I'd suggest checking out US News and World Report, they do a yearly magazine on best schools and best graduate schools. I've heard it's a narrowing field, so you might want to look into something that you can cross with an art degree like Rhode Island School of Design. I'd also suggest you look for schools that offer courses in environmental certifications like LEEDS.
edfacilities.org/rl/LEED.cfm I think scholarships are going to be rough. I'd say try scholarships. Com and see if any programs grab you.
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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.