by Laura | Oct 1, 2018 | Zero Waste Home
Reduce paper use in and around your home with these simple tips! Throughout August in my Self Sufficiency in the Suburbs membership we shone the light on paper product usage, and we all made an effort to reduce our consumption of paper products in the home. For some,...
by Laura | Nov 30, 2017 | Zero Waste Home
Let’s chat about the Lifecycle of a Fidget Spinner and Five Alternatives to Gifting Fad Toys. As Christmas fast approaches and adults the world over look for cheap stocking fillers to gift to their children and children’s friends, I thought it was a great...
by Laura | Oct 17, 2017 | Global Environmental Issues, Live Lighter, Zero Waste Home
Microbeads… What are they? What impact do microbeads have on the environment and our health and how you can tell if a product contains them? In this post I take a look at why microbeads may be more immediately dangerous to the environment than a discarded...
by Laura | Jun 1, 2016 | Live Lighter, Sustainable Eating
So you may be trying to eat a healthy, unprocessed diet and do the ‘right thing’ by your body, but are you making the right choices when it comes to the environment? In this post I’ll share some of my best tips on sustainable eating including what is the most...
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. 
