Is spirituality a human trait like religion is?

Intuitively many would agree that animal species are capable of spiritual experiences without religion. 

Spiritual experience among animals is a scientific researched fact: http://news.discovery.com/animals/animals-spiritual-brain.htm

So we could say religion is an expendable human invention unnecessary for spirituality?

Earth Day 2013

A free for all painting wall at the San Francisco Earth Day 2013 festival, where kids and imagination took over.

Since its start in 1970 when Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day as a way to force Earth friendly issues onto the US national agenda, Earth Day has grown to be a global opportunity in over 200 countries to educate, communicate, reflect and participate.

When kids connect the dots on the environmental footprint of their day to day actions they translate their imagination and curiosity in Earth friendly directions in innovative ways.

Like recently reported Ria Chhabra who showed a simple yet compelling way to prove the value of organic food. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/is-organic-better-ask-a-fruit-fly/?src=me&ref=general

 — in San Francisco, CA.

Bicycle Evolution...Amsterdam

~780,000 residents in Amsterdam own ~881,000 bicycles. Residents who get rid of their cars and turn in their parking permits are giving free public transportation passes. Residents are also incentivized with car-sharing coupon. By 2025, Amsterdam aims to cut 60% of its current CO2 emissions. American cities have finally taken notice .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=22XM8-YTC98#!— in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland.

Sequoias Tower Above the Clouds

The giant sequoias are nature's examples of real productivity and efficiency. They can be viewed as solar powered hydraulic fire resistant pumps that transmit about 500 gallons of water each day up their ~ 300+ feet trunks and efficiently reuse during warmer temperatures. Some of the oldest sequoias have done this for over 3,000 years - Sequoias were already 800 years alive when Christ was born. Humans are expendable for plant species. Hubris would lead us to believe vice versa.

Climate imbalances could result in insufficient groundwater to help these trees endure longer and warmer summers in the future.
“The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology."
 - Economist E. F. Schumacher