Self-sustainability

Self-sustainability and self-sufficiency are overlapping states of being in which a person or an organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with others. Self-sufficiency entails the self being enough (to fulfill needs), and a self-sustaining entity can maintain self-sufficiency indefinitely. These states represent types of personal or collective autonomy. A self-sufficient economy is one that requires little or no trade with the outside world and is called an autarky.

For other uses, see Sufficiency.
"Self supporting" redirects here. For "financially self-supporting", see Financial independence.
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