Video: Global Citizen
A collection of videos about people trying to make their lives and communities better by solving problems, taking risks and facing down stereotypes and cultural taboos. From their personal stories, we catch a glimpse of what it means to be a global citizen.
US Election 2020: Three elders reveal what it takes to be a leader
From the Maasai lands to the mountains of Tibet, we found this advice for Trump and Biden
'I wasn’t allowed to vote because I’m disabled'
US Election 2020: ‘My rights were taken away because I’m disabled'
Kenya’s peace school: Swapping fighting for friendship
The Kenyan school helping to rebuild communities along a violent border
Can elections in a pandemic be successful?
US election: What can the US learn from other pandemic elections?
'From that one arrest, I was in financial debt'
How one ex-prisoner is fighting for US criminal justice reform
Rulebreakers: Lauri Love: Living with my autism
Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love describes daily life with his chronic illness
Rulebreakers: Greenland's beautiful prison
In 2019, Greenland opened its first ever closed prison, but its beauty is controversial
Rulebreakers: I started hopping freight trains at 17
In 2006, Mike Brodie dropped out of high school and rode 50,000 miles across the US
‘The world’s largest urban rooftop farm’
Why is Paris creating the world’s largest urban rooftop farm?
Dogs with backpacks regrowing forests
Two sisters have found an innovative way to reseed Chile's native forests.
Lockdown laughs: Will comedy survive?
Coronavirus: How stand-up comedians went online to survive lockdown
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How baking brings me joy in lockdown
Zoë Carmichael runs a group that promotes mental wellbeing through baking and mindfulness
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The boy risking his life to collect plastic waste
Philippines: The boy diving for plastic
The classrooms made from 100% plastic waste
How Ivory Coast is using plastic waste to build schools
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'My home is visited by a million tourists a year'
'I live in a Gaudí building visited by a million tourists each year'
War, algae, pandemic: The beach that won't be beaten
War, algae, coronavirus: 'My beach will survive', says this Italian grandad
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Priests 'exorcising' the coronavirus
The Metro Manila priests fighting coronavirus with the cross
Welcome to Hotel Arachnid!
When Covid-19 hit, zookeeper Caitilin Henderson ended up in lockdown with 70 spiders
Would you try these social distancing ideas?
Coronavirus: Would you try these social distancing ideas?
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Is this the world's most dangerous commute?
The 'trolley boys' running Manila's unofficial transport service.
I'm the father to 110 huskies
A glimpse at life in the Arctic from the eyes of a husky tour operator.
The Arctic farmer growing vegetables in minus 30
Meet the man growing vegetables in the most northerly town on Earth.
The woman fighting back against India's rape culture
How Usha Vishwakarma used her own experience to help protect women and girls.
The Japanese estate agent selling 'haunted' houses
Akira has been selling 'haunted' houses for five years and has dealt with some 500 homes.
