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...
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 | May 23, 2017 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
All too often I hear of people who are running their dream self-sufficient home, but it’s become a nightmare. They’re working around the house and garden more than ever, are stressed out, and what was fun and exciting when they started out has become a chore and a big...
by Laura | May 16, 2017 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
If you’re wanting to live a more self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle, it’s likely you’ll need to break some old, bad habits and replace them with new, sustainable living habits. But how do you break a bad habit? In this post I’ll explain why bad habits are...
by Laura | May 11, 2017 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Do you meal plan? *yawn* I know, I once felt that way too. I thought meal planning and an organised kitchen belonged to those “perfect on the surface” mums in their super-neat display homes. Not a creative, messy mum like me. Back in the years BC (before children) I...
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. 
