by Laura | Nov 15, 2016 | Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
How would three days without electricity, internet and mobile phone coverage impact your household? Would it throw everything into turmoil? Stress you out? Or would it be an opportunity to come up for air and reflect on your lifestyle? A few weeks ago, on Wednesday 28...
by Laura | Nov 8, 2016 | Conscious Business, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
Throughout October we chatted about sustainability and our kids…. How to foster eco-conscious children, how and why we need to get our kids playing outside more, how to nurture a love of science in our children…. And even how to be a happier mama. I’ve received...
by Laura | Oct 25, 2016 | Conscious Business, Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Sustainable living can require a bit more effort than conventional living, especially when learning the ropes, as instead of grabbing the items of convenience we may instead choose to make our own household products and foods from scratch. If we’re not careful this...
by Laura | Oct 18, 2016 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Throughout October we’ve been talking about how we can foster a love, respect, and curiosity of the natural world in our children, and today we’re going to take it one step further. I’m joined by Sarah Rouche of Red Cat Science to hear how we, as parents and...
by Laura | Oct 11, 2016 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
When our children grow up and look back on their most treasured childhood memories, what will they remember? Will they have memories of climbing a tree as high as they’ve ever been before, or riding a bike down a hill so fast they thought they would never be able to...
by Laura | Oct 4, 2016 | Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Over the next few weeks I’ll be taking a look at how we can best nurture our kids to develop a love and respect for our environment. Regardless of whether or not you have young children yourself, no doubt there are kids in your life – perhaps nieces or nephews,...
Laura Trotta is one of Australia’s leading home sustainability experts. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering, a Masters of Science (in Environmental Chemistry) and spent 11 years working as an environmental professional before creating her first online eco business, Sustainababy, in 2009. She has won numerous regional and national awards for her fresh and inspiring take on living an ‘ecoceptional’ life (including most recently winning the Brand South Australia Flinders University Education Award (2015) for the north-west region in SA and silver in the Eco-friendly category of the 2015 Ausmumpreneur Awards). With a regular segment on ABC Radio and with her work featured in publications like Nurture Parenting and My Child Magazine, Laura is an eco thought leader who’s not afraid to challenge the status quo. A passionate believer in addressing the small things to achieve big change, and protecting the planet in practical ways, Laura lives with her husband and two sons in outback South Australia. 
