“Let us think about this; we are not called to enslave nature, but rather to free it from the prison of corruption and death and sin, to free it and to bring it back into harmony with the Kingdom of God. Therefore let us begin to treat all created matter, all of the visible world, thoughtfully, with respect, and let us be in the world Christ’s co-workers, so that the world might achieve its glory and so that, through us, all of creation might enter into the joy of the Lord.”
(‘Parish Life’ of Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John)