Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
World Service,·945 episodes
Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives
26 Oct 2021,·23 mins
Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires
19 Oct 2021,·23 mins
How computer games are being used to help children process grief and powerful emotions
12 Oct 2021,·23 mins
12 Oct 2021,·25 mins
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
05 Oct 2021,·23 mins
05 Oct 2021,·24 mins
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
28 Sep 2021,·24 mins
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
21 Sep 2021,·24 mins
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live
14 Sep 2021,·23 mins
14 Sep 2021,·24 mins
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
07 Sep 2021,·23 mins
We meet detectives hunting down old fridges to stop greenhouse gases escaping from them
31 Aug 2021,·23 mins
We investigate the power of nature’s own creations to help fix climate change
24 Aug 2021,·23 mins
How seaweed farmers in Zanzibar are fighting the effects of climate change
17 Aug 2021,·23 mins
People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops
10 Aug 2021,·23 mins
How a group of Kenyans reduced homophobic hate and violence
03 Aug 2021,·23 mins
How a start-up in Kenya reinvented the cooking stove
27 Jul 2021,·23 mins
Remarkable successes against some of the most unpleasant illnesses on the planet
20 Jul 2021,·23 mins
Groups of Dutch friends are helping families settle when they move to a new country
13 Jul 2021,·23 mins
