Think about the land and animals, it's not a green thing it should be a normal thing

Why can’t our society and humanity be about the land, and animals first? It's not a green thing it should be a normal thing. There is so much these days about being green, but maybe I didn't know it but growing up I was always green, recycling and we had a garden, we went to our town's local grocery and the farmers market. I think the whole green thing should have been the thing inthe 1800's too, and before. I mean come on, Canal Street in NYC used to be a canal, until they made it into a dump! It is sad that people haven't wanted to care for the land and animals and that today it is the MUST HAVE, it should have been always the must-have.