When we risk losing our way personally, quite often the answer to finding a new path is to engage in the community of others. Nicole Hartley Bradford tells her very personal life story, and how she uses "Small acts of significance" to connect with others around intentional community-building at a village level within the city. The tools are simple, but the outcomes of finding new perspectives and connections can be profound. 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.
In order to help her dream come true, Nicole shares it with others, and asks to hear about their wildest dreams. With those who draw near, she shares tools she and her friends have gathered for natural healing, learning, growing and building connections between people through intentional collaboration on projects like "buddy bags". She trusts that we will save the world. She also realizes we might not — and, if we don’t, she hopes her four children will be proud of her efforts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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