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Last summer, I took a train from the coast 1. a small city that had recently been named one 2. the greenest places in the country. It was the kind of trip you can do in a day, but I decided to stay for a week because I wanted to see how everyday life might change 3. people choose to travel more slowly. At the station, there were signs explaining that the buses run 4. electricity, which is produced by wind turbines outside town. A local guide, who had grown up there, told me that the project began after a major flood, when residents realised they could not rely 5. old systems forever. Although some people had worried about the cost, the council said it would pay for itself within ten years, and it has already created jobs for those who used to commute. In the evenings, I walked along the river, where cafés served food made 6. farms in the area, and I noticed that nobody seemed to be in a hurry. I do not know whether the technology alone has made the city calmer, or whether it is the shared feeling 7. everyone is responsible for what happens next. Either way, I left with the sense that a better future could start in places 8. this.