Vita sostenibile
A handmade furniture workshop in Amsterdam since 2011: solid wood, made to measure, and clever pieces that turn a small apartment into an office by day and a bedroom by night.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Vita sostenibile
Wooden handles, horse-hair and boar bristles, plant fibres, and the miswak twig — what to brush with when you want no plastic at all.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
A complete guide to the sugars in our food: how each one is built, how the body breaks it down, the health problems linked to each, and the rare cases where sugar genuinely helps.
14 min read · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
A consumer and maker's guide to every sweetener sold in Europe and the US: what it is made from, how the body handles it, what the latest research says, and a clear good, careful or avoid rating.
16 min read · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
What inulin, oligofructose, GOS, yacon syrup, soluble corn fibre and IMO actually are, what they do in the colon, which claims are proven, and who should be careful.
11 min read · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
Dates, figs, bananas, apples, sweet potato, carrots, carob, malt, amazake, cinnamon and vanilla: how whole foods deliver sweetness with fibre, minerals and polyphenols, and how to cook with them.
10 min read · Oct 2026
Cibo e bevande
A practical cheat sheet for shoppers and food makers: the best sweetener for drinks, baking, ice cream, fermentation and chocolate, the 50 names sugar hides under, and EU labelling rules.
11 min read · Oct 2026
Caffè sostenibile
Most coffee crosses the ocean on diesel container ships. Kaap Koffie and Tres Hombres carry theirs on sailing cargo ships — slowly, beautifully and almost without emissions.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Caffè sostenibile
Brazil grows about a third of the world's coffee, and much of it is harvested by machines that shake the trees. Efficient, controversial, and very different from the hand-picking of specialty farms.
Lettura di 8 min · Oct 2026
Vita sostenibile
Щрак brings Bulgarian social enterprises together in one welcoming Sofia space, creating visibility and routes into work for people with disabilities and other communities facing barriers.
10 min read · Oct 2026
Vita sostenibile
The original drinking straw was a hollow stem. Here is why reed and wheat straws beat paper and bioplastic, and which makers sell them without glues or plastics.
Lettura di 6 min · Oct 2026
Genitorialità
Today’s parents are questioning inherited patterns and learning new ways to care. Grandparents deserve a place to learn too: not a lecture, but preparation for becoming reliable members of a modern family.
Lettura di 9 min · Sept 2026
Genitorialità
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
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
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
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
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
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
Genitorialità
Haemorrhoids after pregnancy and birth are common, temporary and rarely discussed. What they are, why pushing invites them, and the remedies worth keeping in the drawer — eucalyptus cream and the Dutch classic, Curanol.
Lettura di 9 min · Ago 2026
Caffè sostenibile
Why a bag of specialty coffee costs several times a supermarket one — picking, altitude, yield, processing, and the difference between fair trade certification and the way specialty coffee is actually traded.
Lettura di 8 min · Ago 2026
Caffè sostenibile
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
Genitorialità
Breast milk changes by the hour, by the day, and by whether the baby is ill. Night milk is not day milk. Milk fed to a sick baby is not the milk from a week before. Here is what is actually happening, and why pumping cannot reproduce it.
Lettura di 9 min · Ago 2026
Genitorialità
Una recensione personale di abbigliamento per l'allattamento che non si affida alle cerniere, con una raccomandazione per Latte Mamiato ad Anversa.
Lettura di 5 min · Ago 2026
Abitudini e stile di vita
Not a cure-all, but the closest thing I have found to nudging the body back online — and a quiet recommendation for Gil Ton at AcuMed in Amsterdam.
4 min read · Ago 2026
Vita sostenibile
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
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
Vita sostenibile
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
Cibo e bevande
Piccole latte, raccolti specificati, negozi che rispondono alle domande. Una guida pratica all'acquisto del matcha in Europa senza sprecare denaro o tè.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Muffa contro filamenti di lievito, partite diventate aceto, andare in vacanza e quando fermarsi. La parte che nessuno scrive perché non è fotogenica.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Un chasen, una ciotola ampia, un setaccio e acqua alla giusta temperatura e durezza. Cosa comprare, cosa evitare e come far durare il frustino.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Vita sostenibile
Sluishuis is one of Amsterdam's most photographed sustainable buildings. We put it through the four lenses — materials, waste and repair, energy, ethics — and then ask the harder question: how does it feel to live in?
Lettura di 9 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Most bad matcha is not bad matcha — it is good powder treated like instant coffee. Grade, water temperature, sieving and whisk technique, explained.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Kombucha is sweet tea fermented by a bacterial and yeast culture. The method is simple; the failure modes are where the learning is.
