Today the entire world is collectively involved in destruction of environment but the biggest role in this process of destruction was played by Western Civilization.
The West was the first to start Industrial Revolution and travel on the destructive path of Industrialization and Consumerism.......It then forced western lifestyle on its colonies in Asia, Africa and America whose cultures it had already destroyed during the era of Colonization.
The West took the entire world on the wrong path of Industrialization, Consumerism, Growth Rate, Economy Rate and GDP that has led to destruction of most of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems.
The West did not have the foresight to know that a lifestyle based on loot, plunder and exploitation of natural resources would destroy the very things that created and sustained all life on earth for millions of years and ultimately lead to total destruction of biodiversity and ecosystems.
The West started Industrial Revolution and promoted Materialism because it focused on "Reason"......The East had focused on "Subjective Experience" for thousands of years which led to "Spiritual Development".
The West spent its time and energy on "reason" which led to Science, Technology and Industrialization / Material Development....The West has got very little knowledge of Spiritual Development.....Very little concept of peaceful states of mind / peaceful subjective experience.
The Aborigines of Australia would not have started the Industrial Revolution.
Red Indians / Native Americans would not have started the Industrial Revolution.
The Africans are very unlikely to have started the Industrial Revolution.
These cultures were quite happy and content with their Rituals and Spiritual Practices.
In India people had made efforts for Spiritual Development for thousands of years.....They