Greater Dandenong Sustainability Festival

The annual Sustainability Festival will be held at the Dandenong Market on Sunday 23 February, 10am-3pm.

The festival is a wonderful celebration of all the ways we can get involved to protect our planet.

This is a free, family friendly event with activities, give aways and experts ready to answer your questions about how to live more sustainably.

Come along to learn more about:

• Native animals and how our gardens at home can act as habitat
• Growing your own food with little space or budget
• DIY natural beaty and skin care
• How to recycle right and reduce your waste
• Environmental volunteer opportunities, local businesses making a difference and much more.

Other festival events and programs

Can't wait for the festivals? Enjoy our events and activities leading up to the sustainability festival.

• Op Shop Trail from 10 January - 10 February, detailed further down on this webpage
• Roving Refills visits Greater Dandenong. Natural shampoos, soaps, detergents and cleaning products refilled from bottles saved from landfill. Saturday 8 February, Springvale Community Hub, 1-3pm 
• Sustainable crafts like basket weaving, clothes swap, urban harvest exchange. Saturday 8 February, Springvale Community Hub, 1-3pm
• Rethink Recycling, open day tour with activities to turn plastic lids into fun and functional items. Saturday 8 February, 38 Aspen Circuit, Springvale, 11am-2pm
• Make body scrubs and bath salts with Mademoiselle Organic. Thursday 20 February, Dandenong Library, 6.30pm-8pm

Op Shop Trail 2025

The City of Greater Dandenong' s first Op Shop Trail has officially started.

From 10 January-10 February, get to know your local area and community while learning how to reduce your textile waste. This event is free to participate in. All you have to do is visit a minimum of three stores to enter the prize pool. You will not be required to purchase from these shops.

What do you need to do?

• Collect a competition form from any participating Op Shop
• Collect one stamp from each store
• Visit as many stores as you can during the competition time   
• Submit your competition form.

How to submit your competition form:

In person: visit the Sustainability Festival and drop it off at the colourful 'Go Green' electric van on Sunday 23 February at the Dandenong Market

Via email: sustainability@cgd.vic.gov.au by Saturday 15 February.

The more stores you visit, the bigger the prize pool voucher amount. For example, visit 3-5 stores to enter the $10 prize pool. Visit all 12 to win a prize and enter the $50 prize pool. Multiple vouchers up for grabs.

Participating Greater Dandenong Op Shops

1. Salvos Springvale: Shop 3/819-823 Princes Hwy, Springvale

2. Vinnies Springvale: 119-123 Springvale Road, Springvale

3. Brotherhood of St. Laurence: Unit 2/450 Princes Hwy, Noble Park

4. Salvos Noble Park: 400 Princes Hwy, Noble Park

5. St Aidan’s Opportunity Shop*: 1 Buckley St, Noble Park

6. Salvation Army Thrift Shop Dandenong: 14-16 George St, Dandenong

7. Coco’s Op Shop*: Shop 2-3/48 McCrae St, Dandenong

8. Save the Children Op Shop: Unit 1/119-123 Lonsdale St, Dandenong

9. Vinnies Dandenong: 119-123 Lonsdale St, Dandenong

10. Salvos Dandenong: 1/111-115 Lonsdale St, Dandenong

11. Salvos Store Keysborough: Unit 3A 43-47 Fiveways Boulevard, Keysborough

12. AAPS Op Shop Keysborough: 26 Aegean Ave, Keysborough

* Op Shop re-opens Monday 13 January.

Take a look at photos from the event below and stay updated on future environmental events in Greater Dandenong by subscribing to Our Bright Green Future below.

Subscribe to our eNewsletter

Read our Privacy Policy