Chosen from over 10 million acts of peace worldwide, we are very proud to announce that Little Sun has won the prestigious Billion Acts Hero Award in the Best Social Enterprise category! Red Carpet @ericaford_ilovemylife @lifecampinc @littlesunenergy Ein Beitrag geteilt von Dennis Prince Mapp (@dennis_prince_mapp) am Jun 17, 2018 um 9:26 PDT The ceremony […]
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Get your own solar panel artwork! The Solar Panel Art Series launches its first auction
Little Sun’s friends form the Berlin-based Solar Panel Art Series just launched their first in a round of three benefit auctions! In partnership with online auction house Paddle8 the auction will run from June 15 to June 29 and the proceeds will support Little Sun Foundation’s Solar School Programm, bringing school children and their teachers […]
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Cars instead of camels- Little Suns join a caravan from Brussels to Agadez
Little Suns crop up in many places around the world, but often the journey they embark on to get there is also remarkable! Currently, an initiative is underway, set up by three Tuareg friends living in Brussels and Paris to transport charitable donations, via a caravan, from Brussels to Agadez, their home town in Niger- […]
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Earth Hour 2018: Experiencing the power of solar and togetherness
‘Switch off the lights, and turn on your Little Sun’ said Olafur in his video message on Saturday – and so the Earth Hour at our Little Sun Headquarters began. Together with The Solar Panel Art Series, we invited guests to switch off the lights and experience how it feels to spend one hour only in […]
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Welcoming the Little Sun Foundation – Because Solar Power Means Empowerment
Little Sun is growing! We are excited to be launching the Little Sun Foundation, which is an extension of our Little Sun social business. But what is the difference between the two? The mission of our Little Sun Foundation is to bring solar energy to the most vulnerable communities worldwide who are off the grid […]
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Light and Livelihood for Women in Ethiopia with Little Sun and Solar Development
On the first floor of the Dama Building, in the north western part of the city of Addis Ababa, we enter the base of the prime distributor in Ethiopia. Nabil Ishak is the managing director of Solar Developments Plc. After living in Australia for 10 years, Nabil moved back to his homeland and established the […]
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Little Sun 2017 | A Year in Pictures
Dear Friends of Little Sun, While there is much to be concerned about today, there is also hope: for instance, thanks to recent innovations, solar power is becoming cheaper all the time, and this helps Little Sun spread clean and affordable energy to areas of the world without access to power. This year we celebrated […]
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Little Sun Sends More Lamps to Puerto Rico with Kargoe & Angela del Sol
After our success with getting the Little Sun solar lamps from Pathway to Paris donated to Puerto Rico through the Maria Fund, Solare Creative’s Angela del Sol and Kargoe’s Kenneth Willardt brought more Little Sun lamps to the region! It has been three months since the devastating Hurricane Maria ravaged the area, with 80% of the island […]
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Little Sun x Mifuko #SustainableSummer Brings 600 Lamps to Kenya
In July, we introduced a project with Minna and Mari from Mifuko, a Finnish basket company who works directly with women’s self help groups in rural villages and in small workshops in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya. From July 15th to August 15th, every Little Sun Original sold in our web shop and […]
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