by Laura | Oct 23, 2018 | Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
If you’re a parent or grandparent trying to raise the children in your life in as sustainable a way as possible, this post is for you! I’m sharing four strategies to help you to eco parent successfully in the modern world. Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe in...
by Laura | Jul 24, 2018 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
In this post I discuss the marketing genius and environmental nightmare of the Coles Little Shop promotion and share three reasons why you should rethink supermarket collectables. Kids love collecting things and marketers know it. Whether it’s a new Thomas the Tank...
by Laura | May 11, 2017 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Do you meal plan? *yawn* I know, I once felt that way too. I thought meal planning and an organised kitchen belonged to those “perfect on the surface” mums in their super-neat display homes. Not a creative, messy mum like me. Back in the years BC (before children) I...
by Laura | Mar 7, 2017 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
Definitely one of the best parts of my job is the people I meet. Whether it’s a local chatting to me about eco-living in my home town, getting to know my ecourse participants well through my closed Facebook communities, or bumping into one of my many fabulous...
by Laura | Feb 28, 2017 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
I’m super delighted to have one of my very good friends join me today to chat about raising healthy kids. Jessica Donovan is a mama of 2, naturopath and holistic health expert that helps families thrive. Jess is passionate about educating parents on nourishing their...
by Laura | Nov 22, 2016 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Have you ever come face to face with a techno-tantrum when you’ve wrangled the tablet, smartphone, computer or TV away from your child? Are you worried your child is becoming addicted to technology and you feel helpless about the situation? Are you trying your best to...
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. 
