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People Fixing the World
People Fixing the World
BBC World Service

Brilliant solutions to the world’s problems. We meet people with ideas to make the world a better place and investigate whether they... more

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Episodes

Radioactive rhinos

The global rhino population has fallen by 95% since 1900, mainly due to poaching. Now an atomic approach is being... more

01 Apr 2025 · 23 minutes
Building a clinic to save a forest

How do you stop people chopping down precious rainforest? In the Indonesian part of Borneo, researchers for a conservation charity... more

25 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
Helping the children of sex workers

In the red light districts of Kolkata, India, there exists an extraordinary youth club. DIKSHA, as it’s known, looks after... more

18 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
Fishing trash from our oceans

Around the world, rubbish is collecting in our gutters and waterways, with millions of tonnes being washed out to sea... more

11 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
Renewable kids on the block

Globally, energy production and use is responsible for around 75% of the world’s carbon emissions, with around a third of... more

04 Mar 2025 · 23 minutes
The artificial limbs bringing hope in Gaza

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that one in every 100 people in Gaza have a life-changing injury because of... more

25 Feb 2025 · 24 minutes
How to have better sex

Sex is one of the few things in life that is available to everyone and is free. But achieving enjoyable... more

18 Feb 2025 · 23 minutes
Making money go further

Billions of people struggle to make ends meet a lot of the time. We look at ways in which people... more

11 Feb 2025 · 23 minutes
Improving our eyesight

Many agricultural workers don’t have the eyesight they need for the work they do, affecting both their comfort and their... more

04 Feb 2025 · 23 minutes
Sharing the river

In the farming community of Los Negros in rural Bolivia, the river is their life and livelihood. So when that... more

28 Jan 2025 · 23 minutes