People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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Forecasting volcanoes
Preparing for disasters long before they strike rather than rescuing people afterwards
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Food waste: The solar dryer solution
A simple system for saving food and empowering women
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Fixing elections - for the better
2024 has been a big year for elections. But how can we make sure people can vote safely?
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Financing the forests
Making rainforests a profitable investment
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Fighting the megadrought
How Chile has found ingenious ways of finding and using water
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Fighting the heat
Meet the innovators making our super-heated cities liveable
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Fighting the ‘Water Mafia’ with Pipes in the Sky
A project in a Kenyan slum is pumping water through pipes suspended in the air
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Fighting sexism in society
We look at how entrenched sexist attitudes towards women are being tackled
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Fighting period poverty
How hand-stitched pads and a comic book are trying to make women’s lives better
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Fighting Food Waste
Tech solutions for fighting food waste
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Fighting fashion waste
Turning discarded clothes into something useful
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Fighting depression together
Women in Uganda are learning how to treat their neighbours for depression
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Fighting corruption in schools
A new generation making sure schools are getting the government funds they are promised
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Female farmers fighting sexism
How women are fighting back against discrimination in agriculture
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Fashion without barriers
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities.
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Fake birds and other stories
This week a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023.
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Endometriosis: The search for solutions
Has Hungary found a better way of treating endometriosis?
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Ending road deaths
How to stop cars from killing people
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Electricity that grows on trees
Scientists are trying to tap unlikely-sounding energy sources - like the leaves on trees.
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Educating refugees
Helping young displaced people get a better start in life
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Eating invasive species
When plants and animals invade new areas, can we ‘eat them to beat them’?
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Drone Delivery: Medicines By Air
The drones delivering life-saving supplies in Malawi.
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Does Universal Basic Income Work?
Should everyone be given a wage, whether they work or not?
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Does the world need more babies?
Campaigns in countries with low birth rates are trying to get people to have more babies
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DNA tests for dogs to tackle problem poo
US residents fed up with dog mess are using a high-tech solution
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Disaster zone innovators
Hospital trains and robot medics
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Denmark’s Food Waste Vigilante
Meet the woman who’s made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Dementia friendly neighbourhoods
How to design a neighbourhood with older people in mind
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Dads on duty
How volunteer dads are reducing school violence in Louisiana
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Cutting Cow Farts to Combat Climate Change
A new frontier in the war against global warming.