People Fixing the World Episodes Available now

The solutions whisperer
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet

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

What happened next to our problem solvers
Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid

Saving mums and their unborn babies
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives

Making meat in a lab
How meat grown in labs could reduce our environmental impact

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

Perovskites: The future of solar?
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface

Riding the solar railway
How to make train journeys greener using the power of the sun

From prison to star employee
Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city

Audience takeover: Your questions answered
Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we’ve covered