Hello! We are quite excited about an idea that was just born. There is a very short time limit though so we need everyone to help out quickly.

Urbanears, a headphone company based out of Sweden is holding a contest on Pinterest to promote their three new autumn colours: forest, rust and pumpkin.

Sustainability and storytelling are both concepts that are very important to us at Machteld Faas Xander. Through images on Pinterest, we want to share the story of what humans and our planet, inspired by the ‘forest’ colour. We want to share both the beauty of nature and what can happen when we don’t take care of our earth. Urbanears themselves strive to create their products in a way that respects both environmental and human wellbeing, as is mentioned on their website. Combine this with our excitement for creative uses of new media and you can see why we are energized with this idea.

How you can help. We are looking for help in collecting images for this board. Please send this to anyone who is interested in raising awareness for sustainability and would be interested in contributing an image. The end date for the contest is tomorrow, August 17, so we do not have a lot of time.

Please e-mail any images to Jessica@machteldfaasxander.com. Make sure that you are not infringing any copyright and that you either own the rights to the photograph or that it is public domain. We appreciate both images of the beauty of the natural world and the devastating effects of abusing our planet.

The contest details and Urbanears website.

If we win the prize, we want to give it to you, as a thank you for spreading the message. Anyone who sends us an image, retweets or helps to spread the word will be entered into a contest for the headphone collection.

We hope that you are as excited about this as we are.

Thank you!