1 | The invader laid towns and villages in ruins. | |
2 | We also went to several smaller towns on the Jebel Akhdar mountains. | |
3 | There are seven felled tree trunks with coins pushed into them in the picturesque village of Portmeirion, in Wales. | |
4 | They are mostly jobless and landless, and they are often informally barred from villages. | |
5 | But if it works so well that neighbouring villages invest in similar schemes, then it could help pave the way to a low-carbon future. |