by Laura | Apr 11, 2018 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
(image credit: Jess Leask) In this Eco Chat I catch up with Samantha Reynolds of ECOCEAN on whale sharks, conservation and following your dreams. Do you have a long-held dream to work in science or sustainability but have yet to taken the plunge? If that’s the...
by Laura | Apr 6, 2018 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
In this off-the-cuff chat I reflect on my recent expedition to Antarctica and my involvement in the Homeward Bound Program. Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe in iTunes (also available in Spotify) My experience on board with the 80-odd other women in STEMM was...
by Laura | Mar 15, 2018 | Conscious Business, Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe in iTunes (also available in Spotify) As you may be aware, I’ve spent the past 3 weeks on a ship in Antarctica with 77 other female scientists, all participating in the Homeward Bound program. To say the experience has been life...
by Laura | Mar 6, 2018 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
Gut Health, or more specifically, poor gut health has received much publicity in recent times and for very good reason. Gut bacteria and poor digestion have been linked to many diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, obesity, HIV, auto immune disorders,...
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 | Jan 4, 2018 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
So many of us grew up with the ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle’ mantra that’s as ingrained in our psyche as the ‘Slip Slop Slap’ sun protection slogan. But just as ‘Slip Slop Slap’ has moved with the times and been revised to ‘Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide’ I thought the...
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. 
