Sostenibilità pratica — non perfezione

Scelte più sagge per la tua famiglia, la tua casa e il pianeta.

Frogwise è una piattaforma di conoscenza indipendente. Ogni guida, prodotto e attività viene valutato in base a un framework pubblicato — così puoi vedere le motivazioni, non solo le raccomandazioni.

Why this exists

A small, independent publishing project

Frogwise is written by people who want sustainability to be less confusing and less performative. We cover the questions that come up in real households — from feeding a baby to buying a coffee, from sleep habits to a reusable home — and we assess every recommendation against a published framework.

The goal is not to sell products or push a single lifestyle. It is to make good information easier to find, compare, and act on. Practical sustainability, not perfection.

Mission & fundingContact for partnerships

Parenting — Birth

Two gentler ways to think about birth

Lotus birth and hypnobirthing, explained calmly and without dogma — what they are, what the evidence says, and what they ask of you.

All parenting guides

Genitorialità

Cos'è il Lotus Birth? Un inizio dolce oltre il cordone

Cos'è il Lotus Birth? Il Lotus birth — chiamato anche non recisione del cordone ombelicale — è la pratica di lasciare il cordone ombelicale non reciso dopo il parto, consentendo al bambino di rimanere attaccato alla placenta finché il cordone non si stacca naturalmente…

Lettura di 7 min · Mag 2025

Guide in evidenza

Vita sostenibile

Materassi realizzati in materiali naturali

Most mattresses sold today are petrochemical foam. Here is what the evidence says about emissions, heat, durability and end of life — and three makers working entirely in plant and animal fibre.

11 min read · Ago 2026

Frogwise

The Frogwise Standard

Sette criteri, applicati sempre allo stesso modo, pubblicati integralmente affinché tu possa non essere d'accordo con noi.

Lettura di 6 min · Lug 2026

Genitorialità

Scegliere un materasso per bambini

Schiuma, lattice, molle e certificazioni — una lettura chiara delle evidenze su ciò su cui dorme tuo figlio per dieci ore a notte.

Lettura di 8 min · Lug 2026

The Frogwise Standard

How we decide what to recommend

Every product, business and guide is assessed against the same published criteria — materials, durability, waste and repair, energy, labour, transparency and honesty about trade-offs. No ads, no affiliate links, no paid listings.

Read the StandardSee the recommendations

Vita sostenibile

Read anything through the lens

Materials, waste & repair, energy and ethics — four questions asked in the same order, whether the subject is a cot, a bag of coffee or an entire building.

The lensAll guides

The Frogwise Fund

One small business, every cycle

A reader-funded pool that backs one small, sustainably driven business at a time — and tells its story properly. Still up and coming: nominations are open.

How the fund worksNominate a business

Articoli più recenti

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Genitorialità

Moms’ birthing experiences

A quiet collection of real birth stories from mothers, shared anonymously or with a first name only. No advice, no judgment.

2 min read · Sept 2026

Genitorialità

Humanitarian birth: how the Dutch system takes care of mothers

The Dutch maternity system is built on a simple idea: birth is healthy until proven otherwise. Independent midwives lead low-risk care, home birth is a normal choice, and after the baby arrives a kraamzorg maternity nurse comes to your home for days — cooking, teaching, watching, reassuring. It is not perfect, and the home birth rate has fallen, but as a model of humane, mother-centred care it remains one of the best examples in the world.

Lettura di 8 min · Sept 2026

Vita sostenibile

Natural cleaning products that actually work

Most cleaning cupboards are full of promises and half-hidden chemistry. We searched for a fully natural line that still gets the job done — and found Sonett.

Lettura di 5 min · Sept 2026

Caffè sostenibile

The shopping list for a successful roastery

A practical checklist for anyone building a roastery: green coffee, grinder, cupping bowls, sustainable bags and the quiet tools that turn a first roast into a repeatable craft.

Lettura di 5 min · Sept 2026

Genitorialità

The uncomfortable conversations about birth

Enemas before birth, caesareans without a medical reason, medication to stop milk, early formula and supply, and why night breastfeeding really is harder. What each practice is, why people choose it, and where the criticism deserves to be questioned.

14 min read · Ago 2026

Genitorialità

Partum and postpartum friends: the merino pants that carried me through

One pair of oversized merino men's sweatpants from John Merino in Amsterdam, worn from early pregnancy through a year of motherhood, worn into holes, and then repaired with a patch made from barely-worn baby trousers. A small story about circular clothing, repair, and what motherhood actually does to a body and a mind.

Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026

Categorie popolari

  • Sleep & bedding
  • Ristoranti
  • Movement
  • Everyday Eating
  • Fourth trimester
  • Gravidanza
  • Sustainable Making
  • Casa
  • Costruire un'attività di caffè sostenibile
  • Arredamento
  • Tostatura sostenibile
  • Drinks

Attività in evidenza

Directory

Amsterdam

De Ceuvel

Un ex cantiere navale trasformato in uno spazio di lavoro circolare

Standard 8.6/10

Prodotti in evidenza

Tutti i prodotti

Ultime ricerche

Caffè sostenibile

Decaf, plant by plant

There are only four real ways to take caffeine out of coffee, and only a few dozen plants in the world that do it. Here is the index of methods, an honest chemical-versus-not assessment, and a directory of the known facilities by region.

14 min read · Ago 2026

Caffè sostenibile

Tostatura elettrica, misurata

Cosa comporta davvero il passaggio dal gas all'elettrico per i tuoi consumi energetici, i tuoi profili e i tuoi costi.

Lettura di 5 min · Lug 2026

Ultime recensioni

Vita sostenibile

A sustainable period, honestly assessed

What menstrual products are actually made of, what the evidence does and does not show, and the reusable cotton setup we would recommend to anyone starting from scratch.

Lettura di 8 min · Ago 2026

Cibo e bevande

Birra analcolica, presa sul serio

La produzione di birra analcolica ha smesso di essere un ripiego circa cinque anni fa. Una breve guida su ciò che è effettivamente migliorato, come leggere un'etichetta 0.0 e il negozio olandese da cui ordiniamo.

Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026

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