There are lots of things you can do to help the environment. I personally like the simple things where I don’t have to expend much mind energy into. Things that just make sense and I can’t figure out why I wouldn’t do it.

Just this week (thanks to Joel Makower), I came across the GE Earth Reward program. It lets you invest your cash back savings from your credit card into carbon offset projects. I generally spend about $2,000 on my credit card on a monthly basis. That means that GE would invest $20/month, $240 annually into making the world more green.

According to GE: “If 100,000 cardholders spend $750 per month, the annual offsets retired would total approximately one million metric tons, equivalent to removing more than 175,000 cars from American roads for one year. If those 100,000 cardholders receive their statements electronically, they could save more than 50,000 pounds of paper, sparing 600 trees and more than 500,000 gallons of wastewater associated with paper production collectively.”

I might lose my 8 free movies from blockbuster a month (Discover Card Rewards), but I’m happy to let that go to feel I’m giving back. Its not a grand gesture, but its simple and easy …