by Laura | Nov 25, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
A particularly nasty strain of gastro has passed through our house recently, leaving just one man standing (my husband Paul). Master 6 copped it extra bad and spent much of this morning with his head in a bucket (after I’d already mopped the hallway twice and...
by Laura | Nov 22, 2016 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Have you ever come face to face with a techno-tantrum when you’ve wrangled the tablet, smartphone, computer or TV away from your child? Are you worried your child is becoming addicted to technology and you feel helpless about the situation? Are you trying your best to...
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 | Nov 1, 2016 | Conscious Business, Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
My guest today is a perfect example of how one man with a strong vision, big heart and a good dose of get up and go, can make a difference. At 19 years old Daniel co-founded Thankyou with a couple of friends. What began as an idea to tap into the millions and billions...
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. 
