Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
World Service,·945 episodes
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
06 Jul 2021,·23 mins
How a highly unusual approach to disease is helping to stop dengue fever in Colombia
Ex-cons are running part of the US probation system, and it’s transforming young lives
29 Jun 2021,·23 mins
29 Jun 2021,·26 mins
Scientists have an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction
22 Jun 2021,·23 mins
How a network of mentors is helping young Africans achieve their dreams
15 Jun 2021,·23 mins
15 Jun 2021,·24 mins
A helpline for jealous and violent men is aiming to cut domestic violence
08 Jun 2021,·23 mins
One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile
01 Jun 2021,·23 mins
01 Jun 2021,·24 mins
Are stickers still saving lives? Was a coral reef repaired?
25 May 2021,·23 mins
It has taken 40 years, but this man has regrown a patch of rainforest in the Amazon
18 May 2021,·28 mins
A home for marine life, but perhaps not in the place you’d expect
11 May 2021,·23 mins
11 May 2021,·22 mins
Scientists are checking up on the health of forests by analysing the sounds in them.
04 May 2021,·23 mins
Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania
27 Apr 2021,·23 mins
One man’s mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles
20 Apr 2021,·23 mins
20 Apr 2021,·24 mins
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
13 Apr 2021,·23 mins
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
06 Apr 2021,·23 mins
How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances
30 Mar 2021,·23 mins
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
23 Mar 2021,·23 mins
