People Fixing the World Episodes Available now

How to prevent drowning
AI to help lifeguards in Israel and weather forecasts for fishermen on Lake Victoria

Smartphones saving the rainforest
Old mobile phones are being used to catch illegal loggers in the rainforest

A happier planet
Looking for the happiest places in the world and finding out what makes them happy

Keeping data forever
Three radical new ways to save data – in DNA, glass and magnets

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

The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Mums in Madagascar are ensuring others get the treatment that has transformed their lives

The tech doctors forecasting heart failure
Implanted devices can predict when something is about to go wrong with a patient’s heart

Prison Voicemail: Messages from behind bars
Prisoners and their families are keeping in touch with the Prison Voicemail app

Financing the forests
Making rainforests a profitable investment

Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations