More about Living in Berkeley

(Originally posted in my Life Journal and transferred here)

(05-22) 17:28 PDT BERKELEY — All those organic bean sprouts and hikes in Tilden Park have paid off. According to a Berkeley public health study released today, Berkeley residents have longer, healthier lives than almost anyone else in the Bay Area.

The average life expectancy for Berkeley residents is 83, five years longer than the national average and four years longer than their fellow Alameda County residents. Berkeleyans live about three years longer than San Franciscans and four years longer than Californians in general.

And, It’s not Easy Being Green. How Berkeley plans to implement Measure G, which voters approved last fall in order to reduce our community’s carbon footprint by 80% by the year 2050.