Environmental Wellness includes volunteering with a local environmental organization to help pick up trash, clean up a stream, plant trees, etc.
All the Needs below can count for Service Wellness OR Environmental Wellness credit! (One volunteer experience cannot count for both.)
In order to earn Environmental Wellness credit:
Participate in one of these environmental service opportunities (or something you found outside of Get Connected!).
1 volunteer experience = 10 points on Suitable
Log your hour(s) on Get Connected
Click the ADD HOURS button at the top of your Get Connected page.
Complete the form.
Once your hour(s) are approved, complete an "Environmental Wellness - Volunteer Credit __" task submission on Suitable!
Click on the Activities tab (on the left).
Under Competency filter, select "Environmental Wellness"
Type "Volunteer" in the top search bar.
Select one of the Environmental Wellness - Volunteer Credit __ tasks and complete the form. Only one credit (10 points) can be earned per volunteer experience.
You can earn all required Environmental Wellness credits by volunteering!
Celebrate Halloween weekend with the Cumberland River Compact at the spookiest cleanup of the Stones River that Donelson has ever seen! Volunteers will work mostly behind Kohl’s off Lebanon Pike and along the Stones River Greenway to collect common...
Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms
9:00am - 11:00am
1spots remaining
Help keep Shelby Park beautiful! Join Friends of Shelby and your friends and neighbors as we do a park wide sweep of trash to restore the natural beauty of this public space and keep litter off the ground and out of our streams and rivers. This is ...
2025 - Centennial Park Conservancy Green Sweep Squad
Centennial Park Conservancy
9:00am - 12:00pm
22spots remaining
ATTENTION: Signing up here on the Belmont site will insure you receive your Belmont credit. To get complete credit for this service, additional registration is required though our Volunteer Registration Portal, POINT. Please click HERE to sign up for...
Friends of Mill Ridge Park
9:00am - 11:00am
3spots remaining
Help us expand and improve the trail system at Mill Ridge Park! Volunteers will cover up to 3 miles while creating and improving primitive trails at Mill Ridge Park. Activities involve hiking, bending, lifting, and the use of hand tools, and include:...
Friends of Mill Ridge Park
9:00am - 11:00am
5spots remaining
Help us expand and improve the trail system at Mill Ridge Park! Volunteers will cover up to 3 miles while creating and improving primitive trails at Mill Ridge Park. Activities involve hiking, bending, lifting, and the use of hand tools, and include:...
Join us for a walking clean up on Richland Creek at Lion’s Head Trailhead along the Greenway in Nashville with Harpeth Conservancy and Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association! We’ll collect trash and debris and learn more about how to be a life-long...
Tennessee Environmental Council
7:30am - 11:00am
23spots remaining
Be a Recycling Rockstar at the Smyrna Nissan Recycling Roundup!Are you ready to make a real difference in our community and help create a greener Tennessee? We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join us for the Nissan Smyrna Recycling Roundup ...
Tennessee Environmental Council
10:30am - 2:00pm
22spots remaining
Be a Recycling Rockstar at the Smyrna Nissan Recycling Roundup!Are you ready to make a real difference in our community and help create a greener Tennessee? We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join us for the Nissan Smyrna Recycling Roundup ...
Friends of Mill Ridge Park
9:00am - 11:00am
5spots remaining
Help us expand and improve the trail system at Mill Ridge Park! Volunteers will cover up to 3 miles while creating and improving primitive trails at Mill Ridge Park. Activities involve hiking, bending, lifting, and the use of hand tools, and include:...
Create a Pollinator Garden at Liberty Elementary School!
Tennessee Environmental Council
9:30am - 12:30pm
30spots remaining
We invite you to join Tennessee Environmental Council (TEC), Liberty Elementary School, and The Habitat Connection in creating pollinator habitats with native wildflowers that support a variety of pollinator species, including native bees, butterflie...
23rd Annual ReLeafing Day: Belle Meade United Methodist Church
Nashville Tree Foundation
9am - 12pm
20spots remaining
Join us on Saturday, November 22nd at Belle Meade UMC for the 23rd Annual ReLeafing Day, supported by Root Nashville and funded by the Cumberland River Compact. The project will begin with a short introduction, a tree planting demo and safety guideli...
Nashville Tree Foundation
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
6spots remaining
Please join our team on Saturday, November 22nd at Hanover Square for the 23rd Annual ReLeafing Day, supported by Root Nashville and funded by the Cumberland River Compact. We will start the project with a short intro, a tree planting demonstration a...
Nashville Tree Foundation
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
54spots remaining
Come join us at Glen Leven Farm for the 23rd Annual ReLeafing Day, co-hosted by The Land Trust for Tennessee. We will be planting a variety of 81 native trees in a recently cleared area that used to be completely overrun by invasive species. Tasks in...
Friends of Mill Ridge Park
1:00pm - 3:00pm
4spots remaining
Help us expand and improve the trail system at Mill Ridge Park! Volunteers will cover up to 3 miles while creating and improving primitive trails at Mill Ridge Park. Activities involve hiking, bending, lifting, and the use of hand tools, and include:...
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