Oliver Jeffers Makes Climate Picture Books for Adults and Kids Alike
Humor is “one of the most underutilized tools in the battle against indifference to climate change,” says artist, activist and author Oliver Jeffers.
At COP26 in Glasgow, artist Oliver Jeffers installed two “siblings sculptures” of the Earth.
Courtesy of Oliver Jeffers
At his studio in Belfast, Oliver Jeffers sits in front of a poster of the moon’s phases. He leans forward to talk about his work, revealing more of the image behind him. In the center of the lunar chart, the Earth emerges from behind Jeffers’s head.
We’re talking about the Earth in the wrong ways, Jeffers says. “It’s not true that the planet is broken. It is doing exactly what it should with the input it’s receiving,” he says. “It’s going to be around long after we’re gone. Life as we know it — that’s what’s in danger.”