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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    A new way to detect an invisible poison in water

    Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water

  2. Oysters to the rescue

    The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines

  3. The concrete cleaners

    Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere

  4. Bangladesh鈥檚 biker girls

    The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.

  5. Putting a price on carbon

    How to increase the cost of causing climate change

  6. A simple way to help a relative if they鈥檙e arrested

    A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes

  7. Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns

    Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides

  8. Trieste鈥檚 mental health 鈥榬evolution鈥�

    How Italy鈥檚 radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today

  9. The school that puts wellbeing first

    One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students

  10. Residents turn detective to fight crime

    Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime

  11. Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor

    Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations

  12. Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation

    In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.

  13. Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?

    The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere

  14. Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?

    An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression

  15. Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions

    We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.

  16. Reinventing the ranch

    Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?

  17. Working less for the same pay

    Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same

  18. 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

  19. The tree detectives tackling illegal logging

    Scientists are building a database to help them tell exactly where wood has come from

  20. The reuse and refill revolution

    Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?

  21. DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo

    US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution

  22. The great mosquito swap

    Scientists are hoping to stop diseases spreading by changing the mosquito population

  23. The mums saving each other from a taboo condition

    Women who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get life-changing treatment

  24. Can phages save us as antibiotics stop working?

    How phages 鈥� viruses that kill bacteria 鈥� are saving lives.

  25. The digital detectives tackling child sexual abuse

    Meet the online volunteers helping Europol track down child abusers and their victims

  26. Crossing divides in Cyprus

    Could a centre in the buffer zone that divides Cyprus bring two communities together?

  27. Last video messages to help children grieve

    The app that helps parents make precious video memories for their children

  28. Turning old clothes into new ones

    Could dissolving mountains of old clothes help create material for new ones?

  29. Predicting suicide

    How machine learning could be used to predict who will take their own life

  30. 鈥楴o men allowed鈥�: The gym getting women fit and into work

    A single-sex gym in Turkey is helping women exercise and become entrepreneurs

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