Monthly Socials

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.

Mike Teaney and Sam Frazee - A Program of Acoustic Music

March 14, 2019
Mike Teaney and Sam Frazee comprise the full-time music staff at MetroParks in the cultural arts division. Their "day jobs" consist of programming classes, concerts, events and festivals for the Nashville community. Each year Parks hosts a large...

Warner Parks Burch Reserve and Hill Forest

February 14, 2019
The Warner Parks grew in 2018, with the addition of the Burch Reserve, an approximately 225 acre parcel of forested natural area park land. Previous to this addition, was the addition of the Hill Forest, a designated State Natural Area considered...

Shelby Bottoms Greenway and Natural Area

January 10, 2019
The 960-acre Shelby Bottoms Greenway and Natural Area is located in East Nashville adjacent to Shelby Park and is one of five Natural Area Parks within Metro Parks. With approximately three miles of Cumberland River frontage, this area features...

Inspiring Connections Outdoors

November 8, 2018
Inspiring Connections Outdoors is an outings program where volunteer leaders collaborate with community partners to get people outdoors, especially youth, who may not have access on their own to safely discover the wonders of the natural world....

Nashville Long-term Solid Waste Master Plan

October 11, 2018
Metro Nashville Public Works and Davidson County Solid Waste Region Board are working to create a long-term Solid Waste Master Plan with the ultimate goal of achieving zero waste to landfill in the future. The purpose of the Master Plan...

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Mandatory Fees

September 13, 2018
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Mandatory Fees Jason Carney is the Clean Energy Program Manager at SACE. He addressed the mandatory fees proposed on electricity by TVA and described the efforts to implement solar power in Tennessee. Tennessee...

The Universe Beyond Earth

August 9, 2018
Dr. William (Billy) Teets, the outreach astronomer at Vanderbilt University’s Dyer Observatory, presented "Light - Our Tool for Understanding the Universe". Topics covered a wide range. What is light? A terminology refresher on the types of...

Citizens’ Climate Lobby

July 12, 2018
Frankie Fachilla from Citizens' Climate Lobby discussed their advocacy efforts to address climate change. In order to generate the political will necessary for passage of their Carbon Fee and Dividend proposal, CCL trains and supports volunteers...

Cultural and Natural Features of Cedars of Lebanon State Park

June 14, 2018
Park Manager Wayne "Buddy" Ingram presented a program describing the cultural and natural features of Cedars of Lebanon State Park. The park is rooted in the history of the land and its signature tree, the Eastern Red Cedar. Born out of Franklin D...