We are responsible to God for the way we use His good gifts. Man's dominion is not absolute - it's always 'My Father's World'. A close study of the Old Testament, for example, will reveal many regulations for conserving resources. Man is given the authority to use, but never to misuse, the components of his environment. Further, man is accountable for his dominion over the intellectual world.
All branches of knowledge are actually branches of theology.
Man's problem is that he's 'fallen', a rebel against God. He is apathetic, and doesn't do for others what he ought to do. The temptations are to be either too much or too little. God has done something really wonderful about this dilemma. He sent His son, as a Man, to be our Saviour.