People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
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Does Universal Basic Income Work?
Should everyone be given a wage, whether they work or not?
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Does the world need more babies?
Campaigns in countries with low birth rates are trying to get people to have more babies
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DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo
US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution
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Disaster zone innovators
Hospital trains and robot medics
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Denmark’s Food Waste Vigilante
Meet the woman who’s made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Dementia friendly neighbourhoods
How to design a neighbourhood with older people in mind
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Dads on duty
How volunteer dads are reducing school violence in Louisiana
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Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change
A new frontier in the war against global warming.
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Crossing divides in Cyprus
Could a centre in the buffer zone that divides Cyprus bring two communities together?
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Creating an alternative gig economy
Meet the innovators who want to change gig work for the better
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Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women
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Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women
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COP27: Growing a forest the right way
Tree-planting schemes don’t always work, so what’s the best way to do forest restoration?
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COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet
New technology that could lead to better informed choices on climate change
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Cool Ways of Keeping Things Cool
How two inventors are trying to revolutionise the way we keep things cold
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Convicting more rapists
Rapists often get away without being convicted – South Africa thinks it has an answer
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Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless
How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak
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Coconuts fixing the world
How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect forests
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Coconuts fixing the world
How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect the forest
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Cloud Catchers In Peru
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
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Clever ways to get kids learning
We look at innovative educational solutions in Senegal, Ghana and Pakistan.
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Cleaning up India's streets
We look at two projects that turn plastic and cigarette butt waste into everyday products
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Clean Clothes and Glasses for the Poorest in Society
How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it’s the simple things.
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Checking-in With The Problem Solvers
World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.
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Checking out the solar hotel
How China’s “sun king” dreamed of cities built of solar panels
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Checking in with the problem solvers
Stopping forest fires with goats and more – an update on projects we’ve visited before
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Checking in with the Problem Solvers
We update you on stories from 2018 including a plan to catch junk in space
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Challenging attitudes to disability
The silent cafe and VR game trying to make life better for people with disabilities
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Catching up with the problem solvers
Are stickers still saving lives? Was a coral reef repaired?