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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    Greener In Death

    How “water cremation” offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.

  2. Grannies fixing the world

    The projects around the world using the influence of grandmothers to help improve lives

  3. Getting rid of AI bias

    Better facial recognition and changing algorithms - how to fight racial bias in AI

  4. Getting refugees out of tents

    Can we provide better shelters than tents for displaced people?

  5. Getting refugees out of tents

    Getting refugees out of tents

  6. Getting kids out of institutions

    Meet the people finding families for some of the 5 million children living in care

  7. Genetic problem-solving

    From fast-growing food to life-saving rice, is genetic modification a good solution?

  8. Generating Power from the Roads

    A highway in the US is being used to generate power and make toilet paper

  9. Gaming for good

    Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs

  10. Gadgets for blind people

    The mobility aid and tactile tablet that could help people with visual impairments

  11. Front Yard Floods

    New Orleans residents are fighting the flood waters, one yard at a time

  12. From prison to star employee

    Why former criminals are being chosen for jobs at hundreds of companies in a small US city

  13. Freeing modern slaves

    The projects in America and Nepal to detect and help those who are being trafficked

  14. Forecasting volcanoes

    Preparing for disasters long before they strike rather than rescuing people afterwards

  15. Food waste: The solar dryer solution

    A simple system for saving food and empowering women

  16. Flower Power

    In India what can be done with thousands of tonnes of flower waste?

  17. Fixing elections - for the better

    2024 has been a big year for elections. But how can we make sure people can vote safely?

  18. Fishing trash from our oceans

    Tackling the millions of tonnes of waste being washed out to sea every year

  19. Finding hidden entrepreneurs

    The people turning life experience into business ideas with funding and other support

  20. Financing the forests

    Making rainforests a profitable investment

  21. Fighting the megadrought

    How Chile has found ingenious ways of finding and using water

  22. Fighting the heat

    Meet the innovators making our super-heated cities liveable

  23. Fighting the ‘Water Mafia’ with Pipes in the Sky

    A project in a Kenyan slum is pumping water through pipes suspended in the air

  24. Fighting sexism in society

    We look at how entrenched sexist attitudes towards women are being tackled

  25. Fighting period poverty

    How hand-stitched pads and a comic book are trying to make women’s lives better

  26. Fighting Food Waste

    Tech solutions for fighting food waste

  27. Fighting fashion waste

    Turning discarded clothes into something useful

  28. Fighting depression together

    Women in Uganda are learning how to treat their neighbours for depression

  29. Fighting corruption in schools

    A new generation making sure schools are getting the government funds they are promised

  30. Female farmers fighting sexism

    How women are fighting back against discrimination in agriculture

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