This free live webinar by Chuck Schietinger is offered by NW Veg in lieu of the monthly Vancouver potluck. You do not need to be a member of NW Veg to attend. If you are interested, please go to the NW Veg website to register. After you register, you will receive an email with a link to attend. https://nwveg.org/upcoming-events/2020/10/29/eating-and-global-warming-the-true-cost-of-animal-agriculture-with-chuck-schietinger

Here is the description from the NW Veg website:
Animal agriculture is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gasses and the number one cause of biodiversity loss. We have seen conflicting estimates from marginalization to overestimation, but what are the real numbers? Chuck Schietinger, one of the people involved with NWVeg from the beginning will discuss the real numbers. The underlaying physics of global warming leads to rational decisions to not eat animals or their milk. New evidence of global climate change will be presented. What are the causes and how do we address some of these causes? There will be hopeful facts included which can help motivate us.

Chuck Schietinger did his physics thesis in 1980 on photovoltaics. His diverse 30-year in physics included designing a crystal growing furnace for the International Space Station, helping to develop large-area solar cells, designing and building state-of-the-art cleanrooms for integrated circuits, growing sapphire and breakthroughs in producing LED lights. He has more than a dozen patents, mostly in temperature and emissivity measurement. Chuck co-authored two graduate level physics text books. His expertise in how light is emitted gives him unique insights into the physics of global warming. He was recognized by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1995 as a “World Expert” in temperature and emissivity measurement and appointed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as an expert in carbon containing materials. Chuck has taught physics all over the world, from Ph.D. thesis advisor at MIT, to high school physics teacher in Friday Harbor. Chuck is now a woodcarver and vegan on Lopez Island.