Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
World Service,·945 episodes
Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy
01 Oct 2019,·24 mins
Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls
24 Sep 2019,·23 mins
24 Sep 2019,·24 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
10 Sep 2019,·24 mins
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
03 Sep 2019,·23 mins
03 Sep 2019,·22 mins
The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines
27 Aug 2019,·24 mins
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
30 Jul 2019,·24 mins
Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides
23 Jul 2019,·23 mins
23 Jul 2019,·24 mins
How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today
16 Jul 2019,·23 mins
16 Jul 2019,·24 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
02 Jul 2019,·22 mins
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations
25 Jun 2019,·23 mins
25 Jun 2019,·22 mins
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
18 Jun 2019,·23 mins
