I bought my terrapass today.  I came across the company a year or so ago and thought it was a great idea but I didn't follow through.  Now, as the proliferation of global warming education has become more widespread, buying this pass was a no brainer.
    It's pretty simple...  you put in the model/make/year of your car into their online calculator along with an estimate of how many miles you drive per year.  They then provide you with the appropriate "pass" which you purchase to offset the amount of carbon you're putting into the atmosphere by driving.  The money goes straight towards alternative energy projects such as wind, biomass, etc.  You also get a window decal and bumper sticker to show your concern and help spread the word.  They now also provide options for offsetting your damage done by flights and home energy usage.
    Finding ways to address these growing environmental issues never falls into one solution; it involves many small steps in different directions--whether you replace your light bulbs with color-corrected florescent bulbs to cut down on consumption or find the right initiatives to help fund.  It's the development of our general awareness that allows us to take these steps in the first place.

Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad company just released their latest podcast entitled: Disclosure & Compliance.  In this video, Robert discusses with his staff the importance of Full Disclosure in a business.  This topic is exemplified by the fact that they have decided to film their meetings and make them public to the Rich Dad online community.

In my on-going search for Integrity, Kiyosaki's ideas continue to intrigue me.  As much as financial freedom is a great idea, the principles that Robert speaks of about how to get there are more about walking your talk than anything else.  He has stated that he encourages his employees to start there own businesses so that they will actually know what they're talking about when they advise people how to get rich.  These ideas would scare most business owners because of the risk that comes with it; but living on your edge is all about learning to manage risk and learning what failure can teach you.

The Rich Dad company's business model to me is very simple; they want people to learn what it takes to become rich.  They want people to push themselves to get there because it will make a better world.  They want people to move beyond this insidious entitlement mentality that's putting our economy on such a slippery slope.  This is just what I see, and this is what I'm inspired by...

Check-out GreenDimes.  Once you sign-up ($4/month or $36/year), greendimes uses their resources to get your name of all direct mailing lists and catalog lists that they can.  They even send you the paper-work with pre-paid postage for the mailing lists that require your signature.  You can also enter specific catalogs you want to stop receiving and add other names to your account for your roommates or past residents--it's like an online junk-mail manager.

Usually this is something that you wouldn't want to pay for since you could do it for free if you did all the research yourself.  But greendimes puts your money towards reforestation projects since junk-mail wastes so many resources.  The break-down is that they are basically responsible for planting one tree per month on your behalf.

What a great business plan, you get a great cheap service and get to feel good about where your money is going as well... it's win win!