One of the latest trends in the green movement is the advent of eco-friendly credit cards. The philosophy behind environmental credit cards is that cardholders can contribute to environmental research and green projects while also earning rewards points redeemable for cash and green products. If you're looking for another way to go green and give back to eco-friendly efforts, these environmental credit cards can help you earn rewards and support a cause you believe in.

One of the best ways to go green in your daily life is to choose plastic, not paper.

Here are 10 ways you can start to reduce your personal carbon footprint by engaging the plastic in your wallet in environmentally friendly ways.

Hoping for high returns, venture capitalists look for ways to pump their capital into start-up companies or projects with potential. Perhaps you like risk and want to do something good for the earth, but you're not yet a multi-millionaire with the financial resources necessary to start your own venture capital firm. Opportunities to invest in smaller, green projects do exist, so read on to find out how.

I don’t probably have to tell you, but it’s cold outside.  Darn cold.  I checked out the US weather map and almost the whole thing is looking purple to blue (those are the cold colors).  Washington DC folks are buried up to their filibuster in snow.  Which makes me think of energy efficiency, of course.  While you’re cutting back on everything else, you’re probably still wasting thousands of dollars each year heating your home or business, money that can be easily saved.  Being efficient doesn’t mean you have to shiver in the cold, but just spend less to be comfortable.  The first step is getting an energy efficiency audit.