by Laura | Aug 18, 2020 | Chemical Free Living
Is Your Sunscreen Reef Safe? Did you know that one of the growing threats to our coral reefs lives in your beach bag? Sunscreen, or more specifically the chemicals found in many sunscreens, are contributing to coral bleaching and the subsequent death of our beautiful...
by Laura | Jul 29, 2020 | Conscious Business
If there’s ever been a time for your business to innovate to survive it’s now. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the business landscape overnight and what worked just six months ago isn’t necessarily working right now. In this episode I’m joined by Linda Garnett,...
by Laura | Jul 29, 2020 | Chemical Free Living, Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Energy and Water Efficient Home, Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Eco Chat has reached 150 episodes and I think this calls for a celebration of sorts! When I launched my Eco Chat podcast almost five years ago, in October 2015 I’ll be honest and say I didn’t really have a big plan for it. My intention was to get started and see how...
by Laura | Jul 9, 2020 | Zero Waste Home
Many households who are making an effort to reduce the volume of single-use plastics they consume have trouble replacing one item…..finding a suitable sustainable alternative for their rubbish bin liner. In fact, it was only a few short years ago when the Eastern...
by Laura | Jul 9, 2020 | Conscious Business
Pandemic money blocks that are costing your business The current Covid-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it and our businesses are not exempt from its impact. Daily news reports of the economic fallout from the pandemic are enough to give any entrepreneur the...
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. 
