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People Fixing The World Episodes

  1. 05/05/2026 GMT

    Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place

  2. The secrets of greywater

    How relatively clean water can be used to tackle water scarcity

  3. Arrows of hope

    How archery can help breast cancer recovery

  4. Back from the brink: Uganda鈥檚 gentle giants

    The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda

  5. Empowering the LGBT community

    How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities

  6. The Kindergarten makeover

    How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!

  7. Making cities feel quieter

    As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down

  8. The power of poetry

    How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places.

  9. Super seagrass

    The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change

  10. Who cares for the carers?

    We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.

  11. The positive power of your peers

    The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other

  12. Family Friendly Cities

    We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families

  13. Helping prisoners become better parents

    An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents

  14. Wild horses in the American West

    Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West

  15. No brother left behind

    The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth

  16. Can AI power a green fashion revolution?

    Is AI helping to make fashion more sustainable? Or could it make the problem worse?

  17. Making friends in Sweden

    How buddy schemes and friendship hours are helping people in Sweden make friends

  18. Our favourite solutions

    Presenter Myra Anubi and the team chat about some of their favourite projects in 2025

  19. Saving mothers with portable ultrasound

    How technological innovations are helping with the health of new mothers

  20. Rethinking dyslexia

    Harnessing the skills of people with dyslexia by improving education and understanding

  21. Building empathy and fighting disinformation

    The children learning how to respect each other and understand their emotions better

  22. Preserving Peru鈥檚 food heritage

    How potatoes and other crops are being nurtured in the face of climate and other threats

  23. Saving seabirds and squirrels

    How contraceptive in a nutty spread could control invasive species

  24. Making organ donation easier

    How technology and teaching are being used to tackle shortages of organ donations

  25. Helping and healing in Sierra Leone

    How community solutions are helping amputees and drug users in the West African nation

  26. Harnessing the wind to keep us cool

    How Stuttgart in Germany has inspired other cities to use their natural airflow.

  27. Alaska鈥檚 wild solutions

    The island powered by renewables and how mushrooms could be the future of insulation

  28. The preschool in a retirement home

    How young and old benefit from living side by side

  29. Surgery in a backpack

    We find out about a portable operating theatre that could revolutionise health treatment

  30. Transforming life in cities

    Creating safe and comfortable living spaces in one of the poorest parts of Mumbai, India

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