by Laura | Apr 12, 2016 | Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Zero Waste Home
How to Set Up a Worm Farm We have 1,000 new pets but they’re probably not the kind of pets that generally spring to mind. I’m talking my favourite kind of pets….productive pets….. That’s right! Pets who contribute more than love to a household. Yes indeed, we’re the...
by Laura | Apr 5, 2016 | Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
7 Reasons to Keep Chickens Well hasn’t this past week been a storm in an egg cup!! If you’re in Australia and have been following the media recently you’ve no doubt noticed all the kerfuffle over eggs. Supermarket chains selling caged eggs have come under fire and the...
by Laura | Mar 29, 2016 | Live Lighter, Organic Gardening
If you’ve been thinking that it’s about time for you to get your hands dirty and have a go at growing your own produce, then today’s post is for you. We’re talking about the things you need to consider when planning your garden to ensure your efforts don’t go to...
by Laura | Mar 22, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
If you love eating food and you have a social conscience, then today’s post is for you. I’m talking wholefoods and how you can cook for a cause!!! Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe In iTunes If you read my recent feature on fluoride in drinking water...
by Laura | Mar 13, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
I’m always looking for ways to use up excess zucchinis as when they’re in season in our garden, we pick multiple zucchinis a day! These grain-free, dairy-free and refined-sugar free zucchini and cacao muffins are deliciously moist and guilt free too, not to mention...
by Laura | Feb 23, 2016 | Conscious Business, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
Monica Meldrum, the founder of Whole Kids is on a mission to nurture healthy kids and a healthy world. Following an extensive corporate career in the construction industry, Monica travelled to Indonesia with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in 2000...
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. 
