Broken Atlas is the virtual woodshed of Christopher Frey, a Toronto-based journalist who writes on culture, economics and technology in a globalizing world. The book Broken Atlas will be published by Random House in 2010.
Entries from January 2008
A Forest for the Trees
January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve posted a version of my Globe and Mail article on Guyana’s rainforest proposal here.
Tags: Environment
Guyana’s Modest Proposal
January 21st, 2008 · No Comments
My feature on the future of Guyana’s rainforest appeared in Saturday’s Globe and Mail (Focus). Unfortunately, unless you’re a subscriber you’ll have to pay to read the article online—a practice which most other major North American dailies, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, have dropped. For those who can’t access the article, […]
Tags: Environment
Tarry-eyed
January 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Seeing as Canada is doing little to curb the destruction being wrought on the boreal forest by Alberta’s tar sands development or the staggering amount of waste water & greenhouse gas emissions generated to produce a single barrel of oil, it’s a relief at least to see Americans applying some pressure. A recently passed […]
Tags: Environment
Roads, North & South
January 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
My article on Québec’s Lower North Shore is finally out in the current issue of Canadian Geographic. You can find a snippet here. Comments most welcome, especially if you’re a Coaster.
To supplement the magazine story they also had me draft a web journal of my journey by snowmobile.
Material from the trip will likely find it’s […]
Tags: Travel