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People Fixing the World Episodes

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    Creating an alternative gig economy

    Meet the innovators who want to change gig work for the better

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. COP27: Growing a forest the right way

    Tree-planting schemes don鈥檛 always work, so what鈥檚 the best way to do forest restoration?

  5. COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet

    New technology that could lead to better informed choices on climate change

  6. Cool Ways of Keeping Things Cool

    How two inventors are trying to revolutionise the way we keep things cold

  7. Convicting more rapists

    Rapists often get away without being convicted 鈥� South Africa thinks it has an answer

  8. Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless

    How to save lives with a condom and a company creating voices for people who cannot speak

  9. Coconuts fixing the world

    How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect forests

  10. Coconuts fixing the world

    How coconut husks are being used to prevent plastic waste and protect the forest

  11. Cloud Catchers In Peru

    Can catching fog solve the global water crisis?

  12. Clever ways to get kids learning

    We look at innovative educational solutions in Senegal, Ghana and Pakistan.

  13. Cleaning up India's streets

    We look at two projects that turn plastic and cigarette butt waste into everyday products

  14. Clean Clothes and Glasses for the Poorest in Society

    How do you improve the lives of the very poorest people? Sometimes it鈥檚 the simple things.

  15. Checking-in With The Problem Solvers

    World Hacks returns to stories from last year to see how these projects have developed.

  16. Checking out the solar hotel

    How China鈥檚 鈥渟un king鈥� dreamed of cities built of solar panels

  17. Checking in with the problem solvers

    Stopping forest fires with goats and more 鈥� an update on projects we鈥檝e visited before

  18. Checking in with the Problem Solvers

    We update you on stories from 2018 including a plan to catch junk in space

  19. Challenging attitudes to disability

    The silent cafe and VR game trying to make life better for people with disabilities

  20. Catching up with the problem solvers

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

  21. Catching up with our solution seekers

    How are Covid dogs, a sturdy bicycle scheme and balloons beaming the internet getting on?

  22. Catching the 鈥榖ike bus鈥�

    How kids are finding safety in numbers on their cycle to school

  23. Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    Is it better to give refugees money, not food?

  24. Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    Is it better to give refugees money, not food?

  25. Can We Supercharge School?

    A school in San Francisco thinks it can speed up education using clever technology.

  26. Can We Save Coral?

    Meet the people trying to save the endangered underwater species.

  27. Can US Entrepreneurs Help Fix Education in Africa?

    A growing network of high-tech schools aims to tackle a 鈥榗risis鈥� in African education

  28. Can This Smart Street Stop Drinkers Getting Violent?

    How a Dutch city is trying to reduce violence by changing the colour of street lights

  29. Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?

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

  30. Can phages save us as antibiotics stop working?

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

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