Empowering Vancouver’s Inner-City Residents: FROGBOX Connects with B.O.B.’s Supported Employment Program

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
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In Vancouver’s Inner-City, B.O.B. (Building Opportunities with Business) is regenerating businesses, restoring historical architecture and rebuilding individual lives. Unlike traditional charities, B.O.B. shares tools and resources that allow people to help themselves. FROGBOX recently employed an awesome employee from B.O.B.’s Supported Employment Program. Tai is now a member of the FROGBOX team, who is a […]


Bike Powered Moving Company Thrives in Montreal

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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A new Montreal moving company, Déménagement Myette is thriving. Despite Montreal’s extreme weather conditions, this bike powered moving company is responding to a need for more affordable and eco friendly moving options.  Check out this video. It is also responding to a shift towards eco-friendly consumerism. This is a shift that we are witnessing daily, […]


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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
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Sustainability: A Green Affair -SFU Event July 20th

Monday, July 12th, 2010
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Since the turn of the century, the attractive buzz word in the realm of business and living is green. There has been a decisive shift in product development and marketing towards this greener lifestyle and more sustainable practices to decrease the ecological footprint of every consumer. The city of Vancouver is no stranger to this […]


Google Really is Cool!

Friday, June 25th, 2010
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What have we ever done for Google? Before last week, nothing… it was all take. We've used Google over and over and all because their sites and apps are free and easy to use. Finally we were able to give back. Google ordered FROGBOX moving boxes for some office renovations they were undergoing and we […]


UBC Sustainable Purchasing Guide -Great Initiative

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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FROGBOX attended UBC's Buying Into The Future Fair. The event was a launch for their Sustainable Purchasing Guide. It is a resource to aid campus purchasing managers to make better choices with their dollars. The guide itself walks its talk by being condensed and available primarily in PDF, printing optional. The content is high quality […]


The Inaugural Leos(TM) Award Goes to Start-Up Company FROGBOX to Change the Way People Move

Thursday, May 6th, 2010
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Vancouver-based company wins $250,000 in services from Creative Leader Leo Burnett USA CHICAGO, April 19 /PRNewswire/ — As the first-ever winner of The Leos award, FROGBOX, a provider of eco-friendly plastic moving boxes, hopes to leap to the next level of business success by changing the way people move their household belongings.  The Leos award […]


FROGBOX and Starworks help Olympics lower footprint

Friday, April 30th, 2010
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FROGBOX  and Starworks Packaging & Assembly were able to help Visa meet the VANOC 2010 mandate of being the most sustainable Olympics yet, both socially and environmentally. Starworks, a social enterprise operated by the Developmental Disabilities Association (DDA), employs 48 people with various disabilities for custom manual labour and assembly tasks. As part of the […]


Local Hero Rides 200KM on Unicycle to Help Conquer Cancer.

Sunday, April 18th, 2010
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April is not only Earth Month it is also the Canadian Cancer Society's Cancer Awareness month so we're taking this opportunity to honour Vancouver resident Todd Sankey.  Vancouverites have probably seen Todd around town on his unicycle.  He rides it to work everyday from Kitsilano to North Vancouver (13KM each way).  Todd's not only a […]


Vancouver Yoga Studio YYoga Lives by it’s Mantra

Monday, April 12th, 2010
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Vancouver It’s always refreshing when we run across a business that has a Corporate Social Responsibility Plan and actually lives what it states.  YYoga is a Vancouver based group of yoga centres whose mantra is ‘Our environment includes the planet’.  They strive to live that mantra in everything they do.  From the extensive use of […]