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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    Turning the desert green

    One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile

  2. Catching up with the problem solvers

    Are stickers still saving lives? Was a coral reef repaired?

  3. Turning oil platforms into reefs

    A home for marine life, but perhaps not in the place you鈥檇 expect

  4. The forest sound detectives

    Scientists are checking up on the health of forests by analysing the sounds in them.

  5. The detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19

    Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania

  6. Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives

    One man鈥檚 mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles

  7. Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers

    Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world

  8. Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles

    The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys

  9. Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster

    How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances

  10. How to reuse a demolished building

    Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?

  11. Using satellite photos to help distribute cash

    Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic

  12. The magic greenhouse

    A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land

  13. The secret to making your stuff last longer

    Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away

  14. Tackling sport鈥檚 concussion problem

    How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport

  15. Beating superbugs

    The small team of Indian scientists who think they鈥檝e found a new way to kill superbugs

  16. How to store power in soil and salt

    Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock

  17. The spacesuits saving mothers鈥� lives

    Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives

  18. A forest down your street

    The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city

  19. The solutions whisperer

    Dhruv Boruah鈥檚 mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet

  20. Can doughnuts save the planet?

    Doughnut economics in action - how we can live well and save the planet at the same time

  21. What happened next to our problem solvers

    Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid

  22. Saving mums and their unborn babies

    Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives

  23. Making meat in a lab

    How meat grown in labs could reduce our environmental impact

  24. Building with fungi

    Growing packaging, coffins and whole houses out of eco-friendly mycelium

  25. Perovskites: The future of solar?

    A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface

  26. Riding the solar railway

    How to make train journeys greener using the power of the sun

  27. From prison to star employee

    Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city

  28. Audience takeover: Your questions answered

    Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we鈥檝e covered

  29. Teenage inventor special

    Brilliant ideas from school kids to help solve crime, make life safer and much more

  30. Saving Cape Cod鈥檚 dolphins

    Saving dolphins from stranding on beaches - we meet the team improving survival rates

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