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 * Three Literatures, Thirty References**

Social Ecology Social ecology is a field that sees society and culture as fitting into a context that includes everything, from technology to politics to the environment. [|Source.] A college student is in a social ecology context just as much as anyone else; the college, the administration, the social groups the student is part of, their college's setting, the student's background, and so forth all play a role in the student's actions in life. Combined, students form a culture based on their interactions with each other, the college, the ecosystem around the college, and so forth.

There is a body of studies on youth culture and subcultures, including college culture. Understanding how culture works, especially for young people, is very important to understanding these inter-college sustainability organizations' effects on students, students' lives, and change within the college.

Organizational Effectiveness How effective are organizations at promoting their jobs? Literature with an STS-focus about NGOs and what they promote and teach people to do will show me similar actions that I may find in the inter-college sustainability organizations. Some of this literature may draw on development studies literature (particularly NGOs).