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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Flashback Friday: Little Sun at Burning Man
Here comes the sun @littlesunenergy ☁️☀️☁️#connectedbythesun #caravanoflight #burningman #solarpowered #solarcitizen A post shared by Angela del Sol (@angeladelsol) on Aug 27, 2017 at 4:17pm PDT We thought it would be perfect to spend this #FlashbackFriday at Burning Man 2017! This Summer, Little Sun teamed up with Solare Creative‘s very own Angela del Sol. Angela is a Colombian native […]
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Olafur & Little Sun Shine Bright at Pathway to Paris
Solar-powered Little Sun-rise from Studio Olafur Eliasson on Vimeo. One the eve of the Climate Conference COP23 opening in Bonn, Little Sun and Olafur Eliasson joined forces with a spectacular collection of artists, musicians, innovators, academics and activists in New York, to urge policymakers and political leaders to join the fight for climate action. Artist […]
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Olafur & Little Sun on the Pathway to Paris
“Art, I believe, has great potential for changing the way we discuss an issue as important as climate change. It makes something not only comprehensible for the mind but also physically tangible – turning thinking into doing.” – Olafur Eliasson Some truly exciting news for you all! On November 5, Pathway to Paris, an initiative in […]
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September Shines: Little Sun Diamond Launches Globally!
The month of September had been fully focused on the launch of our new product, the luminous and intricately designed Little Sun Diamond. The Little Sun Diamond has been introduced for our 5-year anniversary, and sparkles with light and comes with a built in stand. Here’s a recap of our launch events! Get yours here […]
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Santa Shoebox makes solar wishes a reality in rural South Africa
We’d like to take the chance to say thank you again to all those of you who donated so generously last Christmas to the Santa Shoebox Project. We’ve now received pictures and words of thanks back from the communities who received the lamps so we wanted to share the smiles with you here! For those […]
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A slow marathon through energised landscapes
When you travel slowly through a landscape, you are better able to discern all the forms of energy in the environment. Moving slowly and softly, you hear more, smell more, notice more of your surroundings and are better able to pick up on the energetic traces of the landscape’s past. For those experiencing the Slow […]
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Solar in Classrooms Connecting Spain and Uganda
Students from an international school in Spain work with Ugandan children to explore Little Sun’s solar education workshops for Earth Day 2017. The Kindred Project, a student-led NGO from Sotogrande International School in Spain, came across Little Sun when three M3 students were studying for their Community Project, which focuses on finding ways to support […]
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Solar for the Children of the Moroccan Desert
What’s the most adventurous thing you’ve ever done? How did you manage to achieve it, against all odds? For Auxane and Jennifer, two third year Speech Therapy students from Montpellier University, France, their big adventure was not only competing in a gruelling car rally across the Moroccan Desert but somehow also managing to also deliver Little Sun […]
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