Some college students in Springfield today were challenged to become world leaders in saving the planet.
   
A guest speaker at Drury presented a program called "Saving the Environment, one Piece of Paper at a Time."

Karyn Kaplan is the recycling program manager at the University of Oregon.

She talked about the increase in student activism on college campuses and how students are playing a key role in creating awareness about environmental issues, and then taking action.

"Individual actions really have an impact on our world and how by doing such a simple thing as recycling that you're taking a step back and actually doing a positive thing to help reduce global warming and make a positive impact on our greater world," Kaplan says.

Kaplan praised the recycling program at Drury. She says the world is looking to college students to be leaders and they seem to be taking that role very seriously.