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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Turning Plastic Trash into Cash
Tue 23 May 2017
Can 鈥渟ocial plastic鈥� keep the oceans clean and fight poverty too?
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Saving Lives with Text Messages
Tue 9 May 2017
The man getting emergency help to accidents using just a mobile phone. And Plastic Roads.
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Greener In Death
Tue 2 May 2017
How 鈥渨ater cremation鈥� offers a new way of dealing with dead bodies.
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Helping Disabled People With Sex
Tue 25 Apr 2017
The group in Taiwan helping disabled people to fulfil their sexual needs
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The Data Donators
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Can the wisdom of the crowd answer a two thousand year old question?
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Postmen Delivering Kindness to the Elderly
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Could postal workers help solve the social care crisis?
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
Tue 4 Apr 2017
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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Toilets in Haiti and Circular Runways
Sat 25 Mar 2017
A scheme to solve the problem of human waste disposal in Haiti.
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Checking out the solar hotel
Sat 18 Mar 2017
How China鈥檚 鈥渟un king鈥� dreamed of cities built of solar panels
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Moving In With Refugees
Sat 11 Mar 2017
How young Dutch people and Syrian refugees are becoming housemates.
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How China is Cleaning its Air
Sat 4 Mar 2017
A special programme exploring how China is finding ways to cut air pollution.
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The Voter Lottery
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Can you increase turnout at elections by handing out a cash prize for one lucky voter?
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Denmark鈥檚 Food Waste Vigilante
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Meet the woman who鈥檚 made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Denmark鈥檚 Food Waste Vigilante
Sat 18 Feb 2017
Meet the woman who鈥檚 made it her mission to stop Danes throwing away food
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Lend Me Your Eyes
Fri 3 Feb 2017
How apps and armchair volunteers are helping blind people around the world.
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Superblocks To The Rescue?
Fri 20 Jan 2017
How they鈥檙e re-designing the road system to reclaim the city from cars in Barcelona.
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An Unlikely House Share
Fri 13 Jan 2017
How a homeshare scheme is matching older people and students in Paris.
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鈥楤ribing鈥� Mums To Feed Their Kids
Fri 16 Dec 2016
How they鈥檙e giving cash, with strings attached, to poor mothers in Peru.
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Reducing US Police Shootings
Fri 2 Dec 2016
How a new training system could reduce deadly police shootings in the US
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