Earth Day week begins today, and Earth Day is on April 22, 2010. I am going to plant some trees via proxy, meaning I will donate to the Arbor Day Foundation, The Nature Conservancy's "Plant a Billion Trees" project. I'm in China, so I do not own any property here, and cannot plant a tree.
However, I will reduce my energy consumption, this week, walk as much as possibly, refrain from taking a taxi, and generally try to keep a low carbon footprint.
I found a nice BBC article about a hotel in Denmark that offers guests a free breakfast if they use the stationary bicycle in the hotel gym, which is hooked up to the energy gr