People Fixing The World Episodes Available now
 
            How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone
Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives
 
            Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires
Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires
 
            Can computer games improve mental health?
How computer games are being used to help children process grief and powerful emotions
 
            Robots on the beat
How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime
 
            The hotel for homeless people
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live
 
            The library where the books are people
Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices
 
            Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives
We meet detectives hunting down old fridges to stop greenhouse gases escaping from them
 
            Ways to save the planet: Swap concrete for wood
We investigate the power of nature’s own creations to help fix climate change
 
            The seaweed farmers adapting to warming seas
How seaweed farmers in Zanzibar are fighting the effects of climate change
 
            Locust hunters
People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops