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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    How to fight fake health news

    Can playing a video game ‘inoculate’ your mind against medical misinformation?

  2. Making clean water with rubbish

    The chemist using old bones and food waste to make clean drinking water

  3. Catching up with our solution seekers

    How are Covid dogs, a sturdy bicycle scheme and balloons beaming the internet getting on?

  4. The moo loo and other stories

    Training cows to use the toilet and a bouncy castle that fights climate change

  5. Creating an alternative gig economy

    Meet the innovators who want to change gig work for the better

  6. How to make electricity for your neighbours

    The energy microgrid that started with scrap metal and an old bicycle

  7. Food waste: The solar dryer solution

    A simple system for saving food and empowering women

  8. Ways to save the planet: Using the sun

    Using floating solar panels and a see-through pyramid to help the climate

  9. The tiny satellites changing how we see Earth

    CubeSats are small but mighty. They track animals, map coral reefs and spot modern slavery

  10. The 15-minute city

    Everything you need on your doorstep: a radical plan to improve our cities

  11. COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet

    New technology that could lead to better informed choices on climate change

  12. Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions

    We could save 16% of emissions by using biochar, a simple indigenous fertilising method

  13. How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone

    Mobile phones and apps are being used to detect fake medicines and save lives

  14. Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires

    Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires

  15. Can computer games improve mental health?

    How computer games are being used to help children process grief and powerful emotions

  16. Robots on the beat

    How police in the US are using tech, including robots, to fight crime

  17. The hotel for homeless people

    When the coronavirus pandemic hit, England’s rough sleepers were offered a place to live

  18. The library where the books are people

    Borrow a stranger for a half-hour chat to challenge your prejudices

  19. Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives

    We meet detectives hunting down old fridges to stop greenhouse gases escaping from them

  20. Ways to save the planet: Swap concrete for wood

    We investigate the power of nature’s own creations to help fix climate change

  21. The seaweed farmers adapting to warming seas

    How seaweed farmers in Zanzibar are fighting the effects of climate change

  22. Locust hunters

    People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops

  23. Turning preachers into LGBT allies

    How a group of Kenyans reduced homophobic hate and violence

  24. The ATMs that dispense clean fuel

    How a start-up in Kenya reinvented the cooking stove

  25. Unsung victories in the fight against disease

    Remarkable successes against some of the most unpleasant illnesses on the planet

  26. How five friends can change a refugee’s life

    Groups of Dutch friends are helping families settle when they move to a new country

  27. The great mosquito swap

    An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.

  28. The career where it helps to have a criminal past

    Ex-cons are running part of the US probation system, and it’s transforming young lives

  29. Test-tube rhinos

    Scientists have an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction

  30. Smashing the glass ceiling for young Africans

    How a network of mentors is helping young Africans achieve their dreams

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