Experiential Learning

Our programs emphasize immersion in nature and first-hand sustainable living experiences.  Alternative Spring and Fall Break, courses for academic credit, “green” workshops, organic gardening and food preservation, and a youth peace camp are a few examples of our program offerings. Programs can be customized to fit the needs of your school, college, university, church, work team or other group.

Solo, Family, and Group Retreats

Nestled in a mountain setting our eco-lodging offers an ideal retreat destination for individuals and groups alike.

Home Sites Available

Join a growing community committed to sustainable living with 45 home sites and 150+ acres set aside as wilderness.

Simple, Natural, Meaningful

Narrow Ridge is honored to provide an alternative to conventional burial in the first 'green cemetery' in the state of Tennessee.   Our natural burial preserve offers a return to a simpler, more natural manner of laying our loved ones to rest while preserving the beauty and natural integrity of their final resting place.

Earth Literacy Programs
Experiential Learning

Our programs emphasize immersion in nature and first-hand sustainable living experiences.  Alternative Spring and Fall Break, courses for academic credit, “green” workshops, organic gardening and food preservation, and a youth peace camp are a few examples of our program offerings. Programs can be customized to fit the needs of your school, college, university, church, work team or other group.

Natural Burial

Simple, Natural, Meaningful

Narrow Ridge is honored to provide an alternative to conventional burial in the first 'green cemetery' in the state of Tennessee.   Our natural burial preserve offers a return to a simpler, more natural manner of laying our loved ones to rest while preserving the beauty and natural integrity of their final resting place.

Eco-lodging

Solo, Family, and Group Retreats

Nestled in a mountain setting our eco-lodging offers an ideal retreat destination for individuals and groups alike.

Community Land Trust

Home Sites Available

Join a growing community committed to sustainable living with 45 home sites and 150+ acres set aside as wilderness.

THERE'S MORE

Silent Meditation: Sundays 11am - 12pm (We will not gather on Dec. 24th or 31st)

Yoga: Sundays 10am-10:45am (We will not gather on Dec. 24th or 31st)

Holiday Decorating at Strawbale Lodge: Thursday, Dec. 7th from 1pm-3pm

Annual Holiday Party: Sunday, Dec.10th from 2-5:30pm

Winter Solstice Celebration: Thursday, Dec 21st from 7-9pm

Summer 2024 Vision Fast Program: June 8th-16th (Add your name to the waitlist here!)
At Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, we understand ourselves to be in kinship not only with the humans closest to us in the here and now, but also with the humans and other-than-humans who make up Earth’s community in the past, present and future.  In walking the Narrow Ridge, we consider how our decisions affect these sacred relationships.
Claim your spot for the Summer 2024 Vision Fast program! (June 8th-16th) Limited spaces available. Registration Deadline: May 1st. Past participants have found the Vision Fast to be a transformative experience. They have come with varying purposes (e.g. to mark an important life transition, to find clarity on important questions or decisions, to find healing and the ability to forgive self or others). Need-based scholarships are available.
Our tasks are mighty. Together we can grow our impact.

 






We are all teachers and we are all learners.
We are all part of just one community.
We are aware of our relationship with others, nature and the divine.
We seek to look closer & deeper so as to see farther & wider.