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 The thing that I am looking forward to the most would be getting a basic understanding of environmental science. I enjoy learning about things relating to environmental science but, I have never taken a class specifically for this course. Hopefully, we learn about sustainability and how to live more eco-friendly. I think this class will be about human impact on the environment as well as how past and current environmental issues are connected.

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