Podcast Episodes

Getting refugees out of tents

More than 100 million people have been forcibly displaced from their home around the world – fleeing conflict, natural disasters or persecution. Mill…

3 years, 5 months ago

Sea cucumbers fixing the world

Meet the oceans’ unsung hero.

Human activity is having a huge impact on the world’s oceans - global warming, pollution from fish farms and damage from…

3 years, 5 months ago

The ring that could help save women’s lives

Thousands of women are infected with HIV every week in Africa. Many can't persuade their partners to wear a condom, so it was hoped that a new form o…

3 years, 6 months ago

Turning waste into power

Food waste from hotels and the heat from computers are being used to provide new sources of energy.

In the fight against climate change, it is of vita…

3 years, 6 months ago

The healing power of forests

Meet the people using the healing power of forests to help improve physical and mental health.

In forest therapy, people are taken into the woods and…

3 years, 6 months ago

Plants fighting pollution

Clearing up pollution can be a messy and expensive task, but around the world people are harnessing the power of plants to do the job for them.

We hea…

3 years, 6 months ago

Bringing dead languages back to life

Australia used to be one of the most linguistically diverse places, with over 200 languages. Today, many of Australia’s indigenous languages are con…

3 years, 7 months ago

Fighting the megadrought

Chile is in the midst of a “megadrought” – year after year of low rainfall which has turned farmland to desert and left communities struggling to sur…

3 years, 7 months ago

Micro-homes and sobercoins

A charity in the UK is building temporary wooden homes with just three small rooms. The idea is to give people who’ve been sleeping rough or living i…

3 years, 7 months ago

Grannies fixing the world

In many communities grandmothers have a great influence on their families and communities.

In Senegal we visit a project using grandmothers to give v…

3 years, 7 months ago