“Everybody Talks About the Weather”
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: By telling the history of the widely quoted advertising slogan “Everybody talks about the weather. Not us,” this article contrasts the way environmental problems were perceived in the 1960s and today. While environmental matters were once seen as extraneous, lacking a connection to fundamental political concerns, they are now at the center of political discourse. Since this transformation is also reflected in the changing connotation of “talking about the weather,” growing awareness of climate change has also shifted the way people in the Global North think about meaningful politics and what constitutes small talk.
Source: Universitätsbibliothek der LMU
Author: Milder, Stephen
Institution: Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6913015303
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