People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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Beating superbugs
The small team of Indian scientists who think they鈥檝e found a new way to kill superbugs
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Bangladesh鈥檚 biker girls
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and passengers are all women.
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Audience takeover: Your questions answered
Answers to your questions about regrowing the rainforest and other stories we鈥檝e covered
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Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
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Audience takeover: Your feedback
鈥淔abulous idea鈥� or 鈥渨aste of money鈥�? Your thoughts on some of the solutions we鈥檝e covered
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An Unlikely House Share
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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Albatrosses and oysters fixing the world
How seabirds and shellfish are protecting our planet
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AI for good
How artificial intelligence is being used to fight anxiety and save children's lives
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Africa's best new innovators
Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
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Addressing the World in Three Words
Could an app, that divides the world into 3m squares, give everyone a unique address?
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A wheelchair that learns
The wheelchair that uses AI and how clothes can help communicate feelings
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A Sporting Chance
How sport can change the lives of young people from some of the toughest backgrounds.
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A simple way to help a relative if they鈥檙e arrested
A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes
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A safe place to be gay
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online
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A new way to detect an invisible poison in water
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
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A happier planet
Looking for the happiest places in the world and finding out what makes them happy
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A Green Space Revolution in Paris
How do you create green spaces in the middle of a city?
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A future without bees
High-tech alternatives to bees include spraying pollen from drones to pollinate plants
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A forest down your street
The tiny urban forests bringing nature to the heart of the city
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鈥楻ental sisters鈥� for Japan鈥檚 Reclusive Young Men
The sisters-for-hire who are trying to coax reclusive Japanese men out of their rooms
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鈥楴o Men Allowed鈥� 鈥� The Gym Getting Women Fit and into Work
A single-sex gym in Turkey is helping women exercise and become entrepreneurs
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鈥楤ribing鈥� Mums To Feed Their Kids
How they鈥檙e giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
