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.
May 2021 Program - How To Be A Naturalist (recorded)
May 13, 2021
Laura Smith with Owls Hill Nature Sanctuary tells us about the sanctuary and advises how to be a naturalist to learn about nature.
April 2021 Program - Dark Sky (recorded)
April 8, 2021
Joseph M Boyd Jr and Metro At-Large Council Member Burkley Allen explain how light pollution is affecting insects, birds, and wildlife. A new bill utilizes the International Dark Sky Association’s guidelines regarding the design and operation of...
March 2021 Program - The Ins and Outs of Herb Gardening (not recorded)
March 10, 2021
Sara Plummer offers timely advice on herbs to plant this spring, different uses, propagation and folklore.
February 2021 Program - The Nashville Food Project (not recorded)
February 11, 2021
Elizabeth Langgle-Martin from The Nashville Food Project joined us for our February monthly program! The project mission is "to bring people together to grow, cook and share nourishing food."
January 2021 Program - Nashville Food Co-op (recorded)
January 14, 2021
Ellery Richardson, President of the Nashville Food Co-op, joins us for a program about the emerging food cooperative in Nashville.
December 2020 Program - Holiday Zoom Party
December 5, 2020
Join us at our Holiday Zoom Party - celebrate our environmental wins of the year. Enjoy time with your friends, door prizes, and and ugly sweater award,
November 2020 Program - Ongoing Study of the Mound Bottom State Archaeological Area
November 12, 2020
Join Aaron Deter-Wolf as he tells us about an ongoing study of the Mound Bottom State Archaeological Area. Aaron is the Prehistoric Archaeologist with the Tennessee Division of Archaeology for the State of Tennessee,
October 2020 Program - Randy Hedgepath - Wildlife Watching In Tennessee
October 8, 2020
Join Randy Hedgepath, The Naturalist for Tennessee State Parks, for a photo tour of good places to see birds and other wildlife in Middle Tennessee and across the state.
September 2020 Program - Westmeade Outdoor & Sustainability Education Project
September 10, 2020
Karen McIntyre, originator of the school’s initiative, will present “Westmeade Outdoor & Sustainability Education Project” detailing the process to build an elementary community that minimizes waste and maximizes sustainability.
Introduction to Permaculture (not recorded)
August 13, 2020
Introduction to Permaculture, an approach to designing relationships as ecosystems. Learn what permaculture offers to urban agriculture, climate change reversal, and human communities...