by Laura | Jul 24, 2018 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
In this post I discuss the marketing genius and environmental nightmare of the Coles Little Shop promotion and share three reasons why you should rethink supermarket collectables. Kids love collecting things and marketers know it. Whether it’s a new Thomas the Tank...
by Laura | Jul 4, 2018 | Zero Waste Home
What’s the difference between compostable bags and biodegradable plastic bags, and which option is better for the environment? With the spotlight continually being shone on the impact of plastics on the environment worldwide and with Australia’s Eastern States...
by Laura | Jun 22, 2018 | Zero Waste Home
Our bathrooms often fly under the radar where plastic waste is concerned. Instead we focus on reducing plastic waste when we’re out and about by carrying a reusable coffee cup, reusable shopping bags or even a reusable straw. However there are some sneaky...
by Laura | Jun 7, 2018 | Conscious Business, Zero Waste Home
In this post we uncover the REDcycle story and share how you can easily recycle soft plastics at Coles and Woolworths supermarkets. Despite your best attempts to reduce your plastic consumption, it can be difficult to avoid plastics entirely in the modern world and...
by Laura | Feb 1, 2018 | Zero Waste Home
Are e-readers like Kindle more sustainable than traditional books? Find out in my latest Eco Chat interview with author Lisa M White! Podcast: Play In New Window Subscribe in iTunes If you’re an avid reader and are keen to learn how to indulge your habit in the most...
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. 
