by Laura | May 31, 2022 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
Property prices in Australia surged 22% in 2021[1], its biggest jump since the 1980s, making home ownership an impossible dream for many. This increase coincided with crippling Covid-19-induced lockdowns across much of Australia, resulting in many small businesses...
by Laura | Mar 15, 2021 | Conscious Business, Live Lighter
If you’re looking for an internet search engine that gives back, look no further than Ecosia. Ecosia is quite literally, the search engine that plants trees. Ecosia donates 80% of its profits to non-profit organisations that focus on reforestation, considers itself a...
by Laura | Jul 29, 2020 | Chemical Free Living, Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Energy and Water Efficient Home, Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Eco Chat has reached 150 episodes and I think this calls for a celebration of sorts! When I launched my Eco Chat podcast almost five years ago, in October 2015 I’ll be honest and say I didn’t really have a big plan for it. My intention was to get started and see how...
by Laura | Aug 8, 2019 | Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
I’m a tea drinker and enjoy a wide variety of herbal teas throughout the day. In fact, I often joke that there’s a tea to match my every mood! If you love tea as much as I do, and want to ensure your tea habit is as green as possible (even when you like a...
by Laura | Jun 26, 2019 | Energy and Water Efficient Home, Live Lighter
HOW TO SAVE WATER IN YOUR BATHROOM With much of Australia in the grip of drought, and rainfall patterns changing worldwide with climate change, water restrictions and increasing water prices are becoming the norm. It makes financial and environmental sense to reduce...
by Laura | Jan 21, 2019 | Eco Mindset, Energy and Water Efficient Home, Live Lighter
The benefits of cycling are many and include improved physical fitness and mental health, saving money and helping the environment. In this Eco Chat episode / post you’ll hear Matt Tozer from Bike Society share his best tips for commuting to work by bicycle....
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. 
