Tag Archives: community health

What’s Next for Berkeley’s Soda Tax?

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What's Next for Berkeley's Soda Tax?
Dear Friends of the Ecology Center, On November 4th, Measure D passed. Not only that, Berkeley’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax won with 75% of the vote: a landslide! A small community took on one of the world’s largest industries and prevailed, against all odds. The American Beverage Association poured millions of dollars into our city and… Read more »

Poster Contest for Berkeley vs. Big Soda Campaign

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Poster Contest for Berkeley vs. Big Soda Campaign
Berkeley vs Big Soda (BvBS) is excited to announce the launch of a poster contest. Big Soda will spend millions of dollars in their efforts to defeat soda taxes in Berkeley and San Francisco this fall. To win, we’ll need to use every weapon in our arsenal, including terrific imagery. “They say a picture is… Read more »

Two Climate Actions You Can Take This Week

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Two Climate Actions You Can Take This Week
What kind of environment do you want to live in five years from now? You can make a healthy climate and a healthy community part of your vision by taking two actions today: asking your State Senator to support the Charge Ahead California Initiative (SB 1275), and urging BAAQMD to halt new oil infrastructure projects.… Read more »

Walk With a Doc, 3/8/14

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Walk With a Doc, 3/8/14
Join this free, healthy event and take a step toward better health, alongside physicians, public health champions and neighbors! Next Saturday, March 8th from 10 – 1 PM in San Pablo Park in Berkeley, health screenings, resources, giveaways, raffle prizes and speakers will support all of us in getting healthier together. Why walk? Daily exercise… Read more »

We’re for a Healthy and Just Future, We’re for the Healthy Child Initiative

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We're for a Healthy and Just Future, We're for the Healthy Child Initiative
The Healthy Child Initiative is a campaign to put a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on the November 2014 ballot. At a packed meeting on Tuesday, City Council unanimously approved taking the first step for it to be included on the ballot, by including it in a community poll of potential ballot measures. If passed, Berkeley would… Read more »