The Middle Tennessee Group hosts monthly social gatherings featuring updates on local issues and actions as well as lightning talks on nature and environmental topics. These are free and open to the public. Light refreshments provided. They are held at Radnor State Park and Natural Area Welcome Center on the second Thursday on every month from March to to October.
Upcoming programs have info about registering.
Most programs since 2021 include video recordings. Click on the program title below and scroll down on the description to find the link to the recording.
March 2022 Program - A Geological History of Tennessee (not recorded, slides are provided)
March 10, 2022
Join Shannon McClellan, a current employee of TDEC, when she presents or March program "TN geological history: a basic overview of where TN got its soils and geology, why the regions are different, and why it's important".
February 2022 Program - Climate Smart Farming (recorded)
February 10, 2022
Many recent documentaries teach us that the "soil can save us", but how to scale up such a philosophy to large-scale farming is tricky at best, but not impossible. Our speaker, Joanne Logan, will help to answer the question of how we can be...
January 2022 Program - Tennessee Trails Association (recorded)
January 13, 2022
Tennessee Trails Association marks 54 years of building, maintaining and promoting the responsible use of Tennessee Trails. Libby Francis, State President, told us about the history of Tennessee Trails since its founding in 1968 as well as changes...
December 2021 Program - Holiday Photo Share (not recorded)
December 9, 2021
You are the stars of the program this month! Members are invited to share 5-10 photos of interest (hiking trip, nature, environmental success story, etc) and make a short (5 min) presentation on Zoom. If interested in speaking, please contact Joanne...
November 2021 Program - Citizens' Climate Lobby (recorded)
November 11, 2021
Fred LeMay, Volunteer and Chapter Leader of the Williamson County Citizens’ Climate Lobby will present the basics of carbon pricing and will provide a briefing on current developments in taking on climate change challenges.
October 2021 Program - Harpeth Conservance (recorded)
October 14, 2021
The Science Director, Dr. Ryan Jackwood will share with us what he’s learned so far from water sampling along the Harpeth River,
September 2021 Program - Reducing the Family’s Exposure to Toxic Substances at Home, Work and Play (recorded)
September 9, 2021
Sierra Club Member Robert C. Wingfield Jr., Ph. D., Fisk University, Discusses Reducing the Family’s Exposure to Toxins
August 2021 Program - Remembering State Naturalist Mack Prichard (recorded)
August 12, 2021
Randy Hedgepath, Tennessee's State Naturalist remembers his mentor, Mack Prichard.
July 2021 Program - Native Plants in the Landscape (recorded)
July 8, 2021
Richard Hitt helps us learn more about native plants in the landscape and the life they support.
June 2021 Program - Electric Public Transportation (recorded)
June 10, 2021
Kent Minault, Co-Chair of the Tennessee Chapter's Transportation Committee, tells us about the adoption of electric public transportation and the move away from fossil fuel.