by Laura | Jun 26, 2019 | Energy and Water Efficient Home, Live Lighter
HOW TO SAVE WATER IN YOUR BATHROOM With much of Australia in the grip of drought, and rainfall patterns changing worldwide with climate change, water restrictions and increasing water prices are becoming the norm. It makes financial and environmental sense to reduce...
by Laura | Sep 3, 2018 | Energy and Water Efficient Home, Live Lighter
If you’ve ever built a new home, you’ll appreciate just how much time and effort goes into the planning, designing and construction phases. But what about if you want to take it a step further by building a sustainable home? This week on the podcast I’m joined by my...
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 2, 2017 | Energy and Water Efficient Home
If you’ve ever built a new home, you’ll appreciate just how much time and effort goes into planning, designing and building. But what about if you want to take it a step further and make sure that your build is as sustainable as possible? This week on the podcast I’m...
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. 
