This week I wanna talk about the RISE program here at MSU. It is not necessarily deemed a club but it is a group of environmental kids who are all environmental majors. They get together and work on projects. They talk about environmental problems and ways to fix them.
Their Big focus is on the environmental impacts right here at MSU. These kids works together to get grants approved and better the campus. Some of their big projects in the past have been the hoop house built right outside Bailey Hall and the composting center they have created.
This Year The legacy project they are doing is called Curbside Recycling, and I am so glad to be taking part in this project. The RISE program is trying to get MUS to a zero footprint by encouraging recycling. They are testing out a new program called Curbside Recycling in Bailey Hall starting on February 10th. What will happen is the recycling center is providing bins to be kept in the students rooms to collect their recyclables. Then each week someone from each team will come and collect the items, and sort them out to properly be recycled.
The RISE program does many field type projects besides just meeting and talking about problems with the environment or just about the field in general. They value everyones opinion and strongly believe in helping out the Environment here at MSU.
They communicate very openly, using a FaceBook page as well as having their own twitter. They communicate well because most of them all live in the same building Bailey where the program is centered. Although others can join in and help out like myself. We hear about these opportunities throughout social media and throughout some of our classes such as my ESA 200 class.
It's great that you are doing this! It's good to know people are trying to better the campus and the world. It's funny that some people forget that we were originally an agricultural school :p
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