News
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and engers are all women. Read more
now playing
Bangladesh’s biker girls
The motorbike taxi app where the drivers and engers are all women.
The concrete cleaners
Making cement that locks in carbon dioxide instead of releasing it into the atmosphere
Oysters to the rescue
The humble oyster is helping to keep the oceans clean and protect shorelines
A new way to detect an invisible poison in water
Scientists hope a new test will save millions from drinking arsenic in their water
Meeting Colombia’s ‘Violentologist’
How a doctor in Colombia changed the way cities monitor and prevent violence
The snakebite squad
A team in Kenya has introduced motorbike ambulances for people bitten by snakes
Spotting the sound of a cardiac arrest
Copenhagen is experimenting with a new way of analysing emergency calls
Turning waste into energy
Instead of sending all our waste to landfill, some companies are using it to make energy
Shopping for a better life
How a grocery store is bringing health care to people who can’t usually afford it
The town rethinking the future of energy
Energy companies have come together in Finland to tackle climate change
Gaming for good
Gamers are helping scientists to analyse research and develop new drugs
The future of freight
Deg eco-friendly lorries to make cleaner, greener deliveries
How to save the banana
The banana is under threat from a deadly disease. These people are trying to save it.
How to stop fires destroying whole neighbourhoods
The innovative fire alarm designed to protect South Africa’s poorest communities
Stopping abuse with protection dogs
Women who have left abusive partners are learning how to train their own protection dogs
Saving the World’s Ice
Silica beads and whiter clouds - ideas to stop the world’s ice melting
Turning kids into entrepreneurs
Children in Uganda are running their own businesses thanks to special classes in school
Convicting more rapists
Rapists often get away without being convicted – South Africa thinks it has an answer
Making your deliveries greener
Four clever ways to reduce carbon emissions from deliveries
Checking in with the problem solvers
Stopping forest fires with goats and more – an update on projects we’ve visited before
How to move the Earth
The plans to use lasers or asteroids to move our planet away from the sun
The pharmacists fighting high drug prices
When drug prices went up, pharmacists stepped in to make medicines themselves
Forecasting volcanoes
Preparing for disasters long before they strike rather than rescuing people afterwards
Running to do good
Forget the treill - these people have turned doing good deeds into a workout
Fighting depression together
Women in Uganda are learning how to treat their neighbours for depression
The miracle cure: Exercise
If exercise were a drug, almost everyone over 65 would want to take it
The good lads
Working with men and boys to tackle everyday sexism
Meet the neighbours
People in these flats promise to spend two hours a week together to tackle loneliness
A safe place to be gay
An idea used in video games is helping LGBTQ people in the Middle East talk safely online
Audience takeover: Your
“Fabulous idea” or “waste of money”? Your thoughts on some of the solutions we’ve covered
How they’re saving the kakapo
It’s a flightless bird close to extinction, but the kakapo recovery team is on the case.
