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.

2026 Earthkeeper Awards

THERE'S MORE

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.
With over 550-acres of Appalachian countryside teeming with a diverse community of life, Narrow Ridge is home to forests, fields, gardens, waterways, and a vast array of critters, insects, and humans. In regard for this beloved community, Narrow Ridge has undertaken a variety of conservation initiatives including a Native Pollinator Field, American Chestnut Orchard, Community Land Trusts, 150+ acre Wilderness Preserve, and 15-acres of reserved land for our Natural Burial Preserve.
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.