On the pressure to do the ‘right’ thing

Veronica Zundel urges us to look at how we live not to appease campaigners, or make ourselves feel more holy, but because to do so is loving others as Jesus did

For several years I have bought most of my clothes (far too many!) from Fairtrade or environmentally friendly catalogues. They have some truly lovely things, although I wait for the sales as the prices are inevitably higher. I also try to buy Fairtrade tea and coffee as well as other foods, and environmentally friendly cleaning materials – not to mention recycled paper, while recycling every sort of packaging material (when will the supermarkets stop using so much packaging?).