If you are looking for news articles on zero energy construction, you can use the Internet to find them. The Internet is a good source as articles that appear in print are often reproduced online and search engines usually crawl through a multitude of online news sources. Usually using a good search engine such as Google or Yahoo can ensure you get good results.
The link from Google News given below has current and archived news articles pertaining to zero energy construction, you can use the advanced search function to further filter the results and get ones for a particular year. You can even use the advanced search option to filter the results according to specific news sources such as CNN or New York Times. google.co.in/#hl=en&biw=1366&bih=572&prm... Another site which claims to collect zero energy news is zeroenergynews.com/.However, this site has a limited amount of news articles.
When it comes to forums, there are a lot of forums with news articles and discussion threads on zero energy homes and construction. You can use Boardreader to find them: http://boardreader.com/s/zero%20energy%20homes.html?o=10.
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.