People Fixing The World

Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.

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Dads on duty
How volunteer dads are reducing school violence in Louisiana
27 Sep 2022,23 mins
Dads on duty
How volunteer dads are reducing school violence in Louisiana
27 Sep 2022,24 mins
The food waste warriors
Three women with innovative projects that stopping food from going to waste
20 Sep 2022,23 mins
The food waste warriors
Three women with innovative projects stopping food from going to waste
20 Sep 2022,24 mins
How to get people eating less meat
Can ‘fake meat’ help reduce the amount of meat we consume?
13 Sep 2022,23 mins
How to get people eating less meat
Can ‘fake meat’ help reduce the amount of meat we consume?
13 Sep 2022,24 mins
Robots on the beat
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
06 Sep 2022,24 mins
Hands-off health tech
How medics can treat people without touching them
30 Aug 2022,23 mins
Hands-Off Health Tech
How medics can treat people without touching them
30 Aug 2022,24 mins
What 3D printing can fix
How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids
23 Aug 2022,23 mins
What 3D printing can fix
How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids
23 Aug 2022,24 mins
Fighting fashion waste
Turning discarded clothes into something useful.
16 Aug 2022,23 mins
Fighting fashion waste
Turning discarded clothes into something useful
16 Aug 2022,24 mins
How to fix democracy
The debating platform that brings people together
09 Aug 2022,23 mins
How to fix democracy
The debating platform that brings people together
09 Aug 2022,24 mins
Getting refugees out of tents
Can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people?
02 Aug 2022,23 mins
Getting refugees out of tents
Can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people?
02 Aug 2022,30 mins
Using finance to fight homelessness
How bank accounts and clever investments are improving the lives of homeless people
26 Jul 2022,23 mins
Using finance to fight homelessness
How bank accounts and clever investments are improving the lives of homeless people
26 Jul 2022,24 mins
Saving kids with cancer
The Filipino doctor who’s found an affordable way of treating children with cancer
19 Jul 2022,23 mins
Saving kids with cancer
The Filipino doctor who’s found an affordable way of treating children with cancer
19 Jul 2022,24 mins
The power of group therapy
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
12 Jul 2022,23 mins
The power of group therapy
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
12 Jul 2022,27 mins
Keeping medicines cool
How enzymes and earthen pots can help keep medicines safe
05 Jul 2022,23 mins
Keeping medicines cool
How enzymes and earthen pots can help keep medicines safe
05 Jul 2022,24 mins
The future of wind power
How floating wind turbines and power-generating kites could help fight climate change
28 Jun 2022,23 mins
The future of wind power
How floating wind turbines and power-generating kites could help fight climate change
28 Jun 2022,24 mins
Getting kids out of institutions
Meet the people finding families for some of the five million children living in care
21 Jun 2022,23 mins
Getting kids out of institutions
Meet the people finding families for some of the 5 million children living in care
21 Jun 2022,24 mins
Racing to get kids reading
How a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy
14 Jun 2022,23 mins