by Laura | Dec 15, 2021 | Zero Waste Home
The most wonderful time of the year is also the most wasteful, but that needn’t be the case! In this post I share five ways you can reduce your food waste this Christmas so the season is lighter on your wallet, waistline and our precious planet. Podcast: Play In New...
by Laura | Dec 20, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
Given we’re smack bang in the middle of party season I wanted to check in with you and raise the topic of ecotaining. When I talk about ecotaining I’m referring to the process of keeping the environment in mind when you entertain your friends and family. In a nutshell...
by Laura | Dec 13, 2016 | Zero Waste Home
Well Christmas is just a couple of weeks away and I don’t know about you, but I’ve left it down to the wire and still have some gifts to organise. If you’re in the same boat, rest assured you don’t have to drop your green values and buy the first thing you see when...
by Laura | Dec 6, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
With less than a month until Christmas, many of us are now starting to plan for a Christmas feast of sorts! If you’re like most of us, you’ll probably over cater. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this article I’m chatting about Christmas leftovers and how we can...
by Laura | Nov 29, 2016 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter, Organic Gardening, Sustainable Eating, Zero Waste Home
If you celebrate Christmas, I’m sure that with less than a month to go until the big day, you’re no doubt knee-deep in present planning or purchasing mode. Gift giving is one aspect of Christmas that can get out of hand quickly….. from a cost and a sheer volume point...
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. 
