target, where I bought Wayne’s World 1 AND 2 for $7.50, has gone one step further towards awesomeness by offering to exchange their plastic bags for reusable totes. Though I can’t find any information on Target’s website, from the “What Do You Stand For” website:

Send them your used plastic Target bags, and they will send you a coupon for a free reusable tote. They’ll even pay the postage by turning the cover of Newsweek, which features a pre-paid business reply label, into an envelope…

Target, which already prints 10 ways to reuse on the side of each plastic bag, partnered with TerraCycle, an eco-capitalism company, and Newsweek to turn plastic bags into reusable “Retotes.”

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