Anderson+Core+Categories


 * Youth/college culture**: college students are often young people who have yet to live "real life" yet (in fact, several of my friends were very excited when one of them graduated--he was a year older--and got a Real Job. They very much looked up to him because he was living in the Real World.). As such, they are not quite adults--legally, they may be, but rarely are they treated as such by colleges (at least in my experience). I want to explore how college students become environmental leaders, and why. Is it because of the community? Were they environmentalists pre-college or did they become environmentalists during college? Has their view of environmentalism changed during college? I am also curious about how that affects them in the future. Do they choose different paths in life? Do they continue being activists?


 * Environmentalism/Activism:** what drives people to become environmental activists? What factors drive someone to become an activist in general? These factors might include anything from upbringing to government structure to education. What facilitates environmentalism? How do activists see themselves--what are their hopes and goals, their views of themselves as people, their views of their cause, and so on? How does the media portray them (and how do the environmentalists/activists feel about that)?