COP22 officially launched in Marrakesh on November 7. At the opening ceremony, COP21 President Ségolène Royal and all COP22 delegates shared a solar-powered sunrise: Thousands of Little Sun solar lamps lit the room as a symbol for the right to sustainable energy access for all. COP reminds us that we are all a part of […]
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Making noise and sharing the sun at SXSW Eco
From October 10 to 12, 2016 at SXSW Eco, (the sister event to the legendary music festival), we presented our global mission: to bring solar energy to the 1.1 billion people on our planet living without access to electricity. SXSW Eco provided the perfect platform for celebrating such a mission. The event welcomed innovators from all […]
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Make your mark with the sun: Widerkunst Festival, Holzmarkt Berlin
We made Sunlight Graffiti again! This time we were at the WiderKunst Festival, in the brand new gallery at Berlin’s darling Holzmarkt25. WiderKunst was created to show the world how art can make real and lasting social change. The festival is inspired by Millerntor Gallery and presented by Holzmarkt & Viva con Agua. Huge thanks to all […]
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Little Sun at der Grüne Kiez, Lollapalooza Festival
Charge your phone. #ChargeYourself. This year, we finished our summer with a bang as an official Grüne Kiez partner at Berlin’s Lollapalooza Festival – 10th & 11th September 2016 in Treptower Park. (Although, to be perfectly honest, we were the ones providing the space to lounge around and chill out, not the ones making all the noise!) Thanks so much […]
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Little Sun’s Film Series
Back in 2012, when Little Sun was just a baby, we created a film series that we’re still very proud of. We’d like to showcase it here on our website once more, for those of you who missed it back then. Part of Olafur Eliasson: Little Sun at Tate Modern, Little Sun Films is a […]
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Little Sun’s US Tour
Little Sun’s love affair with the US started when Little Sun lamps hit the shelves of stores the likes of MoMA New York in 2012. Before long, Little Sun was spreading the solar love across the whole of the US, brightening lives and encouraging Americans to go solar at some of the nation’s most important cultural events […]
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Little Sun at Sónar Festival
This year we were at Sónar and Sónar +D and it was a blast. We had a charging station where people could charge their phones with the power of the sun and Little Sun Charge, as well as a Sunlight Graffiti booth where people could create their own ‘moment in the sun’ with a Little Sun […]
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From New Zealand to Swaziland, we are all connected by the sun
How a stall at New Zealand’s Lux Festival kick-started a micro-entrepreneurial initiative on the other side of the world… When Frances Manwaring from Moxie promoted the Little Sun project at the Wellington Lux Festival in New Zealand in 2015, she had no idea that her presence that day would set off a new entrepreneurial initiative in Swaziland, South Africa, that would see […]
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