Praktische duurzaamheid — geen perfectie

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Frogwise is een onafhankelijk kennisplatform. Elke gids, elk product en elk bedrijf wordt beoordeeld aan de hand van een gepubliceerd kader — zodat je de onderbouwing ziet, en niet alleen de aanbeveling.

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.

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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.

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Ouderschap

Wat is lotusgeboorte? Een zacht begin voorbij de navelstreng

Wat is lotusgeboorte? Lotusgeboorte—ook wel het niet-doorsnijden van de navelstreng genoemd —is het gebruik om de navelstreng na de bevalling niet door te snijden, waardoor de baby verbonden blijft met de placenta totdat de navelstreng op natuurlijke wijze…

7 min leestijd · mei 2025

Uitgelichte gidsen

Duurzaam leven

Matrassen van natuurlijke materialen

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 · aug. 2026

Frogwise

The Frogwise Standard

Zeven criteria, elke keer op dezelfde manier toegepast, volledig gepubliceerd zodat je het met ons oneens kunt zijn.

6 min leestijd · jul 2026

Ouderschap

Een kindermatras kiezen

Schuim, latex, veren en certificaten — een heldere blik op het bewijs over waar je kind tien uur per nacht op slaapt.

8 min leestijd · jul 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.

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Duurzaam leven

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.

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Ouderschap

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.

8 min leestijd · Sept 2026

Duurzaam leven

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.

5 min leestijd · Sept 2026

Duurzame koffie

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.

5 min leestijd · Sept 2026

Ouderschap

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 · aug. 2026

Ouderschap

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.

6 min leestijd · aug. 2026

Ouderschap

Meet Yanko: haemorrhoids, birth, and what actually helps

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.

9 min leestijd · aug. 2026

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Duurzame koffie

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 · aug. 2026

Duurzame koffie

Elektrisch branden, gemeten

Wat de overstap van gas naar elektrisch daadwerkelijk doet met je energieverbruik, je profielen en je kosten.

5 min leestijd · jul 2026

Laatste recensies

Duurzaam leven

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.

8 min leestijd · aug. 2026

Eten & Drinken

Alcohol-free beer, taken seriously

Alcohol-free brewing stopped being an apology about five years ago. A short guide to what actually improved, how to read a 0.0 label, and the Dutch shop we order from.

6 min leestijd · aug. 2026

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