Are you caring for your neighbour?

Kezia Neusch is the creator of The Whole Home, an online space where she explores attainable low-impact living. Should all Christians be doing this?

The questions started when Kezia was twelve years old, biting into a bar of chocolate. It said ‘Fairtrade’ on the wrapper. “If this chocolate is fairtrade, what about the other chocolate I eat?” she asked her dad. “What about the chocolate not deemed fair? And who is it unfair to?” In the conversation that followed, Kezia realised for the first time that food has a story before it arrives in our hands. While the food may taste good to her, the journey may not have been fair to others. She made a commitment to her dad – and her dad to her – that they would only eat chocolate if they knew its story and could be sure that no one had been harmed in the making of it. That was just the starting point.