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 9, 2024: Friends of Warner Parks President Jenny Hannon
May 9, 2024
Middle TN Group May 9, 2024
Come to our Meet, Greet & Learn!
Topic: Friends of Warner Parks President Jenny Hannon
May 9 (Thu), 2024 at 7:00 PM CST
Walter Criley Visitors’ Center at Radnor Lake
Edwin and Percy Warner Parks cradle...
April 11, 2024: Rewilding your Backyard
April 11, 2024
Middle TN Group April 11, 2024
Come to our Meet, Greet & Learn!
Topic: "Rewilding" your Backyard
The Wild Ones
April 11 (Thu), 2024 at 7:00 PM CST
Walter Criley Visitors’ Center at Radnor Lake
Register here
A representative from...
March 14: Highland Rim Forest Protection Update
March 14, 2024
Judson Newbern gave us an update on the status of the effort to protect Nashville’s Highland Rim Forests.
Feb 8: Meet, Greet, and Learn! Meaningful Rituals for Climate Grief
February 8, 2024
Meg Wade will explore ways we can cultivate creative rituals and communal reflection to cope with our climate-changed world.
October 12: Meet, Greet, and Learn! This is the last one for this year!
October 12, 2023
Our September speaker is John Finke, the Bureau Director for Environmental Health Services and the Director of the Air Quality Division at the Metro Public Health Department. He has a Master's of Environmental Engineering from the University of...
September 14: Meet, Greet, and Learn!
September 14, 2023
Our September speaker is Jaffee Judah, a Nashville native and the Executive Director of Recycle and Reinvest, a non-profit that engages vulnerable youth to improve their environment while increasing their confidence and pride. Since 2018, Recycle...
August 10 Meet, Greet, and Learn!
August 10, 2023
Elizabeth Langgle-Martin, MSW, serves as the Director of Community Engagement at The Nashville Food Project where she has been a part of food and land access work for the past 5.5 years. Elizabeth believes that access to quality, culturally...
July 13 Meet, Greet, and Learn!
July 13, 2023
Alice Hudson Pell is the Executive Director of TennGreen Land Conservancy. She has a Master’s in Higher Education Administration, Institutional Advancement from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, and a Bachelor of Arts from Agnes Scott College...
June 8 Meet, Greet, and Learn!
June 8, 2023
Joanne Logan, retired professor of Environmental Science at the University of Tennessee, will tell us about how you can become a Citizen Scientist to collect valuable data about our natural world.
May 11 Social Gathering
May 11, 2023
Middle TN Group May 11, 2023 Program
Come and Learn at our Spring Social!
May 11 (Thu), 2023 at 7:00 PM CST
Walter Criley Visitors’ Center at Radnor Lake
**Pre-program hike at Radnor will start at 5:30 PM. Meet in the Visitor Center...