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Eco Chat with Laura Trotta Podcast

Join environmental engineer and eco-living expert Laura Trotta and special Eco Hero guests in this fun and thought-provoking podcast on sustainability. Laura's mission is to make green mainstream and ensure her listeners get all the inspiration and help they need to create an ecoceptional life they love.
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Now displaying: December, 2015
Dec 27, 2015

If you’re ready to step up and set some New Year Eco Resolutions for the year ahead, than this episode is for YOU!

So many of us focus our new year resolutions on health areas such as losing weight, getting fitter or quitting smoking, and while these are great goals to have, it make sense to include an eco resolution or two as well.

Why?

Because we can’t be truly healthy if our environment isn’t healthy. It’s a bit of a chicken verses egg kind of thing.

In this episode I wrap up my 2015 – where I did well eco-wise and where I didn’t go so well and why. Plus, I share my green goals for 2016 and encourage you to set some too!

If you're keen to learn more about how to get healthier, save some cash and live a big lighter on the planet this year, head on over to lauratrotta.com and pick up your FREE eguide '11 Steps to Eco-fy Your Home (and Your Life!).'

Dec 22, 2015
It's still early stages in the Australian summer but many areas of the country have already experienced heat wave conditions.
 
This isn't great news for our comfort levels but it's also not great news for our home energy consumption...... and power bills!
 
In this Eco Chat episode I share some tips to help you reduce your home energy consumption, without compromising your lifestyle.
 
I share the most effective ways to stop your home heating up in the summer months, the most effective ways to cool your home down (when it invariably does warm up), PLUS some of my best home energy tips for reducing your consumption without impacting your lifestyle.
 
If you're keen to dip your toes in further and learn the basics of reducing your home energy consumption, check out my FREE 5 Day Home Energy Challenge.
 
Aannnddd....if you're ready to dive head first and significantly reduce your home energy consumption with the guidance of myself, a former Home Energy Assessor, I'd love to have you on board greenHOUSE, my 21 day Home Energy Blitz.
Dec 15, 2015

Typically stretching from mid-November through to early January, the season to be jolly is a far contrast from the season to be green.

 

In fact, it’s fair to say that Christmas and excess go hand in hand. There’s often an oversupply of food and drink and for those of us with children in our lives, stacks of presents that can be played with once and discarded, or worse, broken shortly after receiving.

 

But that needn’t be the case.

 

You can enjoy the festive season without the wasteful trimmings and without being a party pooper. Often a little extra preparation and thinking outside the green box is all that’s needed for a sustainable Christmas.

 

In this podcast episode I share some tips to get you started eco-fying the three main areas of Christmas consumption – food, gifts and decorations.

 

PLUS if you're looking to get in Santa’s good books without costing the Earth, I have you covered!

 

Get your FREE eGUIDE for a Greener Christmas here.

 

It's my early Christmas gift to you so you can get cracking on dreaming of a green Christmas.....

Dec 8, 2015

When we typically first step out on our eco journeys so many of us are keen for information and have a real thirst for knowledge on how we can live cleaner and greener.

 

Over time this thirst can continue to grow and our quest to remove toxins from our lifestyles can be seen by others to be obsessive. Sometimes, we can start to feel isolated from family and friends who may not be as concerned, knowledgeable or interested in this way of life.

 

But what is obsessive?

 

Is it tossing out your entire Tupperware collection? Is it never wearing sunscreen when you venture in to the sun again? Is it never eating food that you haven’t prepared yourself?

 

In this episode I’m joined by one of Australia’s leading medical professionals, Fertility specialist, gynaecologist and Reproductive Endocrinologist, Dr Natasha Andreadis to chat about this exact issue and the dilemma may people face when it comings to knowing where to draw the line on eco and low tox living.

 

We chat about:

  • Why reducing our exposure to toxins is important,
  • Why it’s unrealistic to reduce our exposure to toxins to zero and why getting smart and savvy and taking a risk-based approach is the key,
  • How to tell the difference between a reputable and nonreputable website and why you shouldn’t believe everything you read,
  • Why we should consider how our bodies get rid of toxins as well as looking at our exposure to toxins, and
  • How to handle when family and friends just aren’t on the same page as you and why it’s best to lead by quiet example.

 

To get started on removing toxins from your home environment, download your FREE eGuide 'My Top 10 Natural Products For Cleaning Your Home Without Harsh Chemicals'' here.

 

Keen to learn more? Join me and my Home Detox Community in my popular Home Detox Boot Camp.

Dec 1, 2015

If you’re really striving hard to live a greener life but feel dismayed when you see all your efforts just slip away during a busy patch …. then this episode is for you!

This time of the year is crazy in most households. Christmas breakups, school assemblies and awards nights, dance concerts, work parties….. the list goes on!

In this episode I share my top 5 tips for staying green during busy periods, including:

  • How to take pressure off yourself during this time of year by scheduling commitments prior to the silly season;
  • How not to go over-the-top when entertaining;
  • Why planning is the key to running an sustainable home (plus a FREE gift for you to help you plan your meals);
  • How I run an efficient, eco kitchen;
  • Why it's important to go easy on yourself when things do slip.

To help you organise your eco kitchen and reduce food waste, download your FREE printable meal planner and shopping list. Consider it an early Christmas gift from me to you.

 

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