People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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Rethinking mental health
We look at innovative ways to improve mental health care in the US and Denmark.
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Restoring nature for all
We visit a major project in the north of England that is restoring a damaged landscape
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Restoring California's underwater forests
We look at projects helping protect and restore kelp along the coastline of California
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Respect My Remittances
Smarter ways for migrants to send money home.
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Residents turn detective to fight crime
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime
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Renewable kids on the block
We look at new and surprising ways to get clean energy - from the earth, ocean and sun.
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Reinventing the ranch
Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?
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Regrowing the rainforest
It has taken 40 years, but this man has regrown a patch of rainforest in the Amazon
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Regrowing the rainforest
It has taken 40 years, but this man has regrown a patch of rainforest in the Amazon
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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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Reducing gun violence
We look at projects trying to reduce deaths and injuries from firearms
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Redefining luxury fashion
The luxury products that love the planet.
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Recycling to Turn Trash into Cash
Two projects that make life better for people keeping rubbish off the streets
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Recycling Chewing Gum Litter to Clean Our Streets
Recycling chewing gum to fight litter
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Recovery for all
Making it easier to recover from ill health through rehabilitation
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Radioactive rhinos
Going nuclear to stop poaching
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Racing to get kids reading
How a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy
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Putting Forgotten Pills Back to Work
An app is helping people donate their leftover drugs to people who can't afford them.
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Putting a price on carbon
How to increase the cost of causing climate change
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Protecting wildlife from human activity
We look at projects to reduce the harm caused to wildlife by human behaviour
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Problem-Solving Prizes
How big cash rewards can drive innovation
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Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app
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Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app
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Predicting suicide
How machine learning could be used to predict who will take their own life
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
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Plants fighting pollution
Meet the plants that clear up oil spills and provide clean water
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Picking up healthcare with the litter
Collecting rubbish as if your life depended on it
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Personality tests for loans
How an online test and a phone might be able to help some people with their finances.
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Perovskites: The future of solar?
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface
