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How can summer camps balance fun with safety as climate change impacts heat, air quality?

WBUR

Published August 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM EDT

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.

WBUR’s Emily Piper-Vallillo reports on the ways summer camps in Massachusetts are approaching balancing a fun time at camp with a safe time in the outdoors.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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