GARY, IN \u2013 From Boston to Dallas to Los Angeles, 82 public television stations nationwide will air \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability\u201d beginning on Sunday, August 14. The 60-minute documentary explores how the Indiana Dunes region, through its influential environmental battles, offers a blueprint towards a more sustainable future. It intricately weaves a narrative showcasing the Indiana Dunes as a catalyst of American conservation, industrialization, and environmental policy.<\/p>\n
Paul Labovitz, superintendent for the National Park Service\u2019s Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, said \u201c\u2018Shifting Sands\u2019 captures the wonder of the Indiana Dunes, which is one of the most ecologically diverse places on our continent uniquely nestled in the heart of a busy, dense and industrial landscape\u2014and\u00a0 this natural treasure thrives.”<\/p>\n
The August nation-wide debut of \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability\u201d marks 100 years since the National Park Service first proposed a national park in an urban setting\u2014a proposal to safeguard against the disappearance of one of America\u2019s most studied landscapes.<\/p>\n
The film honors the 100th<\/sup> anniversary of the National Park Service and the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the Congressional authorization of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The State of Indiana has also designated the film as a Bicentennial Project.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited and gratified that \u2018Shifting Sands\u2019 is getting so much attention across the country,\u201d said Lee Botts, the film\u2019s executive producer and long-time environmentalist. \u201cThe story of conserving the Indiana Dunes captures the importance of ecology, the environment, and of consensus building among opposing stakeholders. It\u2019s a story relatable to many pockets of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n The film is distributed by American Public Television (APT) and presented by Lakeshore Public Television (WYIN) in Northwest Indiana.<\/p>\n For more information about the film, visit shiftingsandsmovie.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACT: Ericka McCauley, CleverMac PR, ericka@clevermac.com<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n About APT<\/b><\/strong>:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n American Public Television (APT) has been the leading syndicator of high-quality, top-rated programming to the nation\u2019s public television stations since 1961. For more than 10 years, APT has annually distributed one-third or more of the top 100 highest-rated public television titles in the U.S. Among its 250 new program titles per year, APT programs include prominent documentaries, performance, news and current affairs programs, dramas, how-to programs, children\u2019s series and classic movies. AfroPoP, America\u2019s Test Kitchen From Cook\u2019s Illustrated<\/i><\/em>, Rick Steves\u2019 Europe<\/i><\/em>, Front and Center<\/i><\/em>, Doc Martin<\/i><\/em>, Nightly Business Report<\/i><\/em>, Midsomer Murders<\/i><\/em>, Vera<\/i><\/em>, NHK Newsline<\/i><\/em>, Lidia\u2019s Kitchen<\/i><\/em>, Globe Trekker<\/i><\/em>, Simply Ming<\/i><\/em>, and P. Allen Smith\u2019s Garden Home<\/i><\/em> are a sampling of APT\u2019s programs, considered some of the most popular on public television. APT licenses programs internationally through its APT Worldwide<\/a> service. Now in its 11th<\/sup> year, Create\u00ae TV \u2014 featuring the best of public television’s lifestyle programming \u2014 is distributed by American Public Television. APT also distributes WORLD\u2122, public television\u2019s premier news, science and documentary channel. To find out more about APT\u2019s programs and services, visit APTonline.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GARY, IN \u2013 From Boston to Dallas to Los Angeles, 82 public television stations nationwide will air \u201cShifting Sands: On the Path to Sustainability\u201d beginning on Sunday, August 14. The 60-minute documentary explores how the Indiana Dunes region, through its influential environmental battles, offers a blueprint towards a more sustainable future. It intricately weaves a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[34,39,15,40,22],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8cgdd-fi","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":961,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiftingsandsmovie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}