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This isn’t good. Two years in a row I’ve gone to visit a college campus with my son. Both times I’ve come back with disasters on my mind. This year it was shooters. The most attention-grabbing part of the orientation program for parents of incoming first-year students was a video showing...

My son is a high school senior, and in the past couple of months we’ve received plenty of colorful brochures from colleges hoping to entice students to apply for admission. These pieces are well-produced, filled with pictures of smiling young people and well manicured campus landscapes. But the...

It’s too late to prevent all the harm that will be caused by climate change, say some experts, so we now have to start dealing with the new risks. The idea of adapting to shifts in the climate is gaining momentum in the face of evidence that climate change is already taking place, and will continue...

Nothing quite matches the pleasure of solving a pressing problem. It’s partly a sense of accomplishment and partly a sense of relief that the problem is out of the way. I don’t know about you, but I often feel the same sense of relief if a problem temporarily goes away on its own. So when...

You’ve probably heard about the Energy Star Label for Buildings and the LEED green building rating system. Now there could be a new credential for facility executives to aim for, one that shows the organization is prepared for emergencies. Deep inside the bill to implement the remaining recommendations...