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.
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...
A (Virtual) Trip to the Grand Canyon
July 9, 2020
A (Virtual) Trip to the Grand Canyon with your friends: a visual history of the park followed by aerial views.
Family/Community Emergency Preparedness
June 11, 2020
Middle TN Group of the TN Chapter of Sierra Club Presents Robert Wingfield and Neena Lake discussing Preparing Vulnerable Populations for the Impacts of Climate Change and a Global Pandemic
March Program Rescheduled - Intro to Permaculture
March 12, 2020
Because of concerns about Corona Virus, this program, an Introduction to Permaculture, has been rescheduled to April 9, 2020.
“What is a watershed?” - A Digital Watershed Education Program
February 13, 2020
“What is a watershed?” To remedy this void of public understanding, the WE Story is a digital watershed education program about a watershed’s purpose and functions.