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Stops mountain brain-drain.

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Julie worked as a radio reporter for BBC and independent radio all over the UK before joining swissinfo.ch's predecessor, Swiss Radio International, as a producer. After attending film school, Julie worked as an independent filmmaker before coming to swissinfo.ch in 2001. 

Swiss mountain villages are shrinking. In the eastern canton of Graubünden alone, around half of the local communities experienced a population fall last year. Flerden was suffering a similar fate until someone came up with an eco-friendly idea that reversed its fortunes. (SF1, Julie Hunt)

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