by Laura | Jun 11, 2013 | Eco Parenting
You only have to browse through the latest parenting magazine or blog to realise that green is the new black. Wooden toys, organic cotton clothing, even designer cloth nappies are now so on trend that they can be found in mainstream baby stores, rather than solely in...
by Laura | Nov 14, 2012 | Zero Waste Home
Shop-at-home parties can be alot of fun but can easily lead us into buying items we don’t need. Here’s a few tips on how to survive the party plan silly season. The pre-Christmas shop-at-home parties are in full swing in our town; I’ve been to...
by Laura | Aug 24, 2012 | Zero Waste Home
Like many parents of young children, our weekends are often spent socialising with the under three crowd at birthday parties. Given our eldest son creates more paintings and drawings than our fridge could ever display, we reuse these as giftwrap. It’s just one...
by Laura | Dec 19, 2011 | Zero Waste Home
Like most people, I love the fun of cracking open a Christmas bon bon. I must admit though that I find the contents of commercial varieties tacky and the jokes lame at best. The party hats simply don’t fit many of my family members (we get more laughs from the...
by Laura | Nov 14, 2011 | Sustainable Eating
There is no doubt that we’re heading into the busiest period of the year. Christmas preparations aside, I’m referring to the drive of the home cook and gardener to preserve the delicious summer fruits and vegetables to enjoy year round. Before the days of...
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. 
