Resilient community is one, which is able to withstand and
recover from adverse situations by sustainable utilization of the
resources available to it.
Sustainable community is one, which is able to maintain the
level of the available natural resources to keep the ecological
balance stable.
The objective of the collaborative sustainable and resilience
initiatives in the society are:
- To obtain a sustainable reduction in carbon emission of the
community
- To make residents of the community aware and adaptable to
low-carbon lifestyle
- To build a local resilience in the society
The major initiatives are:
- Creating awareness among the residents about the ways in which
they can employ energy-saving measures
- Conducting a training on how to recycle and up-cycle waste and
other rough products at home
- Conducting brainstorming sessions to identify the various ways
in which carbon emissions can be reduced of the community by the
community-dwellers switching to sustainable travel modes.
- Tree planting sessions were conducted to make the society more
greener and carbon free.
- Knowledge transfer sessions were conducted to increase the
knowledge and awareness of the community-dwellers about carbon
emission and the various preventive measures.
- The participants were made to attend individual swearing
sessions where each sweared on 2 changes in his daily life for
sustainable reduction in carbon emission level.
The outcome of the above initiatives:
- The green fold of the community increased 3 times.
- There was sustainable reduction in carbon emission rate of the
community
- Waste of the community got reduced as majority of the waste got
efficiently handled
- There was sustainable reduction in the fuel consumption of the
society as people opted for sustainable travel modes like cycling
and car pooling