On October 4th, Montgomery Bell Academy hosted a Ted Turner Public Forum exhibition debate in Nashville, Tennessee. Two students from Montgomery Bell Academy, Tripp Rebrovick and Jonathan Ray, debated two students from Nashville's Overton High School, Liza Short and Wesley Messamore. In conjunction with The People Speak, a national initiative that encourages discussion about America's role in the world, the teams debated the topic, "Resolved, signing international environmental treaties benefits the United States." The debate was followed by a question and answer session with Mr. Ted Turner himself, who attended the debate. An avid environmentalist, Ted Turner fielded questions related to those raised in the debate as well as those involving the International Criminal Court, this year's Presidential Election, and his personal business philosophies. A former championship NFL debater, Mr. Turner is the founder of numerous business and philanthropic ventures including CNN and the Goodwill Games, as well as the Chairman of the United Nations Foundation. This event, to which Nashville area schools were invited, increased discourse on our nation's environmental policies and gave NFL members a chance to hear one of our nation's leading voices in environmental reform.