One easy solution is sun protection. Unfortunately ... they discovered that poorer students had much less shade cover in their playgrounds. A survey in New Zealand that same year found that ...

The quickest way to keep playgrounds open through extreme heat is to get them out of direct sunlight; shade can make a person feel up to 72 degrees Fahrenheit cooler, researchers at UCLA have found.

But when Aquilino took her children, she realized it was missing something critical: shade. During one visit, she saw a couple of adults with an infant huddled beneath a playground bridge ...

Shade trees are rare in this neighborhood, and playgrounds even less so ... No Limits on Emissions: The Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse ...

"And even if our days weren't getting hotter, parents across the city would love to have more shade at all our playgrounds and public spaces." At-Large Councilman Robert White, Ward 1 Councilwoman ...

They participated in a program that could take root throughout the state and offer needed shade for their playground. It was part of the Shade Trees on Playgrounds program, according to a news ...