Little Sun’s team is very happy to share some news with you! Olafur Eliasson and Little Sun will take the stage at Pathway to Paris again, shining a light on climate action in San Francisco on September 14th. Pathway to Paris is an initiative in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and 350.org that brings […]
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‘How can fashion and the arts shine a light on important causes?’
Answering this question was the goal of ENLIGHTENMENT, an art installation at the Copenhagen International Fashion Fair Spring-Summer 2019 from 8 to 10 August. Located in the Special Project area of the Bella Center, the exhibition included works of art inspired by the power, influence, and beauty of light to raise awareness for Little Sun’s […]
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Solar Nightwalk – A unique experience on Governors Island
Join the event on August 3 on the beautiful island, co-created by Little Sun, Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts, and immersive theater artist Nate Koch Click here to attend The special public late night event will bring together close to 200 people of all ages for an engaging, fun, and educational “off the grid” […]
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Little Sun wins UNDP innovation competition for access to energy in Senegal!
Exciting news for Little Sun in Senegal: The team won the innovation competition for access to energy organized by the UNDP – United Nations Development Programme! The allocated 40,000 US Dollars grant will help us further our mission of empowering local entrepreneurs by providing them with sales training and solar products to sell. Thanks […]
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Little 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 […]
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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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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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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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The Little Sun Impact: urgent relief for refugees in Niger
In October 2016, we responded to an urgent need for emergency relief lights in Niger. We worked with Save the Children Niger to distribute 250 lamps to people fleeing unrest in the Diffa region. Save the Children has just released a new report measuring the impact of this distribution for the displaced people in Niger. The statistical evidence brought […]
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