Ecology is a field of study between organisms and their environment. Interconnection of individuals and the world is a basic tenet of Taoism. Understanding of units is as important as understanding the whole.
It is a common and basic failure of man to focus on one and ignore the other.
Humans live on the land, on this planet. There is no ‘back up’ planet, no plan B. And the Earth does not care if we live or die.