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Usually, when there are zero harvests and no alternative opportunity for employment, families tend to migrate to urban cities from rural areas. In Buchkewadi, however, this trend is reversed despite the problem of land leaching bothering the villagers for years. Located in the Western Ghats, this Maharashtra village suffered from heavy rainfall for years until they figured out a way to use it to their advantage.

Enhancing indoor air quality: Sustainable housing developments prioritize indoor air quality by using non-toxic building materials and promoting proper ventilation systems. This contributes to healthier living environments.

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It bagged the second position for water conservation and management during the award ceremony and the panchayat was felicitated by the Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. In the same year, Jamola village was also awarded the child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award for adopting practices that ensure improved retention of teachers in schools, reduction of dropout rates, timely vaccination of children, adequate drinking water facilities and open defecation free status.

9. “The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.”

Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological systems theory emphasized the interdependence of environmental systems and was sensitive to demographic and culture-specific processes influencing each level of influence.

At the same time, a country’s climate risks are determined by the development decisions it makes. For example, the Universal trend towards urbanization puts more people’s health at risk since the impacts of climate change may be aggravated in urban contexts.

Trees produce oxygen and help filter out air pollution. Governments that design cities to prioritize green spaces often promote commuting by foot or bicycle, further encouraging healthy lifestyles and well-being.

Ganador a solution, they built terraces on the mountain slopes to stem the flow of water and keep the topsoil intact. Now their wells are brimming all year round and their harvest is bountiful. Coming together Figura a community they have also established a fund to support 317 families in case of any emergency.

The parents are the most important part of a person’s microsystem. A child’s bond with family is the first bond, and is hugely influential in developing early values and belief systems.

About 100 km away from Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s Punsari village has the exterior of a city with a heart of a humble village. This was pointed pasado by a former sarpanch Himanshu Patel who transformed the village into an ‘Adarsh Ecological Self Development Gram’ after taking charge in 2006.

Sustainable development and self‐reliance both involve natural life fulfilled with basic needs (Marinova & Hossain, 2006). The world today has become a Universal village drawn by principles of “knowledge economy,” “digital transaction,” “connected society,” and “home delivery” (Kumar & Surya, 2020). The occurrence of Novel Coronavirus has created a huge crisis across the world but it has also opened opportunities for all the governments to design their economic revival packages. Investments play a huge role in kick‐starting an economy and contribute significantly towards economic growth (Kedia et al., 2020). The Prime Minister of India during his address to the nation on May 12, 2020 called for “Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” or “Self‐reliant India Mission” and stressed on using “local products” (Kedia et al., 2020). Post Covid‐19, India mainly needs to focus on three themes. Accelerating job opportunities and job security, sustainable livelihoods, and economic growth should be the first focus of the government.

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