Pick a side. This was very well said. These are two ways of looking at the same world. One looks at a tree and sees and knows a remarkable creation. The other looks at the tree and sees an abstract, a resource, something to be used, something valued at a couple of dollars, nothing more.
Balance is important.
We stand on two feet. We need to build a home, we need to cut the tree. If we can feel, then we cut the tree down only with regret. But if we are taught to kill our feelings and take whatever we like, then eventually we can cut down anything. Somehow, the children of change and balance must undo the emotional damage that has been done to our relatives.