TY - JOUR AU - Wasan, Parul Goyal PY - 2020/04/02 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Environment Improvement: How Individual Efforts Lead to Community Participation JF - Social Education Research JA - SER VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.37256/ser.12202085.48-60 UR - https://ojs.wiserpub.com/index.php/SER/article/view/ser.12202085.48-60 SP - 48-60 AB - <p>The paper presents three case studies aimed at examining the factors relating to individual efforts within real life context in order to improve the sustainability of their environment, with the help of &nbsp;multiple case study methodology. These &nbsp;case studies &nbsp;investigate an ecological transformation within real-life context through the efforts of certain individuals. These individuals act as social-environmental initiators and &nbsp;conceive, believe and act upon an opportunity that others in the community either &nbsp;fail to see, believe in; or lack courage to pursue &nbsp;Their actions and behavior were contrary to what the community behavior exhibited. This aspect is supported &nbsp;by the &nbsp;SES model that pointed out that the initiator of the activity generally takes the first step long before &nbsp;the &nbsp;community, and the &nbsp;Government .The initiator also acts as a) role model for the community, &nbsp;b) encourages community participation, and c) acts as &nbsp;&nbsp;go between the community and &nbsp;the providers viz. Government, large NGOs and corporations. &nbsp;These case studies act as exemplars and (and are not exhaustive ) identified &nbsp;the individual efforts for environment and social development. This is an original research which depends upon secondary sources present in both digital and traditional media.</p> ER -