People Fixing The World Podcast
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
A weekly programme looking at common challenges around the world and the creative ways people are trying to tackle them.
Presenter Myra Anubi speaks to reporters, experts and innovators to investigate how effective different solutions are, share their successes and inspire listeners with what is possible.
Episodes to download
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The forest sound detectives
Tue 4 May 2021
Scientists are checking up on the health of forests by analysing the sounds in them.
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The detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania
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Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives
Tue 20 Apr 2021
One man’s mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles
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Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world
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Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles
Tue 6 Apr 2021
The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys
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Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster
Tue 30 Mar 2021
How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances
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How to reuse a demolished building
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?
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Using satellite photos to help distribute cash
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic
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The magic greenhouse
Tue 9 Mar 2021
A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land
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The secret to making your stuff last longer
Tue 2 Mar 2021
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away
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Tackling sport’s concussion problem
Tue 23 Feb 2021
How the latest technology is helping to tackle head injuries in sport
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Beating superbugs
Tue 16 Feb 2021
The small team of Indian scientists who think they’ve found a new way to kill superbugs
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How to store power in soil and salt
Tue 9 Feb 2021
Batteries made of building blocks and volcanic rock
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The spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
Tue 26 Jan 2021
Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives
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A forest down your street
Tue 19 Jan 2021
The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city
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The solutions whisperer
Tue 12 Jan 2021
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet
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Can doughnuts save the planet?
Tue 5 Jan 2021
Doughnut economics in action - how we can live well and save the planet at the same time
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What happened next to our problem solvers
Tue 29 Dec 2020
Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid
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Saving mums and their unborn babies
Tue 22 Dec 2020
Women in Nigeria have come up with an emergency transport scheme that is saving lives
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Building with fungi
Tue 8 Dec 2020
Growing packaging, coffins and whole houses out of eco-friendly mycelium
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Perovskites: The future of solar?
Tue 1 Dec 2020
A new kind of solar cell is made by drying a special liquid on a surface
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Riding the solar railway
Tue 24 Nov 2020
How to make train journeys greener using the power of the sun
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From prison to star employee
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city
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Audience takeover: Your questions answered
Tue 10 Nov 2020
Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we’ve covered
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Teenage inventor special
Tue 3 Nov 2020
Brilliant ideas from school kids to help solve crime, make life safer and much more
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Saving Cape Cod’s dolphins
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Saving dolphins from stranding on beaches - we meet the team improving survival rates
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How to put the internet in a box
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Inside the “sneakernet” - the people carrying websites to places that are off the grid
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How jellyfish can help us
Tue 13 Oct 2020
Jellyfish could be used to filter microplastics from water and develop new medicines
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