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: 422

Clearing up pollution can be a messy and expensive task, but around the world people are harnessing

Australia used to be one of the most linguistically diverse places, with over 200 languages. Today,

Chile is in the midst of a “megadrought” – year after year of low rainfall which has turned farmland

Micro-homes and sobercoins

2022/12/27

A charity in the UK is building temporary wooden homes with just three small rooms. The idea is to g

Grannies fixing the world

2022/12/20

In many communities grandmothers have a great influence on their families and communities. In Senega

Can playing board games help us fix real-world problems?All around the world, people play board game

Sleep solutions

2022/12/6

The amount of sleep you get makes a huge difference to your life – don’t get enough and it can harm

In 2021 a video clip showing a seemingly magical bodysuit when viral on the internet. The clip showe

As the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, we look at the initiatives around the world which are using foo

Jobs for girls

2022/11/15

How hard is it for women to break into male-dominated jobs? We look at two projects which are helpin

Tree-planting schemes don’t always work, so what’s the best way to do forest restoration?Projects ar

Would you pick up litter if your life depended on it? Around the world, companies and governments ar

Giant seabirds and shellfish are being used to help protect our planet.On an tiny island in the remo

Educating refugees

2022/10/18

How do you help young displaced people get a better start in life?Young people who become refugees o

Sustainability in death

2022/10/11

A growing number of people are looking for ways to be sustainable in death as well as life. We look

Ending road deaths

2022/10/4

Road traffic injuries are the eighth biggest cause of death in the world, with about 1.3m people kil

Dads on duty

2022/9/27

When 23 pupils were arrested after a series of fights at a school in the US city of Shreveport, a sm

The food waste warriors

2022/9/20

At least a third of food grown around the world fails to be eaten, with the resulting food waste cau

Farming animals for meat has a massive environmental impact, both in terms of land use and carbon em

Robots on the beat

2022/9/6

Police forces in the US are turning to futuristic technology to tackle a rise in violent crime and m