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.
May 9, 2024: Friends of Warner Parks President Jenny Hannon
May 9, 2024
Edwin and Percy Warner Parks cradle Nashville with a shaded canopy of biodiversity, wonder and beauty. We all love Warner Parks. How are the parks doing, and what is the long-term strategic plan for these beloved forests and fields?
April 11, 2024: Rewilding your Backyard
April 11, 2024
A representative from The Wild Ones will present strategies for rewilding our yards using native plants and pollinators. The Wild Ones Middle Tennessee Chapter is a new local chapter of the national non-profit organization Wild Ones. They are...
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...