People Fixing the World Podcast
Brilliant solutions to the world鈥檚 problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they work.
Episodes to download
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Mexico's Cartoon Therapists
Tue 25 Jul 2017
How do you get children who're victims of emotional abuse or physical harm to open up?
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Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change
Tue 18 Jul 2017
A new frontier in the war against global warming.
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Thailand鈥檚 Disease Detectives
Tue 11 Jul 2017
The volunteers photographing dead chickens to stop the spread of dangerous diseases.
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Can We Supercharge School?
Tue 4 Jul 2017
A school in San Francisco thinks it can speed up education using clever technology.
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Turning Fatbergs into Fuel
Tue 27 Jun 2017
How one company is turning sewer waste into a valuable energy source
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How To Be A Better Mum In Jail
Tue 13 Jun 2017
A project in the US puts doulas into prisons to give babies a good start in life.
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The Stickers that Save Lives
Tue 30 May 2017
How the stickers on bus windows are cutting accidents in Kenya
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Turning Plastic Trash into Cash
Tue 23 May 2017
Can 鈥渟ocial plastic鈥� keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
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Saving Lives with Text Messages
Tue 9 May 2017
The man getting emergency help to accidents using just a mobile phone. And Plastic Roads.
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Greener In Death
Tue 2 May 2017
How 鈥渨ater cremation鈥� offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.
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Helping Disabled People With Sex
Tue 25 Apr 2017
The group in Taiwan helping disabled people to fulfil their sexual needs
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The Data Donators
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
Tue 4 Apr 2017
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
Sat 25 Mar 2017
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
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Checking out the solar hotel
Sat 18 Mar 2017
How China鈥檚 鈥渟un king鈥� dreamed of cities built of solar panels
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Moving In With Refugees
Sat 11 Mar 2017
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates.
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How China is Cleaning its Air
Sat 4 Mar 2017
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
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The Voter Lottery
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
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Denmark鈥檚 Food Waste Vigilante
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Meet the woman who鈥檚 made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Lend Me Your Eyes
Fri 3 Feb 2017
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
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Superblocks To The Rescue?
Fri 20 Jan 2017
How they鈥檙e re-designing the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona.
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An Unlikely House Share
Fri 13 Jan 2017
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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People fixing the world on YouTube
Watch stories of people changing their world on the World Service English YouTube channel
