Discover the people and the projects trying to make the world a better place.
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How can we all spend less time on our phones?
As the planet warms, how can we keep cool in a climate friendly way?
We look at how sport has a unique ability to change people’s lives for the better.
We look at projects to reduce the harm caused to wildlife by human behaviour
We look at innovative ways to improve mental health care in the US and Denmark
Myra Anubi is in Nairobi at the final of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
We look at a model of tourism designed to benefit local communities more fairly
We look at solutions for conserving and reusing water
Exploring style and beauty for people with disabilities
We meet the scientists, activists and urban planners tackling the megacity's water woes.
We go to El Salvador to look at projects tackling the effects of rising temperatures.
The Thai school that’s proving a model for Thailand and beyond.
We look at how entrenched sexist attitudes towards women are being tackled
We look at projects helping protect and restore kelp along the coastline of California
The luxury products that love the planet
How an app in Somaliland and moveable classrooms in Bangladesh help adults learn to read
Innovative ways that music can ease pain and bring people together.
How lab-brewed dairy and urban food forests can tackle climate change and hunger
Could psychedelic drugs help in the treatment of mental health conditions?
We look at how to raise concerns about wrongdoing in the workplace.
We look at innovative educational solutions in Senegal, Ghana and Pakistan.
We're in the US and Spain to look at how life can be improved for ageing populations.
The communities in Nigeria and India changing mindsets.
How beavers, bison and jaguars may help rebalance ecosystems
Making a living from the Amazon without cutting down trees
This week a host of great ideas inspired by solutions we've told you about in 2023.
The people trying to improve this icon of our wasteful culture
How the Netherlands is making a serious attempt to tackle something we can all feel
How cut price health treatment has helped reduce logging in Borneo
The hungry enzymes that might just be the solution to plastic pollution.
