TPT Presents a New Minnesota Outdoors Initiative
From the past to the present – and imagining the future – Minnesota's outdoor spaces challenge us in more ways than one. They provide opportunities to dive headlong into physical activity; they provide the backdrop for personal exploration and identity; they are the landscapes of cultural traditions; and they refract and reflect evolving social values. Minnesota Outdoors is a new initiative grounded in our Strategic Plan ( tpt.org/2030 ) that explores Minnesotans’relationship with the outdoors – and the historic and contemporary factors that shape those relationships for different communities. Leveraging multiple media platforms, in-person events, and several engaging content projects, Minnesota Outdoors will help to create new narratives and to reclaim forgotten narratives about the outdoors as a space for all Minnesotans. Encompassing a blend of national and local work, Minnesota Outdoors includes the following TPT productions: AMERICA OUTDOORS The America Outdoors companion digital series (title forthcoming) is a six-part YouTube series inspired by America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston . The digital series will feature self- recorded footage, virtual interviews, and video diaries, introducing a fresh collection of folks who are wild about being outside. Baratunde digs deep into what makes a person’s relationship with the outdoors unique and how their time outside is impacted by climate change, equity, access, culture, adrenaline and more.
OUTSIDE CHANCE Whether participating or spectating, Minnesota is an endless playground for outdoor activities and traditions. Outside Chance — a web series featuring new and traditional outdoor activities – highlights Minnesota’s outdoor culture and is hosted by yogi, emcee, rapper, and outdoor enthusiast Chance York. Head to the Twin Cities PBS YouTube channel to watch.
SCIGIRLS A new season of the TPT-produced, national series SciGirls will concentrate on exploring our nation’s great national parks and how science intertwines with the outdoors.The seventh season of the acclaimed series will follow real girls as they conduct citizen science in tandem with forest rangers in national parks.
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