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1 month ago | 
tandfonline.com | Stephanie Anzman-Frasca |Juliana Goldsmith |Jennifer Savage |Amanda B Hassinger
AbstractObjective Examine the implementation and effects of an interactive online intervention designed to support new parents with their young infants’ sleep. Design First-time parents were enrolled when infants were ~6 weeks old and randomized to a sleep intervention or general baby care control group, with intervention content provided weekly between infant ages 2 to 4 months, primarily as brief videos and infographics in private online groups.
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2 months ago | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
Surfrider’s first-of-its-kind Love Your Beach Tour is well underway! The San Diego to Humboldt County road trip has seen incredible support from the first five stops — Imperial Beach, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. The premise is simple: Visit coastal communities in the Golden State to seek support for the Coastal Act, signed into law in 1976.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
With the inaugural Los Angeles Climate Week wrapped up and the annual Climate Week NYC happening this week, we thought this would be a great time to remind everyone about an oft-overlooked truth: Solving the climate crisis requires a massive reduction in plastic production and the elimination of needless single-use plastics. The greenhouse gas connectionPlastic is made from crude oil and natural gas.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
Every single day, plastic pollution makes the news. Sometimes the topic is a new place on the planet where microplastics have been discovered for the first time. Sometimes, we learn about where in the human body microplastics have been found. At this rate, we’re running out of locations and organs free of microplastics – in fact, it’s likely we already have.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
In unexpected-but-welcome news last week, a potential global solution to the plastic pollution problem received a big boost from a surprising source: the United States government.
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May 7, 2024 | 
journals.plos.org | Abigail M. Pauley |Asher Y Rosinger |Jennifer Savage |David E. Conroy
Citation: Pauley AM, Rosinger AY, Savage JS, Conroy DE, Downs DS (2024) Every sip counts: Understanding hydration behaviors and user-acceptability of digital tools to promote adequate intake during early and late pregnancy. PLOS Digit Health 3(5): e0000499. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000499Editor: Haleh Ayatollahi, Iran University of Medical Sciences, IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)Received: June 16, 2023; Accepted: March 29, 2024; Published: May 7, 2024Copyright: © 2024 Pauley et al.
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May 6, 2024 | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
(Missed our first installments? Start here with Part 1 and find Part 2 here.)After days of oft-circular discussions and final agreement on what sort of work should take place before the final negotiations happening near the end of the year, the fourth meeting of – get ready for it – the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for a global agreement to end plastic pollution wrapped at 3 a.m. Tuesday, April 30.
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May 2, 2024 | 
charkoosta.com | Jennifer Savage
I am excited to support Jacinda Morigeau for Senate District 46. As an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Morigeau is committed to fighting for everyday Montanans. She grew up in Arlee, attended K-12 schools there and is dedicated to her community and Western Montana. Morigeau is running in a new legislative district that combines urban and rural communities in Missoula, Sanders and Lake counties.
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May 2, 2024 | 
northcoastjournal.com | Jennifer Savage |Catherine Grey
Let's talk about alcohol, creator of (sometimes toxic) relationships, (occasional over-) sharer of secrets, balm to some (destroyer of many). Welcome to the final installment of Making Change, a six-week series on the hows and whys of personal, social and political change. I type this from Ottawa, where I'm with people from frontline communities and Indigenous rights groups fighting to end toxic plastic production.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
surfrider.org | Jennifer Savage
(Demand a Strong Global Plastics Treaty to Protect Our Ocean!)Cape Fear Vice Chair Sam Athey, Surfrider Club Network Coordinator Carolyn Curtain and Cal Poly SLO Sustainability Coordinator Audrey Gregg in Ottawa for the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiationsSurfrider staff and activists continue to brave snow flurries and a barrage of false advertising by the plastic industry at the United Nations Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Ottawa, Canada.
