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People Fixing The World Episodes

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    Sponge cities that fight flooding

    How cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding

  2. Turning tyres into cheap fuel & football pitches

    The entrepreneurs using clever chemistry to turn scrap rubber into fuel and car tyres

  3. Saving California鈥檚 butterflies

    How rearing butterflies by hand is bringing them back from the brink

  4. How to make fishing nets less destructive

    Using underwater sounds and lights so only the fish we want to eat get caught

  5. Making hospitals less stressful

    How leaves, lights, sounds and goats can improve patient health

  6. Using haircuts to fight oil spills

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

  7. Insects fixing the world

    How flies and bugs can help solve the planet鈥檚 problems

  8. Violent partners: The 鈥榳indow鈥� strategy

    How Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence

  9. Training police to patrol each other

    How do you get officers to step in to prevent acts of police brutality?

  10. The house that fights malaria

    Innovative ideas in the battle against mosquitos

  11. Using VR to change lives

    How virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict

  12. How to fight fake health news

    Can playing a video game 鈥榠noculate鈥� your mind against medical misinformation?

  13. Making clean water with rubbish

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

  14. Catching up with our solution seekers

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

  15. The moo loo and other stories

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

  16. Creating an alternative gig economy

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

  17. How to make electricity for your neighbours

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

  18. Food waste: The solar dryer solution

    A simple system for saving food and empowering women

  19. Ways to save the planet: Using the sun

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

  20. The tiny satellites changing how we see Earth

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

  21. The 15-minute city

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

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

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

  23. Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions

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

  24. How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone

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

  25. Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires

    Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires

  26. Can computer games improve mental health?

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

  27. Robots on the beat

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

  28. The hotel for homeless people

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

  29. The library where the books are people

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

  30. Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives

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

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