Sustainable development is development that meets the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generation to meet their own needs. Four strategies for sustainable development in my locality are:

First, use of non-conventional sources of energy such as wind power and solar rays. India is hugely dependent on thermal and hydro power plants which have adverse environmental impacts. Thermal power plants emit large quantities of carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas and produce fly ash causing pollution. Adopting non-conventional energy reduces such environmental damage.

Second, limiting the human population to a level within the carrying capacity of the environment. The carrying capacity is like a 'plimsoll line' of a ship which is its load limit mark. In the absence of this limit, human scale grows beyond the carrying capacity and deviates from sustainable development.

Third, ensuring technological progress is input efficient and not input consuming. This means technology should use resources efficiently rather than consuming them excessively, reducing pressure on finite natural resources.

Fourth, extracting renewable resources on a sustainable basis, where the rate of extraction does not exceed the rate of regeneration. For non-renewable resources, the rate of depletion should not exceed the rate of creation of renewable substitutes. Additionally, inefficiencies arising from pollution should be corrected.