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.
Programs from 2021 and 2022 include video recordings. Click on the program title below and scroll down on the description to find the link to the recording.
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.
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."