Inter-Varsity Press

You wake up and have a shower. The water is hot and the house warm. You pull on your designer label trousers. You throw some bread in the toaster, watch the news on TV and have breakfast: coffee made with water boiled in the kettle and cereal with milk kept cool in the fridge. You scribble a note on a pad of yellow post-its and throw away the foil trays from last night's take away, before jumping in the car and setting off for work.

You have done nothing out of the ordinary, but already your lifestyle choices have had an impact on people and the environment right across the world.

So how can we live more responsibly? In this A-Z of lifestyle issues Ruth Valerio highlights the main threats to people and our planet, God's beloved creation. She shows how, by making small changes to our everyday behaviour we can learn the secret of a life that is both fair and simple.