People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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02/12/2025 GMT
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Preserving Peru鈥檚 food heritage
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Saving seabirds and squirrels
How contraceptive in a nutty spread could control invasive species
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Making organ donation easier
How technology - and teaching - are being used to tackle shortages of organ donations.
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Helping and healing in Sierra Leone
How community solutions are helping amputees and drug users in the West African nation (R)
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Harnessing the wind to keep us cool
How Stuttgart in Germany has inspired other cities to use their natural airflow.
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Alaska鈥檚 wild solutions
The island powered by renewables and how mushrooms could be the future of insulation
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The preschool in a retirement home
How young and old benefit from living side by side
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Surgery in a backpack
We find out about a portable operating theatre that could revolutionise health treatment
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Transforming life in cities
Creating safe and comfortable living spaces in one of the poorest parts of Mumbai, India
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The power of play
We visit the children鈥檚 playground where parents aren鈥檛 allowed
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Digging deep to help farmers
A new farming method is having a dramatic effect on crop yields in Malawi
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Flower power
Exploring innovative solutions to flower waste from temples in India
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Front Yard floods
New Orleans residents are fighting the flood waters, one yard at a time
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A washing machine solution
The Sikh engineer who invented a hand crank, off-grid washing machine for his neighbour
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Speaking out
Solutions helping people who struggle to communicate
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Safer streets in Cairo
Can redesigning parts of Cairo make the city's streets safer for women?
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How seaweed is surprisingly useful
From powering cars to feeding farm animals, how using seaweed more can help the planet
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Being better citizens
How two projects in Portugal are seeking to bolster people's participation in society.
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Saving mothers and babies
We hear about the low-cost incubator that can run on a battery and a bottle of water
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Cutting food waste
The innovative 'smart sensors' that could cut waste and feeding fish with whisky waste
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The traffic lights tackling poverty
We visit an innovative project in Paraguay which helps people improve their lives
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What to do with stray animals
How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - are being controlled in urban areas
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Making hospitals kinder for kids
How clowns and consoles are making a stay in hospital a bit easier for unwell youngsters
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Shipping containers fixing the world
How the metal boxes can be re-engineered in surprising and useful ways
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Malawi's waste warriors
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste
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Working with our minds
The people using mindfulness and meditation to improve mental and physical health.
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Helping Chile鈥檚 stolen children
How a small NGO is helping people in Chile to trace their birth families
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The classroom tablet revolution
In Malawi Myra Anubi looks at ways that technology is improving children鈥檚 education.
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Tackling bias in health
We meet the solution-seekers trying to make healthcare more equal
