Man has a profound effect on the land, in many ways, and has done so for about 10k years with the advent Agriculture. This in itself has a marked influence on land through several mediums, land clearing, leading to deforestation on a global scale.
The word pride is used in this case an antonym for shame. Pride in this sense is an affirmation of one's self and the community as a whole. The modern gay pride movement began after the Stonewall riots of the late 1960s.
Pride is both a disposition/attitude and a type of conduct. A synonym gaba [ H;bG ] means to be high.. While used in a variety of senses, the normal meaning is pride or arrogance, in particular an inner attitude of pride, often linked with parts of the human body (Isaiah 2:11 Isaiah 2:17).