From my birth in Bombay (Mumbai) India, I have been taught to respect and love mother-earth. I asked why?? My parents explained...since birth, mother-earth sustained us, by providing us with food, water, clothing, shelter and many other amenities, humans tap these resources from the earth to give us what we need. Therefore mother-earth should be respected and not exploited, what we remove from her, should be replaced. Mother-earth cannot servive without refurbishing the things we got out of her. Just think about it !!