Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
World Service,·947 episodes
Making a living from the Amazon without cutting down trees
30 Jan 2024,·23 mins
This week a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023.
26 Dec 2023,·23 mins
The people trying to improve this icon of our wasteful culture
19 Dec 2023,·23 mins
How the Netherlands is making a serious attempt to tackle something we can all feel
12 Dec 2023,·23 mins
How cut price health treatment has helped reduce logging in Borneo
05 Dec 2023,·23 mins
05 Dec 2023,·24 mins
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
28 Nov 2023,·23 mins
How hand-stitched pads are trying to make women’s lives better
21 Nov 2023,·23 mins
How hand-stitched pads and a comic book are trying to make women’s lives better
How two communities in Bolivia learned to work together to protect their water
14 Nov 2023,·23 mins
How drug users in Glasgow are being trained to treat people who have overdosed
07 Nov 2023,·23 mins
How drug users in Scotland are being trained to treat people who have overdosed
07 Nov 2023,·24 mins
Hospital trains and robot medics
31 Oct 2023,·23 mins
31 Oct 2023,·24 mins
How the humble sea cucumber and its poo is helping coral reefs
24 Oct 2023,·24 mins
How volunteers are helping people in crisis in Limerick, Ireland
17 Oct 2023,·23 mins
17 Oct 2023,·26 mins
How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety and save children's lives
10 Oct 2023,·23 mins
10 Oct 2023,·24 mins
How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect the forest
03 Oct 2023,·23 mins
From a VR game to a hobby seismometer – projects trying to make earthquakes less deadly
26 Sep 2023,·23 mins
From a VR game to a hobby seismometer – projects to try and make earthquakes less deadly
An Austrian surgeon has a radical new treatment for heart disease
19 Sep 2023,·23 mins
The Austrian surgeon with a radical new treatment for heart disease
