Consumo e cuidado ambiental nas narrativas juvenis: trajetórias e relatos de vida de jovens universitários do Litoral de São Paulo.

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This article presents the results of a research on consumption and environmental protection from narratives of young university students living on the coast of the State of São Paulo. The research was focused on understanding consumption and environmental-related issues through those young students’ identities, activities and social imaginaries, based on their narratives and life stories, especially because they live in the coastal areas of the State of São Paulo and are, therefore, closer to a natural setting. We analyzed their narratives from a political viewpoint, where young people assume themselves as subjects in a speech and have a voice, to understand how sustainability issues are present in their actions, memories and daily life as an important item of the youth political agenda in the midst of consumption in contemporary times.