People Fixing The World

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

World Service,461 episodes

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Taking Out the Space Trash
How do you clean up the rubbish that orbits the Earth?
27 Mar 2018,23 mins
How to Help Homeless People in Hospital
A project that tries to stop people returning to a life of homelessness after hospital.
20 Mar 2018,23 mins
The Bird Rescuers
Meet the people designing clever ways to protect our feathered friends.
13 Mar 2018,23 mins
Recycling Chewing Gum Litter to Clean Our Streets
Recycling chewing gum to fight litter.
06 Mar 2018,23 mins
How to Talk to Potential Extremists
Can you persuade potential extremists out of their views by chatting to them on Facebook?
27 Feb 2018,23 mins
Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work
An app is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford them.
20 Feb 2018,23 mins
Improvising Your Way Out of Anxiety
Could this theatre technique help improve mental health?
13 Feb 2018,23 mins
The Hydroponics Revolution
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
06 Feb 2018,23 mins
The Currency Based on Good Deeds
Could paying volunteers help struggling economies?
30 Jan 2018,23 mins
The Babies Teaching Kindness in Class
Naomi isn’t your average teacher. For one thing, she’s only 6 months old.
23 Jan 2018,23 mins
Kids Versus Cars
The movement turning streets into playgrounds
16 Jan 2018,23 mins
Can We Save Coral?
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
09 Jan 2018,23 mins
Checking-in With The Problem Solvers
World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.
02 Jan 2018,23 mins
Scouts, Knives and a Community Fridge
This week we hear about three small solutions trying to make a dent on some big problems.
26 Dec 2017,23 mins
The Ring That Could Help Save Women’s Lives
Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?
19 Dec 2017,23 mins
How to Get Wheelchairs on Planes
Why can’t wheelchair users just roll onto aeroplanes?
12 Dec 2017,23 mins
Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
05 Dec 2017,23 mins
Smartphone-Activated First Aiders
Can an app help people survive cardiac arrests by alerting first aiders who are nearby?
28 Nov 2017,23 mins
The Former Neo-Nazi Helping Others to Quit
A retired police officer and a former Neo-Nazi team up to change far-right extremists
21 Nov 2017,23 mins
How Iceland Saved Its Teenagers
The story of how a nation came together to wean its teenagers off drink and drugs.
14 Nov 2017,23 mins
The Missing Maps
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
07 Nov 2017,23 mins
The Town Where Public Toilets Are Everywhere
Germany has come up with a clever way of increasing the number of its public toilets
31 Oct 2017,23 mins
Addressing the World in Three Words
Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?
24 Oct 2017,23 mins
How Iceland is Fighting the Gender Pay Gap
Is it possible to force companies to pay men and women the same?
17 Oct 2017,23 mins
Viking Therapy?
The Viking clubs where men fight their demons.
10 Oct 2017,23 mins
How Cervical ‘Selfies’ are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia
A new device lets nurses in rural Gambia find and stop cervical cancer.
03 Oct 2017,23 mins
How to Make Sushi from Methane Gas
A new process uses bacteria that eat methane gas to make food
26 Sep 2017,23 mins
When Local Currencies Go Digital
The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.
19 Sep 2017,23 mins
Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless
How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak
12 Sep 2017,23 mins
The Dutch Antibiotic Revolution
The story of one sick toddler that was a wake-up call for The Netherlands' farmers.
05 Sep 2017,23 mins