Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
World Service,·461 episodes
Rapists often get away without being convicted – South Africa thinks it has an answer
10 Dec 2019,·23 mins
Children in Uganda are running their own businesses thanks to special classes in school
03 Dec 2019,·23 mins
Silica beads and whiter clouds - ideas to stop the world’s ice melting
26 Nov 2019,·23 mins
Women who have left abusive partners are learning how to train their own protection dogs
19 Nov 2019,·23 mins
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa’s poorest communities
12 Nov 2019,·23 mins
The banana is under threat from a deadly disease. Meet the people are trying to save it
05 Nov 2019,·23 mins
Designing eco-friendly lorries to make cleaner, greener deliveries
29 Oct 2019,·23 mins
Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs
22 Oct 2019,·23 mins
Energy companies have come together in Finland to tackle climate change
15 Oct 2019,·23 mins
How a grocery store is bringing healthcare to people who can’t usually afford it
08 Oct 2019,·23 mins
Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy
01 Oct 2019,·23 mins
Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls
24 Sep 2019,·23 mins
A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes
17 Sep 2019,·23 mins
How a doctor in Colombia changed the way cities monitor and prevent violence
10 Sep 2019,·23 mins
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
03 Sep 2019,·23 mins
The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines
27 Aug 2019,·23 mins
Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere
20 Aug 2019,·23 mins
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.
13 Aug 2019,·23 mins
How to increase the cost of causing climate change
06 Aug 2019,·23 mins
A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes
30 Jul 2019,·23 mins
Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides
23 Jul 2019,·23 mins
How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today
16 Jul 2019,·23 mins
One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students
09 Jul 2019,·23 mins
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime
02 Jul 2019,·23 mins
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations
25 Jun 2019,·23 mins
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
18 Jun 2019,·23 mins
The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere
11 Jun 2019,·23 mins
An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression
04 Jun 2019,·23 mins
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
28 May 2019,·23 mins
Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?
21 May 2019,·23 mins
