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- […]
Posted inArt, Blog, Education, Events, Humanitarian Work, Off GridEarth 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 […]
Posted inArt, Blog, Education, Events, Off GridLittle Sun returns to London with Sunlight Graffiti at Winter Lights Festival
“Now this was one that I particularly enjoyed. After queuing up for a short while, we were ushered into a dark box and handed a ‘Little Sun’ solar lamp. Through long exposure, you could draw shapes in the air with your light and see it all come together in a finished photograph. I thought this […]
Posted inArt, Art, Blog, Events, Events, ProjectsLittle 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 […]
Posted inAll, Art, Blog, Education, Events, Off GridLittle 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 […]
Posted inArt, Blog, Education, Events, Off GridLittle 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 […]
Posted inArt, Blog, Education, Events, Off Grid, Off grid, ProjectsFlashback 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 […]
Posted inArt, Blog, Education, EventsOlafur & 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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