To begin, I watched a TED Talk video entitled, “Joe Smith: How To Use A Paper Towel”. Joe Smith is an active, private practice lawyer in Oregon. In the video, Mr. Smith grabs the attention of his audience by giving the following statistical statement, “If we can just use one paper towel per day, we would reduce the use of paper towels by 571.2 million pounds per year.” To substantiate Joe’s claim, I came across an article by Melanie Stewart, who is a Research Resources Manager at the University of Nebraska. She wrote an article entitled, “LiveGreen: One Less Paper Towel A Day”, in which she states, “Did you know that if every American used just one less paper towel per day, we would reduce the use of paper towels by 571.2 million pounds per
