by Laura | Jun 13, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
I’m changing things up this week! Rather than showcase an interview or a “how to” episode on how to live more sustainably, I thought I’d share some thoughts and reflections with you on what’s going through my head this week as I turn the big 4-0!! Plus, I wanted to...
by Laura | Jun 6, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
Last week the POTUS, Donald Trump, announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. It was no big surprise. He’d made it loud and clear during the 2016 Presidential Campaign that he’d withdraw from the Agreement if elected. Media speculation...
by Laura | Feb 21, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
During a week where many of my friends were rocking out at the Guns n Roses concerts around Australia, I chose instead to sit in an audience of thousands of adoring fans in Adelaide’s Festival Theatre to listen to the Rock God of the Natural World, Sir David...
by Laura | Jan 17, 2017 | Energy and Water Efficient Home, Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
Welcome to the second piece of my two-part series on the State of the Environment chat with Professor William (Bill) Laurance from James Cook University. Last week in Part 1 we discussed Biodiversity and why it is so important. This is another meaty article but one...
by Laura | Jan 10, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
Given that we are so close to the start of a new year, over the next couple of weeks on the blog I wanted to stop and have a look at how our global, regional, and local environments are tracking along. This post is the first in a two-part State of the Environment...
by Laura | Sep 20, 2016 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Eating
In Part 1 of this regenerative farming feature I introduced you to Joel Salatin from Polyface Farm. Joel has been dubbed the “world’s most innovative farmer” by TIME Magazine and is known around the world for challenging the conventional farming model. He farms...
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. 
