My guest this week is Laura Trotta.Laura is one of Australia's leading home sustainability experts and is a passionate believer in addressing the small things to achieve big change. She is here today to talk to us about how we can help protect the planet in practical ways.Laura  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 Roxby Downs, in outback South Australia.You can sign up here to Laura's new membership club, Self Sufficiency in the Suburbs.You can find Laura Trotta at her website, www.lauratrotta.com.You can connect with Laura on Facebook and twitter and listen to her podcast on iTunes.You can listen to this episode via the link above, on iTunes or Stitcher or via the podcast app on your smartphone.

WHAT LAURA TROTTA AND I DISCUSSED

• living true to yourself and your values
• living in an Instagram world
• a passion for sustainability
• growing up in country Victoria
• living and working in remote Australia on mining sites
• starting her business while being 28 weeks pregnant
• how to live a more environmentally friendly life
• what eco-living is and some simple examples
• choosing quality over quantity
• real food vs packaged food
• local food
• how to reduce food waste
• the benefit of backyard chickens
• the benefits of being more eco-friendly
• reducing toxins in your home
• using reusable products
• meal planning
• entertaining at home vs going out for dinner
• showing our kids how to be more eco-conscious and sustainable
• Laura's new membership club, Self Sufficiency in the Suburbs

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