The future of wind power
How floating wind turbines and power-generating kites could help fight climate change
- 23 mins
- 28 Jun 2022
BBC Sounds - People Fixing The World - Available Episodes
People Fixing The World
An innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
Episodes (284 Available)
Getting kids out of institutionsMeet the people finding families for some of the five million children living in care
- 23 mins
- 21 Jun 2022
Racing to get kids readingHow a race to write books and a gadget that counts words are helping child literacy
- 23 mins
- 14 Jun 2022
Safer cities for womenHow can you stop women being harassed in the street?
- 23 mins
- 31 May 2022
Helping teenagers become good mumsInnovative projects around the world are trying to help teenage mums
- 23 mins
- 24 May 2022
Turning mud into ‘clean’ concreteThe man whose special powder turns waste soil into buildings
- 23 mins
- 17 May 2022
Robots fixing sewersThe robots that navigate sewer pipes to find leaks and blockages so people don't have to
- 23 mins
- 10 May 2022
Using lotteries to make us better peopleThe lotteries that nudge people to take medicine, pick up litter or pay their taxes
- 23 mins
- 03 May 2022
Work: Access for allWe look at workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team
- 23 mins
- 26 Apr 2022
Sponge cities that fight floodingHow cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding
- 23 mins
- 19 Apr 2022
Turning tyres into cheap fuel & football pitchesThe entrepreneurs using clever chemistry to turn scrap rubber into fuel and car tyres
- 23 mins
- 12 Apr 2022
Saving California’s butterfliesHow rearing butterflies by hand is bringing them back from the brink
- 23 mins
- 05 Apr 2022
How to make fishing nets less destructiveUsing underwater sounds and lights so only the fish we want to eat get caught
- 23 mins
- 29 Mar 2022
Making hospitals less stressfulHow leaves, lights, sounds and goats can improve patient health
- 23 mins
- 22 Mar 2022
Using haircuts to fight oil spillsAn innovative new weekly programme looking at how we can solve the world's problems.
- 23 mins
- 15 Mar 2022
Insects fixing the worldHow flies and bugs can help solve the planet’s problems
- 23 mins
- 08 Mar 2022
Violent partners: The ‘window’ strategyHow Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence
- 23 mins
- 22 Feb 2022
Training police to patrol each otherHow do you get officers to step in to prevent acts of police brutality?
- 23 mins
- 15 Feb 2022
The house that fights malariaInnovative ideas in the battle against mosquitos
- 23 mins
- 08 Feb 2022
Using VR to change livesHow virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict
- 23 mins
- 01 Feb 2022