We have an obligation to revere Mother Earth and respect her resources. All exploitation of the Earth is wrong, but total preservation is not the answer. Both tend to upset the balance. All things are part of the eternal cycle. Death is as integral part of life as is birth.
All life is nourished on life, directly or indirectly.
All disruption of this balance is equally dangerous and only results in quickening the inevitable judgment of the Gods and their handiwork, Ragnarok. Ragnarok is however only a transitory phase akin to the night between two days, such as the winter between two summers or like a death that sustains another life.