self sustaining
[adjective]
Synonyms: self-sufficient, closed, independent, self-centered, self-contained, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained

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self-sustaining adjective

1. able to continue in a healthy or successful state without help from anyone or anything else
   • ● The solar panel project will help local communities become self-sustaining.
   • ● The goal is to establish a self-sustaining population of wild fish in the river.
   • ● a self-sustaining colony/civilization/habitat
   • ● If we charged our customers less, the business would no longer be self-sustaining.

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