Trees that sway in the wind... waves that lap the shore, rivers that move. Schools of fish. Elephants, deer ect that move
a bit. Life!

Yea, some movement would be nice. However lets be realistic, this would slow down gameplay. Which is more important to you? Maybe they could add anima with a preffrence option of turning it off.

If nothing else, they could have waves lapping the shore as in Civ1. Turning this off would be a good option - in CTP you had the animated goods which you could turn off, if it slowed performance too much.

IT'S ALIVE!!!