TEDxMontclair 2011 featured Dan Buettner's TED talk video on the Blue Zones, communities around the world where residents live longer, healthier lives. The Blue Zones model of longevity and wellbeing has since been applied in other communities to create environments of health. Amy Tomczyk has worked with blue Zones since 2006 as Director of Outreach and Education. Amy knows first hand that shifting the focus from individual responsibility to evidencebased strategies to optimize one's "life radius", people can reside in healthier places where they live, work and play.

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