Not all coloring books feature Disney or Loony Toons characters — with the rise of the adult coloring book fad, products like the Climate Change Coloring Book by Brian Foo feel just as appropriate as any other soothing craft item. The book offers black and white illustrations of various climate-related statistics and images, encouraging those drawing in the book to color in the facts and thus more immediately experience the gravity of the situation.
There are many different coloring activities in the Climate Change Coloring Book, but all of them explore climate data and research. The book's Kickstarter page claims it "is not political, but a celebration of information, learning, and research," and indeed all of the illustration activities in it are backed up with citations from various scientific research papers.
Climate Change Coloring Books
Brian Foo's Climate Change Coloring Book Highlights the Environment
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