Sustainability in Action Photo Competition

The Rockhampton Regional Council Sustainability in Action Photo Competition is designed to recognise and celebrate the ways our local households and schools are putting sustainability into action in their everyday lives. The competition is open to all Rockhampton Region residents and schools. 

Whether you’re fighting food waste, recycling right, using active transport, finding energy efficiencies, being water wise or looking after our local habitat and waterways, this competition is for you.

Check out our Sustainability in Action Champions!

2025 Sustainability Champions

Congratulations to the 2025 Sustainability in Action Photo Competition Household and School Champions!

2024 Sustainability Champions

Congratulations to the 2024 Sustainability in Action Photo Competition Household and School Champions!

2023 Sustainability Champions

Congratulations to the 2023 Sustainability in Action Photo Competition Household and School Champions!

Win prizes!

• Winning households and schools will be recognised as ‘sustainability champions’ and will feature in Council's Living Sustainably program.
• As a sustainability champion, you’ll also win $200 to support future sustainability actions within your household or school.

Entering is easy!

• Fill in the online form during the entry period each year (alternatively download the PDF entry forms), and
• Submit your digital (JPG) photograph/s and entry form during the entry period.
  All entries are to be submitted in accordance with the Conditions of Entry.

There are two categories 'Household' and 'School' with prizes to be won for each.

Capturing sustainability in action!

Submit photographic images that demonstrate your household and school participating in ‘Sustainability in Action’, with a key focus on the following themes:

	Reducing single use plastic Such as: taking reusable bags shopping, packing plastic free lunches, using your keep cup or reusable water bottle
	Caring for our catchment Such as: washing your car on the grass, picking up litter, participating in local clean-ups
	Finding energy efficiencies Such as: switching off power points, using appliances with good energy ratings, checking seals on fridges and freezers
	Growing your own fruit and vegetables Such as: tending to your vegetable patch, choosing local produce at market, cooking with your home grown produce
	Fighting food waste Such as: using a shopping list, taking leftovers for lunch, extending life of food through good storage, composting organics at home
	Active and sustainable transport Such as: carpooling to an event, walking/riding to school or work, pumping up vehicle tyres for fuel efficiency
	Planting and caring for native plants Such as: planting and watering native plants in your garden, appreciating native plants on a bushwalk, controlling weeds
	Reusing and upcycling Such as: mending clothes, reusing containers and jars, upcycling furniture
	Encouraging wildlife and habitat Such as: having a wildlife shelter and water source in your garden, installing native bee/frog/butterfly hotels
	Being water wise Such as: using a shower timer, hand watering or using a tap timer on sprinklers, mulching your garden
	Recycling right with yellow lid bins Such as: sorting recycling into the yellow lid bin, showing your internal bin system to sort recyclable items, collecting for containers for change
	Green gift giving and festivities Such as: making wrapping paper out of kids artworks, reusing gift bags, giving homemade treats or experiences as gifts