People Fixing The World Episodes Episode guide
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The Kansas City Cycling Revolution
Kansas City in 2008, was named as the worst city for cyclists in the US has it improved.
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The World's Largest Wildlife Crossing
Can a science and engineering feat address a problem long thought to be too big to solve?
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Stop being a terrible tourist
Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place
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Who does the housework?
Tackling unequal household work, from Indonesia to Croatia
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Nairobi's solutions seekers
Recorded live in Nairobi at the BBC’s Future of Journalism Festival
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How to reuse and repair
The people finding new ways to keep old things in use (R)
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Finding hidden entrepreneurs
The people turning life experience into business ideas with funding and other support
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Living longer, living better
We go to a festival in Norway that's celebrating ageing
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Freeing modern slaves
The projects in America and Nepal to detect and help those who are being trafficked
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Snakebite solutions
From the rapid responders in Nepal to the scientists working on a universal antivenom.
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Ending violence against women
The Rwandan women finding their voice after years of silence
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Slow down!
How slowing down could offer a more meaningful way to live
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The dogs that bring hope
Rescued street dogs in Uganda help survivors find comfort, healing and renewed hope.
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How to thrive with ADHD
How home and work can be adapted to improve life for people with ADHD
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Saving Chile's urban wetlands
We visit the communities in Chile restoring vital wetlands in cities and towns.
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The SafeBox
The group carrying on investigations when journalists are silenced
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The secrets of greywater
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity
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Arrows of hope
How archery can help breast cancer recovery
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Back from the brink: Uganda’s gentle giants
The eco-tourism that is helping to protect mountain gorillas in Uganda
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Empowering the LGBT community
How two projects in Kenya and Spain are helping LGBT communities
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The Kindergarten makeover
How mums are helping transform early years education in Ghana - plus our listener poem!
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Making cities feel quieter
As urban noise increases, we look at how sound itself can be used to quieten things down
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The power of poetry
How poetry sparks hope, compassion and connection in surprising places.
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Super seagrass
The fight to regrow vital seagrass meadows and protect them from climate change
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Who cares for the carers?
We hear about projects in Bangladesh and the UK to help give carers a break.
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The positive power of your peers
The interactive Brazilian game that's helping teenagers help each other
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Family Friendly Cities
We look at how two cities are trying to improve life for families
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Helping prisoners become better parents
An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents
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Wild horses in the American West
Innovative solutions to the unwieldy population of wild horses in the American West
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No brother left behind
The apprenticeship scheme that helped the Nigerian Igbo people build generational wealth