by Laura | Feb 20, 2018 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
When most people talk about healing the earth, they mention simple acts we can do to minimise out impact. It’s rare to find someone who is prepared to go that extra mile and speak the truth… that minimising our impact isn’t going to cut it. Dr Mahdi Mason is an...
by Laura | Oct 17, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
Microbeads… What are they? What impact do microbeads have on the environment and our health and how you can tell if a product contains them? In this post I take a look at why microbeads may be more immediately dangerous to the environment than a discarded...
by Laura | Jul 18, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
Laura chats with A Plastic Ocean film maker Craig Leeson on how plastics in our oceans are impacting our environment and health. The Plastic Free July movement is sweeping Australia and for very good reason. Our obsession with plastics, particularly single-use...
by Laura | Jun 27, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
Today, I’m sharing an interview that, retail strategist and host of the Bringing Business to Retail Podcast, Salena Knight did with me last week. She is chatting with me and asking me a heap of questions about my upcoming trip to Antarctica. I thought it would be...
by Laura | Jun 20, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
It’s time we humans took a long hard look at ourselves and how we’re living. In this post I touch on why we need to stop acting like we have a Planet B. Plus I share a small action that you can do today to ensure we’ll never need a Planet B. Podcast: Play in new...
by Laura | Jun 19, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
I know you support me week in week out by listening to my podcasts, reading my blogs and sharing my work… and your support does mean the world to me. But I’m calling on you now to help me make a world of difference as I fly the flag for climate action on...
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. 
