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.
A pride of lions. noun. Pride is the state of holding one's self or another in high esteem. An example of pride is the feeling a parent has when his child graduates from college. The definition of a pride is a group of lions. An example of pride is the family of lions in The Lion King.