Live Longer, Better
Bakersfield
Blue Zones Project® works with the Bakersfield community to create an even better place to live, learn, work, play, and worship. When the entire community participates—from worksites and schools to our restaurants and grocery stores—small changes contribute to huge benefits for us all: lowered healthcare costs, improved productivity, and ultimately, a higher quality of life. We look forward to working together to help make healthier choices easier for everyone in the Bakersfield area.
WANT TO CHAMPION WELL-BEING WORK?
Train to be a Volunteer Ambassador – Virtually!
Discover the power of community wellness as a Volunteer Ambassador with Blue Zones Project Bakersfield! Join us for an engaging training session where you’ll learn how to inspire healthy living in our neighborhoods alongside BZP staff. From effective communication strategies to organizing impactful events, our training equips you with the tools to make a difference. Become a catalyst for positive change and help us create a healthier, happier Bakersfield.
Join us for our next training, offered virtually on Friday, September 27th from 4:00-5:00 pm PDT.
It Only Takes
Blue Zones Project Bakersfield is here to support you on your well-being journey. Improving personal health and the health of our community doesn’t have to be hard. Small adjustments to our daily routines coupled with positive shifts to our physical environment can lead to significant improvements to our health longterm. Join us as we focus this quarter on the benefits of Moving Naturally. Read on to learn how adding more physical activity into your day can be as simple as walking instead of driving, choosing to take the steps instead of the elevator and spending time doing yard work or household chores by hand.
It Only Takes
A Walk in the Park
Discover how moving naturally is one of the 9 ways to live a healthier life. In the original blue zones, places where people lived with exceptional longevity, people were nudged into moving about every 20 minutes. For example, most individuals spent time gardening, kneading their own bread, and they used hand-operated tools; their homes were not equipped with many of today’s modern conveniences.
It Only Takes
Putting One Foot in Front of the Other
Increasing simple movements like standing, walking, stretching, and bending can help you burn an extra 350 calories a day. Making movement a natural part of your day not only burns calories but it also helps to prevent heart disease, one of many ways to help you live a long and healthy life.
It Only Takes
Seeing where the Sidewalk Leads You
It’s about being active without even having to think about it. That’s why people from the world’s original Blue Zones live longer, healthier lives. They don’t pump iron, run marathons, or join gyms. They live in environments where moving naturally is part of their daily routines. What small change can you make today in your routine to help you be more physically active?
Discovering the blue zones
It all began with the original five blue zones—Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and Loma Linda, California. In these regions, people not only regularly live into the triple digits, they thrive. At advanced ages, their bodies are still healthy and their minds are still sharp. Dan Buettner and his team of researchers were eventually able to pinpoint commonalities in things residents of these places do that result in living long, happy lives. The blue zones hold many longevity secrets, and there’s a lot we can learn from the residents of these special places.
Live the Power 9
Researchers found that despite being located in vastly different parts of the world, blue zones residents share nine specific traits that can lead to longer, healthier, happier lives. We call these the Power 9®.
Stay connected with community opportunities
If you are interested in living longer and creating a healthier community, sign up to learn more about Blue Zones Project – Bakersfield opportunties.
Organizations
We develop deep relationships with a broad array of organizations in a community to help make healthy choices become easy choices in all of the places where people live, work, learn, and play.
Get your organization involved
Connect your worksite, school, restaurant, grocery store, faith-based, or other organization to the community and elevate its well-being. Where we choose to live, work, learn, and play all influence the lifestyle choices we make. Blue Zones Project programs are designed to inspire, encourage, and promote well-being within your organization so your employees, members, and customers are more socially connected and equipped to positively impact one another and the entire community.
