Just in from Amtrak California Facebook page:  the American Podiatric Medical Association rates Sacramento 24/25 of the most walkable cities in America.  Naturally San Francisco is number one.  Five other California cities on the list   WALKSacramento  is always working on making Sacramento even a greater place to walk.  Check out what Sacramento neighborhoods walk the most. Here is a great list to get your hike/walk on in and around Sacramento.  Lots of other human powered activities too. Want to get serious?  River City Race Management & Chip Timing has a list of all the walking/running races around Sacramento. Need some motivation?  The Mayo Clinic, MedicineNet, and Cool Walking al

WALKSacramento is pleased to announce Teri Duarte as its next Executive Director. Since 1988, Teri Duarte has served as Director of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the County of Sacramento, overseeing 80 staff who help families learn about nutrition and health to improve the lives of children. The Sacramento County WIC Program has been called a “model” agency by the California Department of Public Health for its customer service, organization, and leadership in nutrition education and breastfeeding services. Because of this, the agency is frequently utilized as a training site for State WIC staff. Last year, County WIC Program dietitians took leadership at the State leve

Wooden boxes of chard, kale and collard greens on Charles Mason’s front yard in Oak Park are likely to be installed at dozens of spots in Sacramento next year and into 2012. Mason, the founder of environmental nonprofit group Ubuntu Green, is organizing a project to place up to 60 small gardens in an area that includes the neighborhoods of Oak Park, Tahoe Park, Lemon Hill and Fruitridge Manor. The home gardens project, funded by the California Endowment, is one of three programs Ubuntu Green will focus on in 2011. Ubuntu Green will work next year on a land-use environmental project with eight neighborhoods as well as host an annual event in September on environmentally friendly living.

In 1969 almost half the children in the U.S. walked or rode a bicycle to school.  Today, fewer than ten percent do.  The consequence for our children has been more obesity and related health problems, poorer social connections to the community and less responsbility for self-management.  The Safe Routes to School movement works to change all that.  enable community leaders, schools and parents across the United States to improve safety and encourage more children, including children with disabilities, to safely walk and bicycle to school. In the process, programs are working to reduce traffic congestion and improve health and the environment, making communities more livable for everyone.

Sacramento is joining nearly 60 other North American cities by hosting its first Jane's Walk focusing on livable cities on May 1. Jane's Walk began in 2007 in Canada as a community walk to get people talking about their neighborhoods and city planning that can increase quality of life. The series of walks quickly blossomed and spread to this country. In 2010, Sacramento is among at least 29 U.S. cities, nearly as many in Canada and a few international ones scheduled to hold the free walking tours the first weekend in May. The walks were created to honor the life and work of Jane Jacobs. An American author, activist and urban thinker, Jacobs promoted the idea of the urban village to main

Spandex and helmet-wearing cyclists dominated the Capitol as they circulated from booth to booth after valeting their bikes at BikeFest 2009. As part of a monthlong celebration of bicyclists and Bike to Work Day on Thursday, bike vendors, transit companies and biking teams from around the area set up shop on the steps of the Capitol to inform and encourage both avid and potential cyclists of the benefits of biking and how to get involved in Sacramento's growing bike scene. "Bike Fest is a great way to promote health and wellness in the community and I'm always happy to see so many cyclists adding up their miles...," said Jennifer Lemos, a representative for Sacramento County Parks and Re