Lettura di 8 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Kefir asks less of you than any other ferment: milk, grains, a jar, a strainer, one minute a day. Here is how to keep it alive and tasting good.
Lettura di 5 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
A starter is flour and water. A loaf is four ingredients and a schedule. Everything else people tell you about sourdough is decoration.
Lettura di 9 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Two to five days sealed, 10–20% flavouring, and a plastic test bottle. How to get fizz without shrapnel, and how to reuse bottles safely.
Lettura di 7 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Grades are marketing. Harvest date, origin, cultivar and milling are the facts that predict the cup. How to read a tin, and what silence on a label means.
Lettura di 7 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
A 3-litre jar, swing-top bottles, loose tea and plain white sugar. The kit is trivial; the sourcing questions are not.
Lettura di 7 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Before the jar: what the SCOBY is, what the two ferments each do, and the small number of facts that make everything else make sense.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Cibo e bevande
Before method, before gear: what separates matcha from green tea ground up, and why shade, steaming and stone milling change the cup.
Lettura di 6 min · Ago 2026
Frogwise
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
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
Caffè sostenibile
Compostabile non significa che si decomponga nel tuo giardino. Una guida pratica per i torrefattori nella scelta del sacchetto.
Lettura di 7 min · Lug 2026
Caffè sostenibile
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
Vita sostenibile
Limiti VOC, pitture minerali e perché l'odore di una stanza appena dipinta è un'informazione.
Lettura di 6 min · Lug 2026
Vita sostenibile
Dodici settimane di normale bucato familiare, uno stesso set di macchie e un'analisi di ciascuna lista degli ingredienti.
Lettura di 9 min · Lug 2026
Genitorialità
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
Genitorialità
Come ho scoperto il parto senza dolore e 2 brevi storie di parto Intorno a me tutti sembravano convinti che il parto sarebbe stato come una maratona… nel fuoco. Ho annuito con garbo, ma nella mia testa pensavo: Ci sarà sicuramente un…
Lettura di 5 min · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
Home birth—the decision to deliver a baby in the comfort of your own home—is experiencing a quiet resurgence. While still relatively uncommon in many countries, the Netherlands offers a shining example of how this…
4 min read · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
🌸 Top Books for a Beautiful Birth & Empowered Postpartum Journey Whether you're preparing for your first birth or looking to enrich your knowledge for a more empowered experience, diving into the right resources can…
2 min read · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
The most natural way for labor to start is when a woman’s body decides the time has come. A surge of hormones sets contractions in motion, pain is eased by the body’s own chemistry, and birth begins in its own rhythm.…
4 min read · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
Childbirth is universal, but it hasn’t always looked the same. Across centuries, continents, and cultures, birth has evolved—shaped by beliefs, tools, traditions, and power. Here’s a brief walk through the history of…
4 min read · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
Recently someone told me that since labour carries the meaning of hard work, birth must be a hard work. In English ... however, birth goes beyond language. So I was curious what does labour translate into in other…
3 min read · Apr 2025
Genitorialità
A German-Engineer-Dad Compatible Guide to the Chaos of Tiny Humans Who Just Discovered They Have Opinions. Part IV of the Manual for Julian.
2 min read · Feb 2025
Genitorialità
The first night, the foggy days, milk, cramps, nappies, the witching hour and the first tooth — the newborn half of the manual, on its own.
Lettura di 7 min · Feb 2025
Genitorialità
A German-Engineer-Dad-Friendly Field Guide to birth itself: contractions, the placenta, the water, the hospital, and the case for staying home.
Lettura di 8 min · Feb 2025
Genitorialità
The edition that was promised: the nine months before the birth, written for a father who wants to know what is actually happening and what he can usefully do about it.
Lettura di 9 min · Feb 2025
Genitorialità
💡 The Magic of Shared Resources As a start, I’d like to say—I’m a huge fan of the sharing economy in many cases. Sharing resources helps us consume less and build stronger communities , since trust and care are at the…
4 min read · Nov 2024
Genitorialità
How to Thrive (Not Just Survive) Pregnancy isn’t just about growing a tiny human — it’s about discovering your instincts, your power, and maybe even your sass. Yes, there will be nausea, aches, and mood swings. But it’s…
3 min read · Nov 2024
Genitorialità
👶 So What Happens After the Baby Comes? One big change: I connected deeply to my other mom friends. There is so much uniting in the experience. And no matter my attempts to keep connected to the non-mom friends too,…
3 min read · Oct 2024
