Sustainable Singleton

Art by George Alexander

Council is currently reviewing its Singleton Sustainability Strategy to guide the delivery of sustainable outcomes in Singleton for the next term of local government (2025-2029).

Our vision is that these outcomes will be set and undertaken in collaboration with community through localised goals, services and opportunities to take action and contribute in many meaningful ways.  

Get creative and showcase your vision for a Sustainable Singleton!

We want to understand our community's unique and invaluable perspective of what a Sustainable Singleton looks like now and into the future. So, we are encouraging residents to get creative!

Mediums

Using any of the following mediums (up to A3 in size), express your vision of a Sustainable Singleton:

  • Photography
  • Videography (5 minutes max)
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Creative Writing (stories/poetry/songs)
  • Sculptures 
  • Textiles

Categories and Prizes

There are four entry categories, where one creative entry from each category will receive a $500 Spend in Singleton gift card:

  • Youth Individual | 4-18 years
  • Adult Individual | 19+ years
  • School | Pre, Primary and Secondary (most engaged students)
  • Business | Locally registered ABN or community group

Terms and Conditions

For an entry to be deemed eligible, the following criteria must be met:

You must;

  1. Be a resident, school, business or community group receding with Singleton Local Government Area (LGA)
  2. Be the personal and intellectual property owner of the creative content submitted, which can include the following expressive mediums:
    • Photography
    • Videography
    • Drawing
    • Painting
    • Creative Writing (i.e. stories, poetry, songs)
    • Sculptures
  3. Submit the entry on or accompanied by the designated entry form, with all criteria fulfilled, as appended. Entries without such will be disqualified from the prize draw.
  4. Entries must be submitted by 11:59pm AEDT on 19 January 2025.
  5. Entry are open to all ages and as determined by category criteria
  6. One entry per participant. Multiple entries are not permitted.
  7. Entrants from outside the Singleton LGA or other eligibility criteria listed below will be disqualified from the prize draw.

Council reserves the right to disqualify any entry deemed to include inappropriate, offensive or otherwise objectionable messages or images, including but not limited to:

  • Patently offensive material that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual
  • Copyrighted or trademarked material not owned by the entrant
  • Violent, abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory or libelous statements or imagery
  • Political or religious imagery which is offensive to cultural values
  • Pornographic or sexually explicit material of any kind
  • Advertising or promotional material or branded products

Please refer to the full list of Terms and Conditions here.

How do I enter?

Simply fill in the entry form and submit it with your creative entry at any of the below drop off locations between 2 December 2024 and 19 January 2025:
  • Singleton Public Library | 8-10 Queen Street, Singleton
  • Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre | 23 Maitland Road, Singleton
  • Singleton Youth Venue | Cnr Pitt + Bathurst Street, Singleton 
  • Singleton Council Administration Building | 12-14 Queen Street, Singleton

Entries can also be electronically submitted via email to E sustainable@singleton.nsw.gov.au

Entry Form

 

Need support in submitting your entry?

Please contact our team on (02) 6578 7290 or sustainable@singleton.nsw.gov.au

 

Why should I enter?

Sustainable actions make a positive impact. When we focus on sustainable living, we actively make choices to do the things that benefit our communities and the environment - now and into the future.

We know that there is already some incredible community initiative happening in this space, and this is an opportunity to join in and celebrate in that. 

One creative entry from each of the four categories will receive a $500 Spend in Singleton gift card for their contribution!

All creative entries will be showcased in an exhibition at Singleton Arts and Cultural Centre in February 2025 and the four category winners will also be featured in Council's next edition of the Singleton Edit, which is delivered to every house across our community.  

What does 'sustainability' mean?

Sustainability is about considering how we choose to live and actively doing what we can to make choices that don’t poorly impact others, including future generations.

It's thinking about the unintended outcomes of what we do, buy, make and sell, such as waste, pollution and climate change.

Living sustainably can be many different things like:

  • reducing and conserving electricity and water
  • refusing, reusing, repairing and recycling waste
  • growing, composting, sharing
  • walking, riding, carpooling
  • litter picking, tree planting, weed whacking
  • caring for country and culture
  • community health and wellbeing

All efforts, big and small, count towards creating a sustainable future!


Get your entries in between Monday 2 December 2024 and Sunday 19 January 2025! 
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