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Go skydiving every day for the thrill of it?
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**** yeah! or do some of this:
solo free climbing
Or maybe climb to the top of a mountain in the middle of a blizzard with a snowboard on your back? (my personal idea of fun)
Outerspace and extraterrestrial colonies would do some good, give the Earth a break and allow it to recuperate (no snowboarding on the Moon though, maybe on Mars!), living like that would also force the inhabitants to recycle everything. Water, metals, plastics, &c. which would develop an established industry of recycling before expelling - so new materials would be used efficiently and with a purpose.
I am sure a Mars suite rock climbing club would be quite popular... Space diving would be pretty trippy (instead of the danger of hitting the ground, it would be floating away, or maybe both if you include atmospheric reentry).
Meanwhile we could setup established tourism industries on Earth that would help pay for reclamation and waste removal - controlled tourism, not destructive tourism.
Funny thing is, we have the technology and the ability to start doing all of this - we just need the commitment. To get all world wide consumers interested in moving to a Moon base, a Mars base, or even a Space Station like they get interested in the newest iPod would drive it pretty strong.