by Laura | Dec 9, 2015 | Chemical Free Living
If you’re struggling to work out exactly where to draw the line on your journey to a lower tox life, than I have you covered! Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe in iTunes When we typically first step out on our eco journeys so many of us are keen for...
by Laura | Sep 8, 2015 | Chemical Free Living
Like many people, I was a little sceptical when, around 15 years ago, I first heard of microfibre cloths and their cleaning abilities. You see, I grew up in a household where cleaning with a sponge and cleaning spray (or cleaning paste) was the norm and I continued...
by Laura | Jul 15, 2015 | Chemical Free Living, Zero Waste Home
Plastic Free July is a great cause that challenges you to say no to single-use plastic throughout the month of July (and then by the end of the month it should be habit)! The vast amounts of plastic in our environment are not only causing havoc to our wildlife,...
by Laura | Dec 17, 2014 | Chemical Free Living
It only takes a little bit of creativity and planning to make the most amazing homemade and eco-friendly Christmas gifts! Last weekend I spent around ten minutes in total making this nourishing, organic handwash infused with Young Living Thieves Oil, for the two...
by Laura | May 22, 2014 | Chemical Free Living
I remember breaking up with my first ‘steady’ boyfriend as clear as if it happened yesterday. I was 14 years old and we had been “going out” for around 8 months. His parents thought it was time to part ways before things potentially got...
by Laura | Mar 2, 2014 | Chemical Free Living, Sustainable Eating
Can you recall what propelled you to embrace clean eating and organically grown foods? Did it coincide with pregnancy, weaning your baby onto solid foods or was it a gradual adoption over time? I’ve always been mindful of eating healthy but a chronic health issue in...
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. 
