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Being ‘green’ has become trendy. Numerous ‘eco-friendly’ ads and campaigns for safeguarding our environment has created an awareness among the Indians regarding the environmental issues like global warming, climate change and the harmful effects of carbon emission that our everyday activities, directly and indirectly, leads to. Rising number of people are becoming eco-conscious and are making subtle changes to their lifestyle. So before you start contributing to the wellbeing of our environment you ought to know about some of the most common Environmental Myths that exist, lest you unknowingly contribute towards Environmental Degradation. Here are the top five green myths: Myth 1 : Planting Tress Anywhere Helps in Mitigating Global Warming Fact : While planting trees is generally considered beneficial to reduce the rate of global warming, it has been studied that afforestation in higher latitudes regions may have a net warming effect. In the tropical regions the trees suck the c