People Fixing The World

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

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The power of native knowledge
How communities in Peru and Niger are making the most of their own local knowledge
24 Sep 2024,23 mins
Hopping aboard the hospital train
How trains - and trucks - are taking healthcare into the communities that need it most
17 Sep 2024,23 mins
Hopping aboard the hospital train
How trains - and trucks - are taking healthcare into the communities that need it most.
17 Sep 2024,23 mins
The medicines dropping from the sky
The HIV drugs being delivered by drones.
10 Sep 2024,23 mins
The medicines dropping from the sky
The HIV drugs being delivered by drones in Kenya
10 Sep 2024,22 mins
Our favourite climate solutions
We join forces with fellow BBC podcast The Climate Question for this special edition
20 Aug 2024,28 mins
Switching off our smartphones
How can we all spend less time on our phones?
06 Aug 2024,23 mins
Switching off our smartphones
How can we all spend less time on our phones?
06 Aug 2024,22 mins
Greener ways to keep cool
As the planet warms, how can we keep cool in a climate friendly way?
30 Jul 2024,23 mins
Greener ways to keep cool
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people's lives for the better
30 Jul 2024,24 mins
Olympic-sized solutions
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people’s lives for the better.
23 Jul 2024,23 mins
Olympic-sized solutions
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people’s lives for the better.
23 Jul 2024,23 mins
Protecting wildlife from human activity
We look at projects to reduce the harm caused to wildlife by human behaviour
16 Jul 2024,23 mins
Protecting wildlife from human activity
We look at projects to reduce the harm caused to wildlife by human behaviour
16 Jul 2024,22 mins
Rethinking mental health
We look at innovative ways to improve mental health care in the US and Denmark
09 Jul 2024,23 mins
Rethinking mental health
We look at innovative ways to improve mental health care in the US and Denmark.
09 Jul 2024,22 mins
Africa's best new innovators
Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
02 Jul 2024,23 mins
Africa's best new innovators
Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
02 Jul 2024,23 mins
Making tourism work for everyone
We look at a model of tourism designed to benefit local communities more fairly
25 Jun 2024,22 mins
Making tourism work for everyone
We look at a model of tourism designed to benefit local communities more fairly
25 Jun 2024,23 mins
Saving water at a time of scarcity
We look at solutions for conserving and reusing water
18 Jun 2024,23 mins
Saving water at a time of scarcity
We look at solutions for conserving and reusing water.
18 Jun 2024,22 mins
What to do with an empty mall?
The US malls being brought back to life as schools, healthcare centres and offices.
11 Jun 2024,23 mins
Fashion without barriers
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities
04 Jun 2024,23 mins
Fashion without barriers
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities.
04 Jun 2024,22 mins
Solving Mexico City's water crisis
We meet the scientists, activists and urban planners tackling the megacity's water woes.
28 May 2024,23 mins
Solving Mexico City's water crisis
We meet the scientists, activists and urban planners tackling the megacity's water woes.
28 May 2024,22 mins
Living with climate change
We go to El Salvador to look at projects tackling the effects of rising temperatures.
21 May 2024,23 mins
Living with climate change
We go to El Salvador to look at projects tackling the effects of rising temperatures.
21 May 2024,23 mins
The school run by kids
The Thai school that’s proving a model for Thailand and beyond.
14 May 2024,23 mins