by Laura | Jul 5, 2016 | Chemical Free Living, Zero Waste Home
Plastics have been linked with obesity, early adolescence, infertility and cancer and take hundreds of years, if ever to break down in our environment. In this post I’ll share why we need to be concerned about plastics and how you can stay healthy in an increasingly...
by Laura | Jun 28, 2016 | Chemical Free Living, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Modern living and toxins often go hand in hand, but there’s plenty of ways we can reduce our exposure. The food we eat has a massive impact on our health, and naturally, what we feed our children directly impacts their current and future health. This week I caught up...
by Laura | Jun 21, 2016 | Energy and Water Efficient Home
Are you keen to reduce your home energy consumption (and power bills) this winter but don’t know where to start? In this post I’ll share some home energy tips to help you reduce your household’s energy consumption throughout the cooler months, without compromising...
by Laura | Jun 14, 2016 | Zero Waste Home
Even when you have meal planning seemingly under control, your household can still generate a fair amount of food scraps that can easily end up in the rubbish bin. Whether it’s food scraps from peeling and topping and tailing vegetables, or scrapings from dinner...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2016 | Live Lighter, Organic Gardening
Which animal poo is the best fertilizer for your organic vegetable garden? In this post we’ll uncover just that! If you keep an eye on my Instagram and Facebook feeds, you’ll probably already know that my family has been eagerly digging into our veggie garden...
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. 
