by Laura | Feb 20, 2018 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
When most people talk about healing the earth, they mention simple acts we can do to minimise out impact. It’s rare to find someone who is prepared to go that extra mile and speak the truth… that minimising our impact isn’t going to cut it. Dr Mahdi Mason is an...
by Laura | May 30, 2017 | Zero Waste Home
In a world where famine and hunger are a daily battle for millions of people, the need to reduce food waste, and indeed the concept of food waste, can be difficult to comprehend. However the statistics on the volumes of food wasted are alarming. Roughly one third of...
by Laura | May 9, 2017 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
If you’re keen to reduce your impact on the planet and improve your family’s health and well-being in the process, but you’re just not sure where to start, you’re in the right place! In this post, I’ve collated my best tips to start (or up level) your eco journey....
by Laura | Apr 11, 2017 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
Like Christmas, although to a much lesser degree, Easter is a time of high consumption. Big feasts, heaps of chocolates…. we all tend to indulge more than normal. As Easter is upon us all this week, I thought I’d share seven ways to make your Easter more sustainable....
by Laura | Feb 21, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter
During a week where many of my friends were rocking out at the Guns n Roses concerts around Australia, I chose instead to sit in an audience of thousands of adoring fans in Adelaide’s Festival Theatre to listen to the Rock God of the Natural World, Sir David...
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. 
