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 magic greenhouse

A greenhouse powered by the wind has made it possible to grow crops on arid land

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Using satellite photos to help distribute cash

Togo has found a new way to send emergency cash to people struggling in the pandemic

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How to reuse a demolished building

Can you construct a building by reusing materials from ones that have been knocked down?

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Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster

How we could improve care for the elderly by monitoring their use of home appliances

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Helping animals cross the road and other obstacles

The special bridges that are helping to save slow lorises and reunite rare monkeys

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Shred it yourself: The DIY plastic recyclers

Machines to shred, melt and mould waste plastic are popping up around the world

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Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives

One man’s mission to transform millions of lives by selling them bicycles

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The detection dogs tracking poachers and Covid-19

Marlo is sniffing out coronavirus in the UK, and Thor is tracking poachers in Tanzania

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The forest sound detectives

Scientists are checking up on the health of forests by analysing the sounds in them.

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Turning oil platforms into reefs

A home for marine life, but perhaps not in the place you’d expect

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Catching up with the problem solvers

Are stickers still saving lives? Was a coral reef repaired?

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Turning the desert green

One man's plan to make the Sinai desert fertile

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The helpline for jealous and violent men

A helpline for jealous and violent men is aiming to cut domestic violence

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Smashing the glass ceiling for young Africans

How a network of mentors is helping young Africans achieve their dreams

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Test-tube rhinos

Scientists have an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction

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The career where it helps to have a criminal past

Ex-cons are running part of the US probation system, and it’s transforming young lives

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The great mosquito swap

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

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How five friends can change a refugee’s life

Groups of Dutch friends are helping families settle when they move to a new country

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Unsung victories in the fight against disease

Remarkable successes against some of the most unpleasant illnesses on the planet

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The ATMs that dispense clean fuel

How a start-up in Kenya reinvented the cooking stove

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Turning preachers into LGBT allies

How a group of Kenyans reduced homophobic hate and violence

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Locust hunters

People in Kenya have been paid to catch swarms of locusts eating farmers’ crops

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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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Ways to save the planet: Swap concrete for wood

We investigate the power of nature’s own creations to help fix climate change

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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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The library where the books are people

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

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The hotel for homeless people

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

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Robots on the beat

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

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Can computer games improve mental health?

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

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Talking signs, amazing peas and planes mapping fires

Innovative solutions for city navigation, plastic waste and forest fires

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How to spot fake drugs with a mobile phone

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

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Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions

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

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COP26: The tech helping you to help the planet

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

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The 15-minute city

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

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The tiny satellites changing how we see Earth

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

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Ways to save the planet: Using the sun

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

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Food waste: The solar dryer solution

A simple system for saving food and empowering women

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How to make electricity for your neighbours

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

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Creating an alternative gig economy

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

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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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Catching up with our solution seekers

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

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Making clean water with rubbish

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

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How to fight fake health news

Can playing a video game ‘inoculate’ your mind against medical misinformation?

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Using VR to change lives

How virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict

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The house that fights malaria

Innovative ideas in the battle against mosquitos

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Training police to patrol each other

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

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Violent partners: The ‘window’ strategy

How Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence

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Insects fixing the world

How flies and bugs can help solve the planet’s problems

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Using haircuts to fight oil spills

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

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Making hospitals less stressful

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

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How to make fishing nets less destructive

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

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Saving California’s butterflies

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

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Turning tyres into cheap fuel & football pitches

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

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Sponge cities that fight flooding

How cities are embracing nature to prevent flooding

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Work: Access for all

We look at workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team

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Using lotteries to make us better people

The lotteries that nudge people to take medicine, pick up litter or pay their taxes

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Robots fixing sewers

The robots that navigate sewer pipes to find leaks and blockages so people don't have to

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Turning mud into ‘clean’ concrete

The man whose special powder turns waste soil into buildings

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Helping teenagers become good mums

Innovative projects around the world are trying to help teenage mums

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