Do you agree that the birchbark canoe is the most environmentally friendly method of transportation?
Honey, you may be amazed by some of the answers you got here, but let me just say that I am a bit amazed by your question. What made you think of such a thing? If one were planning to travel via waterways, assuming that you had a suitable waterway at your disposal, I would think that the most environmentally friendly means to accomplish that would be a raft made from dead timber. In order to work with birch bark, it must be harvested from a live tree, and cannot be harvested again from that tree (assuming it survives the trauma—which it would if it wasn’t girdled in the process). Plus, I wouldn’t personally be too interested in the pine pitch sealing project as that is very messy business. Yep, I’d say that a raft would be a better alternative—plus there would be extra room to share a ride!
