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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.

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A shout out to the lovely gals at @ulu_hye who hav A shout out to the lovely gals at @ulu_hye who have developed a delicious sustainable mylk base....a god send if you're dairy free/ vegan. One jar makes 3L of mylk without the packaging waste that usually accompanies that quantity of mylk. Perfect for smoothies like my standard blueberry, spinach, cucumber and cinnamon breakfast special. Oh...and I love my @letsgonature.al Stainless steel smoothie container that I use when enjoying breakfast on the go at my son's early morning cricket and AFL games. . . #dairyfree#vegan #sustainableliving #ecoliving #zerowaste #zerowastehome #ecohome #sustainability #wholefoods #healthylifestyle
When life gives you peaches.....preserve them to e When life gives you peaches.....preserve them to enjoy all year round. Not that this batch will last long around here!🍑 For step by step instructions on how to preserve your own peaches go to https://lauratrotta.com/how-to-preserve-peaches/ What have you been preserving lately? . . . #preservingfood #selfsufficiency #sustainablehome #sustainableliving #sustainahome #ecoliving #wholefoods #justeatrealfood #peaches #organicgardening #organicfood #selfsufficiencyinthesuburbs #sustainabilityinthesuburbs
Just a bundle of pics from our family holiday in S Just a bundle of pics from our family holiday in South Australia's south east. I love this part of the world. ♥️🌊🎣☀️⛱️🐚 I loved bingeing on nature and creating some family memories. And yes, I had to drag the kids kicking and screaming away from screens some days to have an adventure...but it was worth the initial whinging. I'm feeling all refreshed and ready for another year of sustainability/ climate change work. Have you managed to slip in some downtime recently to recharge for the new year? . . #makingmemories #familytime #newyearsameme #southaustralia #hellohowareyourobe #getoutdoors #beachholiday
Getting my Christmas baking on with these deliciou Getting my Christmas baking on with these delicious Amaretti biscuits. Let's hope they survive until next Saturday! #amarettibiscuits #christmasbaking #homemadechristmas #italianbiscuits #selfsufficiency #sustainahome #ecohome #ecoliving #notsugarfree #sustainablehome
The most wonderful time of the year is also the mo The most wonderful time of the year is also the most wasteful, but that needn’t be the case! In this post I share five ways you can reduce your food waste this Christmas so the season is lighter on your wallet, waistline and our precious planet. What's your best tip to avoid food waste at Christmas time? . . #foodwaste #Christmas #ecoliving #sustainableliving #sustainability #simpleliving #livewithless #festiveseason #ecohome #ecochat #sustainahome
She Let Go....by Safire Rose She let go. She let She Let Go....by Safire Rose She let go. She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecision within her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go. She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right. She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go. She didn’t analyze whether she should let go. She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter. She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment. She didn’t call the prayer line. She didn’t utter one word. She just let go. No one was around when it happened. There was no applause or congratulations. No one thanked her or praised her. No one noticed a thing. Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go. There was no effort. There was no struggle. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad. It was what it was, and it is just that. In the space of letting go, she let it all be. A small smile came over her face. A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore… This poem was read to me in a recent yoga class and it spoke to me on so many levels. I hope it helps you to also let go of many commitments that no longer bring you joy or fit with the next chapter in your life. Remember that you don't need to justify to the masses why you're letting go. Just let go. ♥️ #sheletgo #simplify #selfcare #reduceoverwhelm #sayno #clarity
Very early into the pandemic (April 2020) we plant Very early into the pandemic (April 2020) we planted some fruit trees and today we celebrated our first harvest.... four apricots!!! 🍑 🍑 🍑 🍑 We'll savour every mouthful. 😋 Our lemons aren't too far away too. 🍋 Did you also use Lockdown to extend your fruit/ vegetable garden? How is your harvest going? #selfsufficiency #selfsufficiencyinthesuburbs #organicgardening #apricots #homegardener #greenthumb #sustainablehome #ecohome #justeatrealfood #wholefoods
Today is the final day of primary school for my so Today is the final day of primary school for my son. To say I'm proud is a massive understatement. He finishes his primary schooling as school captain with a report card of A's, but that doesn't show the complete truth. It doesn't show the continuous hurdles he encounters each and every day. It doesn't show the hard work his teachers, support workers and my husband and I put in constantly to ensure that he is able to thrive, not just survive. You see, my son is autistic and requires substantial support for daily activities most of us take for granted. He also has ADHD and even getting ready for school can be challenging for him (and us!!). Year 3 was practically a write off. That was the year he was diagnosed with autism and we started a massive learning curve on how we could better support him. The road has been bumpy, with many deep lows where I've never felt so alone and yet, the most intense highs..... It was the students of the school who voted him as school captain this year. His pitch was based entirely on kindness and inclusion. I'll be forever grateful to his school teachers who have worked with us and adapted the classroom for him on the advice from his occupational therapist. Seemingly small changes have made a massive difference. He sits at the same desk every day...while other students move desks regularly. At the advice of his OT, his teacher also placed a water fountain on his desk to introduce a sound he could focus on when background classroom noise became too overwhelming. And so, because he was in a supportive environment that embraced him and his needs, he started to thrive. The result? His grades climbed, his confidence climbed and he stepped up. He became a leader. A compassionate, inclusive leader. Without anyone prompting him, he took the reception, year 1 and 2 special needs students under his wing, supporting them through transitions. Inclusion and diversity doesn't need to be hard. It just takes compassion and a willingness to try to do better. How can you, and your workplace, embrace neurodiversity to better support current and future stars like my son? ⭐ #autism #adhd #neurodiversity #asd #inclusion #proudmum
If you’ve been feeling down about the state of t If you’ve been feeling down about the state of the global environment, particularly after COP26 in Glasgow, my latest Eco Chat podcast on the engineering solutions to climate change is for you. Last month I presented to around 200 doctors at the Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) iDEA 2021 conference. I was invited by Dr Kate Wylie to share a message of innovation and progress so conference attendees could leave the conference with a feeling of hope. I'm sharing this presentation in the hope that the message has a similar impact on you too. Listen or read the full transcript here>>  https://lauratrotta.com/solutions-to-climate-change/ (link in bio) #climatechange #engineering #podcast #sustainability #ecochat #renewableenergy #hydrogeneconomy #bethechange #sustainableliving #climateaction #climateemergency #environmentalengineer #sustainabilityengineer #southaustralia #bigbattery #solarfarm #windfarm
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