People Fixing the World Episodes Episode guide
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The Stickers that Save Lives
How the stickers on bus windows are cutting accidents in Kenya
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The Speed Detectors
The volunteers catching speeding motorists
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The spacesuits saving mothers’ lives
Suits originally designed for astronauts are helping midwives save lives
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The solutions whisperer
Dhruv Boruah’s mission is to inspire other people to solve problems facing the planet
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The snakebite squad
A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes
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The shopping mall where everything is recycled
A shopping mall in Sweden only sells recycled items, thanks to its clever location
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The secret to making your stuff last longer
Clever ways to persuade people to fix old things instead of throwing them away
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The seaweed farmers adapting to warming seas
How seaweed farmers in Zanzibar are fighting the effects of climate change
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The Schools Trying to Build Bridges
Could bilingual schools help bring peace to a seemingly intractable conflict?
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The school that puts wellbeing first
One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students
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The school run by kids
The Thai school that’s proving a model for Thailand and beyond.
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The ring that could help save women’s lives
Has a tiny silicon ring to protect women from HIV infection worked as a solution?
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The Ring That Could Help Save Women’s Lives
Can a tiny silicon ring lower HIV transmission rates in Malawi?
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The reuse and refill revolution
Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?
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The race to save Madagascar's biodiversity
How communities are fighting to protect forests and marine life
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The power of native knowledge
How communities in Peru and Niger are making the most of their own local knowledge
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The power of music
Innovative ways that music can ease pain and bring people together.
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The power of group therapy
Therapy has been helping Boko Haram survivors and street youth in Liberia.
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The power of a backstory
How mini-biographies are helping elderly patients connect with their carers
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The plastic eaters
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
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The pioneering TV news service
We meet the reporters with learning difficulties who are holding power to account
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The pharmacists fighting high drug prices
When drug prices went up, pharmacists stepped in to make medicines themselves
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The People’s Peace Talks
Can the public can succeed where the politicians have failed?
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The people fixing childcare
How mobile childcare is helping low-paid workers
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The Parent Hack For Cheaper Childcare
An experimental nursery helps parents save money by letting them work childcare shifts.
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The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Mums in Madagascar are ensuring others get the treatment that has transformed their lives
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The mums saving each other from a taboo condition
Women who have had surgery for fistula are making sure others get life-changing treatment
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The moo loo and other stories
Training cows to use the toilet and a bouncy castle that fights climate change
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The Missing Maps
How volunteers are plotting the world to put 'invisible people' on the map.
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The miracle cure: Exercise
If exercise were a drug, almost everyone over 65 would want to take it
