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Utopia Rising in a Ready-made Culture | LisaRuth Elliott | TEDxConstitutionDrive

210 views · Published 25 June 2015 · 16:30 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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For our special TEDxConstitutionDrive fifth anniversary event, we wanted to go back into the realms of imagination that we loved growing up - in childhood days where you can make anything, believe everything, and dreams could come true. We had speakers who reminded us what we are capable of -- from metalworkers and artists, to writers who craft fanciful and strangely believable tales, to normal people with extraordinary stories to tell. 


LisaRuth Elliott is a community historian, baker, urban farmer, everyday bicyclist, international disaster relief volunteer, artist, writer, editor, and dancer. A 20-year resident of San Francisco, she co-directs Shaping San Francisco/Foundsf.org—a participatory urban history project that includes public programming, a digital archive, and collaborations with UC Berkeley, Stanford, and the University of San Francisco. She has edited 4 books; participated as a weaver in the 2014 Berkeley Art Museum show “The Possible”; painted 4 public murals with Mona Caron; co-created two dance ensembles; and can be found regularly at Alemany Farm helping manage the workdays.
Through her breadmaking endeavor, Lovin’ From the Oven, she has become a bread-u-cator with a utopian agenda. She has worked on a broad range of human rights and human dignity issues, and engaged with the challenge of creating new possibilities out of the chaos following natural disasters in Thailand, Peru, and Haiti.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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