How does a person differ from animals in their attitude to nature?

We humans have conscious thinking, unlike our smaller brothers. Man destroys nature with his own waste, which pollutes the soil and the environment. But for this we have the thinking that we are able to control ourselves and our actions, protecting and preserving nature from ourselves and from the processes that take place in it without our participation. The difference is that we have the ability to influence some natural processes with our own hands.