Could we become a nation of red, white and Blue Zones? Today’s New York Times featured a piece about how local governments are working on improving built environments and drumming up community-wide efforts to promote geographic hot spots of health and, hopefully longevity – coined “Blue Zones” by Dan Buettner in his 2008 best-selling book of the same name.

At TEDMED 2011,  Buettner talked about one town’s grand experiment in healthy living. Watch what happened.