The Middle Tennessee Group hosts monthly social gatherings featuring updates on local issues and actions as well as lively presentations 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. Check our calendar for upcoming socials.
PROGRAM: March 12, 2026: Swan Conservation Trust
March 12, 2026
An update on Swan Conservation Trust's work to preserve and protect Middle Tennessee's forests and streams. Swan Conservation was founded in 1992 to ensure the lasting protection of headwater forests and streams in the Big Swan and Big Bigby...
January 8, 2026: Conserving Nashville's Highland Rim
January 8, 2026
Judson Newbern provides an update on the Alliance to Protect Nashville's Highland Rim. The Highland Rim is home to rare and endangered species. This ecosystem plays a vital role in environmental health by filtering air and water, regulating water...
November 13, 2025: Greening your Money
November 13, 2025
Tune in to "Greening Your Money" for insight into how your financial decisions affect the environment. Presenter Joanne Logan is a retired climatology professor from the University of Tennessee, and an active member of Sierra Club, Third Act, and...
October 9, 2025: Plant for a Change
October 9, 2025
How can we change how we landscape our manmade world to reverse the harm we do? Nathan Fields, co-owner of Plant for a Change, will explain the critical importance of native seed preservation and how our everyday plant choices can have positive...
September 11, 2025 : What's Going On with Cheatham Co's Battle with TVA?
September 11, 2025
The program featured a panel discussion with Preserve Cheatham County (PCP) activists JoAnn McIntosh, Tracy O’Neill and Angie Mummaw. Preserve Cheatham County (PCC) is a non-profit group of local residents fighting a proposed methane gas plant and...
August 14, 2025: The State of EVs
August 14, 2025
What’s the future for EV adoption in Tennessee? Are clean air tax credits still on? What about range anxiety, availability of charging stations, and affordability? Hear one of the state's leading EV ambassadors explain why he believes now could be...
July 10, 2025: Fun Bird Facts & Conservation
July 10, 2025
Biologist Melinda Welton is back by popular demand to lead another memorable session on local birding! Melinda focused on current conservation efforts in Middle Tennessee, and shared more fun bird facts.
June 12, 2025: Growing Your Own Food by Nashville Foodscapes
June 12, 2025
The folks at Nashville Foodscapes presented ideas for turning back patios, apartment decks, even your lawn, into food-growing spaces. Nashville Foodscapes shared tips and tricks for eating fresh food right from your own yard.
May 8, 2025: Maintaining Healthy Watersheds in Middle Tennessee
May 8, 2025
Jordan Young discusses how TEC uses native plants, tree-planting and armies of volunteers to fight stream erosion.
April 10, 2025: Indigenous History
April 10, 2025
Program speaker Albert Bender offers fascinating glimpse of ancient city
‘At a time when ancient Nashville had a population of 400,000, it ranked as one of the largest cities in the Americas, in fact one of the largest cities in the world.’...