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 | Jan 24, 2017 | Eco Mindset, Live Lighter
I hope you enjoyed the previous two episodes where I chatted biodiversity and climate change with Professor Bill Laurance from James Cook University. Discussing the big issues always helps to reignite our passion and remind us just why we’re on this journey together....
by Laura | Oct 4, 2016 | Eco Mindset, Eco Parenting, Live Lighter
Over the next few weeks I’ll be taking a look at how we can best nurture our kids to develop a love and respect for our environment. Regardless of whether or not you have young children yourself, no doubt there are kids in your life – perhaps nieces or nephews,...
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. 
