FROGBOX and Starworks help Olympics lower footprint


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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.


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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


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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 […]


Choosing a Mover Can be Difficult – Here are Some Suggestions


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Choosing a mover can be a stressful event. Overall movers do not have a great reputation for customer service. While this is accurate with some movers there are many great moving companies out there. FROGBOX rents moving boxes and moving supplies in Vancouver (BC), Seattle (Washington) and Toronto (Ontario) and we have worked with almost […]


FROGBOX Becomes ClimateSmartBusiness Certified


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FROGBOX provides low environmental impact moving boxes and moving supplies for residential and commercial moves. While we always do what we can to minimize our footprint we know that we still emit carbon in the delivery of our moving box service. In order to further lower these emissions FROGBOX set out to become a Climatesmart […]


FROGBOX Comes to Toronto! Movers rejoice!


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FROGBOX is coming to Toronto!  FROGBOX has been delivering convenient, affordable and eco friendly moving boxes to Vancouver and Seattle for the past two years.  In March 2010, FROGBOX Toronto will give movers there a better option than cardboard moving boxes.  FROGBOX Founder Doug Burgoyne, a native of Toronto explains “we are very excited about […]


FROGBOX Featured in Northwest Bio-Diesel Network Newsletter


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EMBRACING BIODIESEL We are pleased to share with you another story about a business or organization that has embraced biodiesel. FROGBOX is on a mission to make moving less stressful on it’s customers and on the planet. They provide a convenient, affordable and eco-friendly alternative to cardboard moving boxes. FROGBOXES are re-usable plastic moving boxes […]


Three Solutions to a Toxin Free Home


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Our friends at Nature Clean have published a great piece on how to avoid toxins in your home. The text of the article is below or click here to download the pdf.  FROGBOX uses Nature Clean products to clean and disinfect the products. Solution #1: AVOID NON-STICK & STAIN REPELLENT COATINGS Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) are […]


FROGBOX Supports Woodland Park Zoo’s Native Species Recovery Project


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Minneapolis & St. Paul Seattle As part of FROGBOX’s commitment to donate 1% of revenue to frog habitat restoration, donations will be made to the Woodland Park Zoo’s Northwest Native Species Recovery Project. FROGBOX rents eco friendly moving boxes and moving supplies to Vancouver and Seattle. They donate to local frog habitat restoration projects as […]


Vancouverites: Come Hear Dr. Kriger


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FROGBOX is sponsoring Dr. Kerry Kriger's talk on The Amphibian Extinction Crisis. Dr. Kriger, of SAVE THE FROGS!, has quickly become a world-renowned proponent for helping to stop the rapid decline of frog habitats.  Globally, frogs are currently disappearing faster than dinosaurs did, and Dr. Kriger will talk about ways we can reverse this trend. […]