Sustainability Festival

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s Sustainability Festival in celebration of World Environment Day! Despite the rainy weather and last minute change of venue it was a great turn out and a fun day for all. We had approximately 1500 attend the event throughout the day.

We had 16 external stalls, 6 Council stalls including Libraries, Waste and Recycling, Resilience, Sustainability, Parks and Transport as well as 7 workshops running concurrently throughout the day.

Kids and adults alike could create an ecofriendly masterpiece including Australian Environmental Education’s insect hotels, Buddhas Light International Association terrariums and Reverse Garbage’s recycled art. The kids enjoyed getting hands on with Bush Adventures and playing with big, recycled materials in our Loose Play Parts workshop. The Australian Wildlife Displays were a big hit and people learned all about our amazing native creatures. Macquarie University wowed the crowds with raspberry energy experiments and Moss House taught people how to make their own sauerkraut and natural face creams.

Amanda Thomas added to the acoustic vibes in the morning and the kids loved Spaghetti Confetti’s energetic set throughout the second half of the day.

A large number of people embraced sustainable transport including bikes, buses and trains.

A very special thank you goes out to this year’s event sponsor, the Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club. Thank you for allowing us to show resilience in action by providing us with an alternative dry undercover space at such short notice!

We hope you had a great time at this annual event, visiting the stalls, taking part in the workshops and other interactive activities and learning about how we can all live more sustainably.

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Thank you to our 2024 Sustainability Festival sponsor for supporting this year’s event.

Survey | Terms and Conditions

City of Ryde “Sustainability Festival Survey 2024 Survey Prize Draw” – Terms and Conditions

The City of Ryde “Sustainability Festival 2024 Survey Prize Draw” Promotion commences at 12:01am Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Sunday 2 June 2024 and closes at 11:59pm AEST on Sunday 9 June 2024.
The Promoter is City of Ryde of Building O, Level 1, 3 Richardson Place, North Ryde 2113, ABN number 81 621 292 610.
Entry into the promotion is open to residents of NSW, Australia who are 18 years or older.
City of Ryde employees, contractors and councillors of The Promoter may respond to the survey; however, they are not eligible for the prize draw associated with this promotion.
Only one (1) entry per person is permitted.
To be eligible, participants must complete the City of Ryde Sustainability Festival Survey online at www.surveymonkey.com/r/CoRSustainabilityFestival24.
Participation in the Promotion by completing the above step is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Participants who do not provide a valid Australian telephone number/email and their name will have their entry voided.
In the event that an entrant’s contact details change during the competition period, it is the entrant’s responsibility to notify the Promoter.
The winner will be drawn at random from eligible participants on Tuesday, 11 June 2024 at Building O, Level 1, 3 Richardson Place, North Ryde.
Total prize pool is $100. From the entries, two (2) winners will be randomly selected to win one of two Anystore gift voucher valued at $50.
The competition is a game of chance and prize winners will be drawn at random. No purchase is necessary.
Each winner will be notified by telephone and/or email, with details of how to redeem the prize. Winners will be notified within two days of the draw taking place.
Winners may be published in City of Ryde documents and on City of Ryde social media channels. They may also be published on the ryde.nsw.gov.au website and in local press.
By entering the prize draw, winners consent to their name being published as a winner of the prize draw and to participate in any publicity accompanying or resulting from this promotion in printed and/or online formats.
The prize must be taken as offered. The prizes, or any unused portion of the prizes, are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed as cash. The prizes are not valid in conjunction with any other offer.
Each winner may elect to collect the gift card or voucher in person from premises of the Promoter or provide a valid Australian delivery address. The Promoter takes no responsibility for gift cards or vouchers lost in the postal system.
Gift cards and vouchers are subject to the terms and conditions imposed by the gift card provider. Once issued, the Promoter is not liable for any gift card or voucher that has been lost, stolen forged, damaged or tampered with in any way.
The prizes, or any unused portion of the prizes, are not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be redeemed as cash. The prizes are not valid in conjunction with any other offer.
If the prize is not claimed within two days of the prize draw, the relevant winner’s entry will be deemed invalid and the Promoter will conduct an unclaimed prize draw.
If a prize unavailable, for whatever reason, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to State Regulation.
The Promoter will not be responsible for any entries that are not received for any reason, by the closing date and time, whether lost, delayed, corrupted or otherwise, and whether or not due to any technical difficulties or malfunctions.
The Promoter reserves the right to request that winners provide proof of identity and/or proof of residency in order to claim the prize. In the event that the winner cannot provide suitable proof (as determined by the Promoter), the Promoter reserves the right to disqualify the entrant. No substitute will be offered.
The Promoter will disqualify any individual who has tampered with the entry process or any other aspect of this competition. A Participant who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these terms and conditions or who has, in the opinion of the Promoter, engaged in conduct which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the competition and/or the Promoter. This includes, but is not limited to, participants using multiple email addresses, postal addresses, PO boxes or SIM cards to register single or multiple entries for an individual.