In an editorial in the Post today Laurie David came down hard on the National Science Teachers Association, after they turned down 50,000 free DVDs of “An Inconvenient Truth” for use in classrooms across the U.S..
…the company that made the documentary decided to offer 50,000 free DVDs to the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) for educators to use in their classrooms…
Why would they turn down a widely acclaimed and scientifically backed documentary about one of the planets most pressing scientific issues?
Accepting the DVDs, they wrote, would place “unnecessary risk upon the [NSTA] capital campaign, especially certain targeted supporters.” One of those supporters, it turns out, is the Exxon Mobil Corp.
Yeah, its screwed up, and it gets worse. Read the whole story on the Washington Post website.
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Frustrating, to say the least.
Has anyone looked into the NSTA Student Chapter Groups? Perhaps they might like 50,000 free copies, or perhaps they can pressure the NSTA to reconsider (both the film, and also their affiliation with ExxonMobil). Do the NSTA Student Chapter Groups have any direct connections to Energy Action as of yet? Let’s see what our youthful coalitions can do to change things around.
Ok…you really have to look at this and get sick. I do and I’m a teenager…we’re supposed to look at fact and laugh, but I”m not laughing. I’m sick. They are lying through their teeth. Just say it, “We do not want to take these DVD’s because they will jeopardize our funding which we recieve from Exxon Mobil. We’d rather watch the earth fry and keep our funding than to lose our funding and provide teenagers and everyone else with a clear understand (based upon scientific facts) of what is going on with global warming!” I mean, how much of a blonde do you have to be to overlook this? Oy, maybe I’m just over-reacting, but I think this is very wrong and should be fixed. NSTA better watch out…a lot of use are very angry…
Kye - Im pissed too. Anyone who feels the same should let them know…
http://www.nsta.org/contact