[Feature Request]: Standardise Environment Variables

[AnnaDodson]

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Feature Request

The lambda starter should provide a standard for how environment variables are handled.

• Use .env file
• Add documentation to README
• Add .env file to the build so file is available when running in the container with SAM.

Note, any credentials should use secret manager package.

Are you currently using a workaround / alternative solution instead?

Environment variables are being passed in through different ways, as a .env and using a config helper utility or Localstack init-aws files.