by Laura | Jan 20, 2016 | Sustainable Eating
I enjoy experimenting with Australian ‘bush tucker’ herbs and spices in my cooking and wattleseed is a firm favourite. It has a strong coffee, chocolate and hazelnut flavour that’s delicious with icecream. Enjoy this recipe! My very first job (at the...
by Laura | Dec 6, 2015 | Sustainable Eating
There’s something about shortbread at Christmas time. The crunch, the texture, the flavour! I’ve been making my own shortbread for years (in fact, I used to sell it on my wholefoods ‘Laura’s Delights’ stall at the Townsville...
by Laura | Sep 4, 2015 | Sustainable Eating
I’ve always been a chocoholic and once upon a time I could easily devour a block of Dairy Milk in one evening (gross, I know!). For the past 15 years or so it’s very much been quality over quantity, and these days, I just lurvvvee making my own. Last week...
by Laura | Sep 4, 2015 | Sustainable Eating
I’ve experimented with many different ways of eating during my adult years to find what works best for me. From eating vegetarian, raw, grain-free, vegan, dairy-free to most recently Paleo, I could be considered an expert in different diets. But I’m not. I’m an expert...
by Laura | Feb 23, 2015 | Eco Parenting, Sustainable Eating
You only need to venture down the baby aisle in your local supermarket to see the huge variety of first foods on offer. From rice cereal to rusks, purees and casseroles, it’s easy to see how the member of the family with the smallest belly can quickly become the most...
by Laura | Nov 24, 2014 | Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Like you, I’m always extra busy at this time of the year. In this current 3 week period we have three dance concerts to attend (and perform in!), kindy break up, a son’s birthday party, 20 year school reunion interstate, hubby’s usual cricket...
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. 
