People Fixing the World

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better pl

Episodes

Total: 413

Have you ever wanted to donate to a homeless person, but found yourself without any cash, or concern

In the northern Italian town of Bologna, a new public transport system is rewarding citizens for tak

A vast and expensive system with the sole purpose of keeping things cool exists across the developed

Across the Italian countryside, villages are becoming deserted as people migrate to towns and cities

A nine-year-old child announcer has been recruited on the London Underground. The idea is that her v

It’s thought that more than half the people claiming to be doctors in India have no medical qualific

Wildfires can have a devastating impact, destroying land, homes and lives. Scientists say that as th

As scientists and companies work on cleaning up cars, there’s also a team developing new technology

Rubbish littering the streets is a problem all around the world but collecting it can also be a vita

The Gaza Strip is one of the most densely-populated tracts of land in the world. In addition to the

Can adapting your lifestyle add 10 years to your lifespan? Dan Buettner, a journalist for National G

More than three million people in Nigeria are living with HIV, but only about 10% of the population

In India, an estimated 79% of women have experienced sexual harassment in public, but it’s hoped tha

Two thirds of the world’s population are expected to live in cities by 2050 according to the UN. But

Fighting Food Waste

2018/5/29

Food waste is a global problem. According to the UN, one third of the food that we produce is being

How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it’s just a question of doing the

How do you pull subsistence farmers in Africa out of the cycle of poverty? All you have to do is hel

The Speed Detectors

2018/5/8

A growing movement in the UK is devolving the power of catching speeding motorists from the police t

When we think of peace talks we think of politicians from opposing camps meeting behind closed doors

Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict? In Israel, the school