People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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Helping Disabled People With Sex
The group in Taiwan helping disabled people to fulfil their sexual needs.
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The Data Donators
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
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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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Moving in with Refugees
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates
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How China is Cleaning its Air
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
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The Voter Lottery
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
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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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The Sun Water Solution
One man’s mission to produce potable water by using sunlight and plastic bottles
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Lend Me Your Eyes
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
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The War On Fake News
How to fact-check the internet in a post-truth age.
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Superblocks to the Rescue?
How they are redesigning the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona
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An Unlikely House Share
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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Jobs for Syrian Refugees
Why they are handing out work permits to refugees in Jordan
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Cloud Catchers In Peru
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
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Respect My Remittances
Smarter ways for migrants to have control over how their cash is being used back home
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‘Bribing’ Mums To Feed Their Kids
How they’re giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
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Teaching Kids To Think
What happens when you teach kids how to think for themselves?
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Reducing US Police Shootings
How a new training system could reduce deadly police shootings in the US
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Cloud Catchers In Peru
Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?
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Cash Cards for Syrian Refugees
Is it better to give refugees money, not food?
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Work: Access for all
We look at workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team
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What to do with an empty mall?
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Reducing gun violence
We look at projects trying to cut down deaths and injuries from firearms.
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Recovery for all
Making it easier to recover from illness through rehabilitation
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People Fixing The World
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
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People Fixing the World
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Insects fixing the world
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.