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@learngala.bsky.social
A Platform for Open Learning!
We at Gala benefited from the substantive insights and social generosity of Jim Manheim. He traveled with us from our early days to our later life as a software "flatform" growing--as did his social media--with neither marketing nor commercialization. We are saddened to have lost him from this life.
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Did you realize that choosing the right species in restoration requires the same strategic thinking as putting together a roster for a sports team?” See the freely-accessible module on the topic here
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And Raquel Colas implementation plan
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Functional trait-based restoration: Can hybrid restoration enhance invasion resistance and ecosystem services?
Did you realize that choosing the right species in restoration requires the same strategic thinking as putting together a roster for a sports team?
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May 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
If you’re looking for educational material for your course addressing the ethical procurement of food and the intersection between public health, carbon emissions, and environmental justice, check out this Gala online case, created by Jacob Kennedy!

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Does Beyond Carbon also mean Beyond Business Cases? : Relational Justice Approaches to Sustainable Sourcing of Meat & Dairy
How Corporate Sustainability Standards Miss the Mark on Community Health
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May 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Conflicts Over Energy Policy is a Gala case on how a $469 million energy plan was reshaped, created by Ben Stacey and Tony Reames, who was recently featured in an article by Canary Media!

Check out the case:
www.learngala.com/cases/mi-ene...

And the article:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...
Conflicts Over Energy Policy: How can utilities plan for an energy efficient future for all residents?
Discover how a legal intervention became an opportunity for knowledge sharing between advocates and a major Michigan energy provider. The resulting plan achieved greater access for low-income resident...
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May 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Climate change, prison Labor, fire management, workforce development, and employment opportunities for formerly incarcerated people-- check out this open-access case on Gala which can help educate your students on all of these topics, created by Alexandra Crilley!

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Wildfires and Environmental Justice: Exploring the inequities of wildland firefighting practices in California
An EJ analysis of firefighting institutions, the use of prison labor, and disproportionate impacts of the western fire regime
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April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Last week, SEEKCommons put on their second Community Call for 2025: “Commoning and Collaboration on Gala: From Open Educational Resources to Open Ecosystems in Ecology,” presented by Ed Waisanen and @rebeccajd.bsky.social!

Watch a recording of the call here: archive.org/details/rebe...
Commoning and Collaboration on Gala: From Open Educational Resources to Open Ecosystems in Ecology : SEEKCommons : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Rebecca Hardin and Ed Waisanen's talk for the SEEKCommons talk series.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Interested in exposing your students and learners to the complex ways that beavers can support ecosystems? Check out "Beavers: social learning application in environmental policies" by Siqi Yang!

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Beavers: social learning application in environmental policies: What happened to the "Gnawsons" family of beavers? Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Michigan
As the dawn broke at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in November, 2023, for the first time since the foundation in 1907, the Matthaei Botanical Gardens have become the residence of an industrious, thou...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
We’d like to invite you to the 2025 SEEKCommons community call— an opportunity to discuss the possibilities of the commons as a governance framework, with speakers presenting on its challenges, benefits, lessons learned, and the possibilities for “open technologies.”

Register below!
bit.ly/4kcePNt
February 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Super Bowl Sunday! Looking for a way to enjoy without feeling like a sellout to the Football Industrial Complex? Check this out from our University of Michigan based community of football lovers:
www.learngala.com/cases/nfl-so...

Happy Game Day!
Football's Social Justice Footprint: The NFL's connection to Environmental and Social Justice
The NFL provides many fans with a fun escape from reality, but its not all picture perfect? There is a lot going on behind the scenes of this business.
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February 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Welcome to our new BlueSky account! Gala is a platform hosting modules and cases for teaching students about topics in science.

On this page, we’ll be spotlighting great cases, talking about events we’re involved with, and more!

Stay tuned!
February 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just two weeks ago, FAIROS (Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science) held its PI meeting! On the first day of the three-day meeting, LF Murillo introduced SEEKCommons, along with Gala, which are working to integrate to enable more FAIR knowledge practices!
January 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM