Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe farmers moving their fields indoors
We visit farmers growing lettuce, herbs and strawberries indoors in the middle of cities. The plants are stacked up on shelves in vertical farms that…
6 years, 3 months ago
Making the world a quieter place
People around the world are coming up with ways to make the world a quieter place, from portable sound barriers to schemes to stop people honking the…
6 years, 3 months ago
The big transport swap
Robot shuttles and buses on demand are being tested to persuade more people to use public transport. Tallinn in Estonia and Luxembourg have even made…
6 years, 4 months ago
Regrowing the rainforest
It has taken him 40 years, but Omar Tello has turned a patch of exhausted farmland in Ecuador back into rainforest. One of his biggest challenges was…
6 years, 4 months ago
The treasure in our toilets
Human sewage contains lots of valuable nutrients, so should we be recycling it? One of these nutrients is phosphorus, a key ingredient in fertilise…
6 years, 4 months ago
How to be a better dad
This week we’re in Rwanda, where some men are getting lessons teaching them how to look after their babies. As well as promoting gender equality it's…
6 years, 4 months ago
How they’re saving the kakapo
It’s a flightless bird on the edge of extinction, but a team in New Zealand is trying to stop it from going the way of the dodo.
The kakapo is a larg…
6 years, 5 months ago
Audience takeover: Your feedback
“Fabulous idea” or “waste of money”? Clever observations from our audience about solutions we’ve covered on People Fixing the World. Many are funny…
6 years, 5 months ago
A safe place to be gay
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online. Coming out can be particularly hard, especially if there a…
6 years, 5 months ago
Meet the neighbours
People living in this block of flats sign a contract to socialise together for at least two hours a week.
The new housing experiment in Sweden is aim…
6 years, 5 months ago