Nicole Hartley Bradford has a crazy dream of a world full of re-wilded humans living on a planet we have saved from ruin (she hopes).

She sees this happening by way of our developing radically intimate relationships with ourselves, each other, and the natural world. In her dream, we have come to live again within the intimate connections and social support structure of the village, even within a much larger community or city structure.

Kris has staked his career on the idea that people will rise to the challenge if asked the right question.

Currently supporting the transformation of a regional recreation centre into a next generation social infrastructure hub and movement, he also leads a hybrid public health research project + social innovation lab called the GenH Play project. He's primarily interested in the craft of leadership and the development of adaptive and resilient communities.

Join TEDxCalgary and other TEDx organizers from across the city on Thursday, April 18th for a full day of amazing content from the TED2019 "Bigger Than Us" event, being held in Vancouver from April 15-19.

We will be showing a mix of pre-recorded sessions from the April 15-17th event days (sessions 1 to 7) and live content from April 18th (sessions 8 to 11).

Our sessions will be in the Patricia A. Whelan Performance Hall in the main lobby area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., then switch to the BMO Financial Group Community Room from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Participants are free to come and go throughout the day, but we appreciate your registering to ensure we have space throughout the day, and are able to send you a post-event feedback form (this is standard for all TEDx events):

Register to attend! http://TEDxCalgaryLive.ca

In November 2011, we explored how we can all take volunteering to a new level, including talks by comedian and improv artist Andrew Phung, Olympic athlete Steve Mesler, and social innovation pioneer Tonya Surman.

Watch the talks on our YouTube channel