Network for Environmentally
Educated Dragons
NEED is a student organization that aims to promote awareness of environmental issues on campus. NEED’s goal is to educate the students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community about environmental issues associated with a college campus as well as what can be done to make the campus and community more sustainable.
NEED's ongoing projects include:
Overseeing residence hall and academic building recycling
Hosting MSUM's annual Earth Day celebration
Participating in Recycle Mania-a nation-wide college campus recycling competition
Attending Power Shift-a national youth conference tackling the issues of global warming
Movie Nights-screening environmentally related movies to raise awareness about environmental issues on and off campus
Participating in the Minnesota Schools Cutting Carbon program