Idk... To me, terms like "exploitation of resources" tend to be overloaded with connotations to "think past" concretely. People have a big impact on our enviro

Idk... To me, terms like "exploitation of resources" tend to be overloaded with connotations to "think past" concretely. People have a big impact on our environment, and the definition of "environment" keeps ratcheting up with the scale of humanity... As the number of people, the scale of our impact, and our knowledge of this impact our definition of "our environment" expands. That's not likely to change. We're not going back to our environmental niches and we're not going to be a impact-neutral observer of "the natural environment" either. We're going to maintain our place between gods and beasts, so to speak. That doesn't mean we don't/won't evolve. There is definitely no sense and future in bluntly walking in to environmental hard-limits like climate change, biodiversity crisis or any other pressing catastrophe. But.. perfecting ourselves to the point where we've "moved beyond" resource use shaped by our wants and needs, exploitation... In any case, I think the environmental ethos of the future can be left to future people. It will inevitably be shaped our ours' mistakes, and their consequences.