Win Prizes for Things You're Already Doing

Recycling is one of the most important things that we can do to help the environment (not convinced? Read more about recycling from About.com's Guide to the Environment). And if your city is participating in RecycleBank's home recycling program, you can earn points just for doing your regular recycling. Redeem the points for rewards like travel, electronics, gift cards, sweepstakes entries, and more.

If your city isn't participating in the RecycleBank program, you can still earn rewards with other green activities like recycling your electronics, joining eBay's Team Green, or using the Gconomy Visa Card. Thanks to Treknott for this tip!

To enter, just track your daily activities. Activities can be hard-core exercising like hiking or mountain biking, or it can be much more low-key, like walking, playing table tennis, or doing chores.

Depending on the difficulty of the exercise and the time you spend exercising, you can earn money for your favorite charity. Plus, you can win prizes from Plus3 and from various sponsors. So not only do you get encouragement to be healthier, but you also win prizes effortlessly. This was another great tip from Treknott on the Sweepstakes Forum.

Playing online games is a great way to take a quick break from work or pass some time while having fun. And many online game sites are offering the chance to win prizes just for playing. Here are a few of them:

• PCH Games
• Candystand.com
• Pogo.com

Sometimes when I finish a book, I can't wait to tell the world what I thought about it. If you love to share your opinions about the books you read, you could win prizes at the same time. Many of the companies on the list of Book Sweepstakes Sites offer prizes for book reviews. You can also check your favorite book sites to see if they offer review sweepstakes.