A “Cultural Fix”?: Global Citizen Educators Rethinking Sustainability into Population Control vs. Academic Freedom

“There’s an actual statistic that 99% of all scientists agree that humans are exacerbating global climate change… I am totally open to varying viewpoints, but [‘human-caused global climate change'] is one that’s no longer a debate.” – Benjamin Kay, 5/7/09

With that viewpoint, Santa Monica High School science teacher Benjamin Kay may actually be on to something. The question is, what?

On Thursday evening, May 7, 2009, Mr. Kay offered his students “Extra Credit” for accompanying him to a presentation at the Santa Monica Public Library given by Adina Abeles, Planning Director of the Center of Ocean Solutions.

During the hour-long power-point lecture Mr. Kay & Ms. Abeles, while claiming to be “objective,” asserted opinions to the students as scientific fact on several provocative, controversial political issues:  (more…)