People Fixing the World

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.

World Service,470 episodes

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Saving seabirds and squirrels
Contraceptive in a nutty spread is being developed to control grey squirrels in the UK.
11 Nov 2025,23 mins
Making organ donation easier
How technology - and teaching - are being used to tackle shortages of organ donations.
04 Nov 2025,23 mins
Helping and healing in Sierra Leone
How community solutions are helping amputees and drug users in the West African nation
28 Oct 2025,23 mins
Harnessing the wind to keep us cool
How Stuttgart in Germany has inspired other cities to use their natural airflow
21 Oct 2025,23 mins
Alaska's wild solutions
The island powered by renewables - and how mushrooms could be the future of insulation
14 Oct 2025,23 mins
The preschool in a retirement home
How young and old can benefit from living side by side
07 Oct 2025,23 mins
Surgery in a backpack
We find out about a portable operating theatre that could revolutionise health treatment
30 Sep 2025,23 mins
Transforming life in cities
Creating safe and comfortable living spaces in one of the poorest parts of Mumbai, India
23 Sep 2025,23 mins
The power of play
We visit the children’s playground where parents aren’t allowed
16 Sep 2025,23 mins
Digging deep to help farmers
An innovative new farming method is having a dramatic effect on crop yields in Malawi.
09 Sep 2025,23 mins
Flower Power
In India what can be done with thousands of tonnes of flower waste?
02 Sep 2025,23 mins
Front Yard Floods
New Orleans residents are fighting the flood waters, one yard at a time
26 Aug 2025,24 mins
A Washing Machine Solution
The hand crank, off grid machine designed to help the billions who still handwash clothes
19 Aug 2025,22 mins
Speaking out
Solutions helping people who struggle with speech
12 Aug 2025,22 mins
Safer streets in Cairo
Can redesigning parts of Cairo make the city's streets safer for women?
06 Aug 2025,23 mins
How seaweed is surprisingly useful
From powering cars to feeding farm animals, how using seaweed more can help the planet.
29 Jul 2025,23 mins
Being better citizens
How two projects in Portugal are seeking to bolster people's participation in society.
22 Jul 2025,23 mins
Saving mothers and babies
We hear about the low-cost incubators that can run on a battery and a bottle of water.
15 Jul 2025,23 mins
Cutting food waste
The innovative 'smart labels' on food packaging and feeding fish with whisky waste
08 Jul 2025,23 mins
The traffic lights tackling poverty
We visit an innovative project in Paraguay that helps people improve their lives
01 Jul 2025,23 mins
What to do with stray animals
How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - can be kept down kindly
24 Jun 2025,23 mins
Making hospitals kinder for kids
How clowns and consoles are making a stay in hospital a bit easier for unwell youngsters.
17 Jun 2025,23 mins
Making life easier for older people
We're in the US and Spain to look at how life can be improved for ageing populations.
10 Jun 2025,23 mins
Shipping containers fixing the world
How the metal boxes can be re-engineered in surprising and useful ways
03 Jun 2025,23 mins
Malawi's waste warriors
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste.
27 May 2025,23 mins
Working with our minds
The people using mindfulness and meditation to improve mental and physical health
20 May 2025,24 mins
Helping Chile's stolen children
How a small NGO is helping people in Chile to trace their birth families
13 May 2025,23 mins
The classroom tablet revolution
In Malawi, Myra Anubi looks at ways that technology is improving children's education
06 May 2025,23 mins
Tackling bias in health
We meet the solution seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
29 Apr 2025,23 mins
Gadgets for blind people
The mobility aid and tactile tablet that could help people with visual impairments
22 Apr 2025,23 mins