“God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.’” (Genesis 1:28)
As image bearers of God, we have been commissioned to rule as God would rule. So the question we must constantly ask ourselves is, “Is this how God would treat these animals? Is this how God would care for this river? Is this how God would use this mountain?”