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  1. Would You Rent Your Clothes?

    Would you rent your clothes?

  2. Working with our minds

    The people using mindfulness and meditation to improve mental and physical health

  3. Working Less For The Same Pay

    Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same

  4. Work: Access for all

    Workplaces that have welcomed people with learning disabilities on to the team

  5. Work: Access for all

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

  6. Why Millions Listen to This Girl

    Why millions listen to this nine-year-old girl's advice

  7. When Local Currencies Go Digital

    The app that wants to keep money flowing in your local community.

  8. What to do with stray animals

    How the numbers of stray dogs - and feral pigeons - can be kept down kindly

  9. What to do with an empty mall?

    The US malls being brought back to life as schools, healthcare centres and offices.

  10. What to do with an empty mall?

    The US malls being brought back to life as schools, healthcare centres and offices

  11. What happened next to our problem solvers

    Hydrating sweets for the elderly go on sale and how a housing experiment coped with Covid

  12. What 3D printing can fix

    How 3D printing is changing lives from prosthetic limbs to classroom aids

  13. We're coming back for 2025!

    A quick hello from Myra and a preview of what's coming up on People Fixing The World

  14. Ways to save the planet: Using the sun

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

  15. Ways to save the planet: Swap concrete for wood

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

  16. Ways to save the planet: Fridge detectives

    We meet detectives hunting down old fridges to stop greenhouse gases escaping from them

  17. Ways to save the planet: Ancient solutions

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

  18. Watching out for Gran with help from her toaster

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

  19. Violent partners: The ‘window’ strategy

    How Iceland pioneered a new approach to domestic violence

  20. Viking Therapy?

    The Viking clubs where men fight their demons.

  21. Using VR to change lives

    How virtual reality is helping tackle phobias and resolve conflict

  22. Using satellite photos to help distribute cash

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

  23. Using lotteries to make us better people

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

  24. Using haircuts to fight oil spills

    How old hair is being used to help the planet

  25. Using finance to fight homelessness

    How bank accounts and clever investments are improving the lives of homeless people

  26. Urban Cable Cars

    Can cable cars help poor communities feel more connected?

  27. Unsung victories in the fight against disease

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

  28. Turning waste into power

    How old food and hot computers are being used to provide new sources of energy

  29. Turning waste into energy

    Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy

  30. 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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