Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices - Softcover

Clawson, Julie; Sine, Tom; Sine, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830836284 ISBN 13: 9780830836284

Publisher: IVP, 2009

Synopsis

Where does your chocolate come from? Does it matter if your coffee is fair trade or not? It matters--more than you might think. Julie Clawson takes us on a tour of everyday life and shows how our ordinary lifestyle choices have big implications for justice around the world. She unpacks how we get our food and clothing and shows us the surprising costs of consumer waste. How we live can make a difference not only for our own health but also for the well-being of people across the globe. The more sustainable our lifestyle, the more just our world will be. Everyday justice is one way of loving God and our neighbors. We can live more ethically, through the little and big decisions we make every day. Here's how.

About this title

Book Description:

"Living justly is an overwhelming task these days. How do I know whether the coffee I'm drinking was fairly grown? Or whether my jeans were made by a twelve-year-old? It's daunting, and we're tempted toward apathy. That's why Julie Clawson has done us such a service in writing Everyday Justice--in readable, compelling prose, she lays out the truth behind some of the products we use every day, and she gives us practical steps for living justly in a consumeristic age. She avoids guilt trips and writes personally. This book is needed and deserves a wide readership."

About the Author:

Julie Clawson (M.A., intercultural studies, Wheaton College Graduate School) is a writer, blogger, and moderator of the Emerging Women and Emerging Parents blogs. She has been a church planter and served as copastor of Via Christus Community Church in Yorkville, Illinois. She and her family live in Austin, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0830836284
• ISBN 13: 9780830836284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208