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 | Nov 25, 2015 | Zero Waste Home
Does the amount of plastic waste in society drive you crazy? Do you like to party and entertain, but lead a busy lifestyle and want some single-use options that aren’t going to throw your green guilt into overdrive? If that’s you, stay tuned because today I’m talking...
by Laura | Nov 19, 2015 | Eco Parenting, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
If your home is being overrun by toys and you’re dreading the inevitable invasion of new toys this coming Christmas, than episode 5 of my Eco Chat podcast is for you! Podcast: Play in New Window Subscribe in iTunes I’m not sure if it’s the comparative...
by Laura | Sep 4, 2015 | Zero Waste Home
A certain topic has crept into the news this week and it’s really been irritating me…. I’ve held back writing this post, as I know it will polarise my following and some of you won’t agree with me, but sometimes the hardest things to say are those that need to be...
by Laura | Sep 4, 2015 | Zero Waste Home
In my last blog post a few weeks ago you may recall I had a little rant about how many townsfolk where I live have been complaining about their general rubbish bins being too small. Most households in this predicament have one or two kids in disposable nappies....
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. 
