Graphic designers can go green and win green with a new design competition. The marketing wizards at the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) have launched a design competition that seeking is "a call-to-action campaign that asks targeted consumers to purchase FSC products as a means of protecting forests around the world." The competition was developed by DESIGN 21: Social Design Network to benefit The Nature Conservancy and and FSC. Prizes totaling $10,000 will be awarded to winning consumer awareness campaigns for sustainable forestry. The campaign must consist of  a print ad and suite of online advertising banners and buttons that will:

• Create awareness of FSC and shows people that by buying FSC, they can play an active role in protecting forests.
• Drive people to a consumer-searchable website where they can locate FSC products to buy.

Submission deadline is January 13, 2009, and winners will be announced February 10, 2009. Go to the competition website for complete guidelines and the design brief. The design competition is open only to registered members of DESIGN 21, however membership is free. Good luck!