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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Design Prize Winner: Olafur Eliasson with Little Sun and Little Sun Diamond
We are pleased to announce that Little Sun Diamond has won its first award: THE DESIGN PRIZE 2017, in the ‘Experimentation’ category. 2017 marks the inaugural year of THE DESIGN PRIZE. Initiated by designboom and abitare magazine, the Prize occured during Design Week in Milan, Italy, in the midst of the most exciting time on the design calendar. […]
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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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Maasai Community Teach their Students about Solar Power for Earth Day
All over the world people are taking action for Earth Day and the March for Science, which are both happening on Saturday April 22nd. There is a global surge of support for the progress of scientific research, climate change campaigning and sustainability education. In solidarity with this fantastic movement, our partner project Archdiocese of Arusha […]
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Little Sun Light Swarm at Tivoli Gardens
“Little Sun and I teamed up to create the Little Sun Light Swarm lamps for Tivoli Gardens, to shine a light both in Copenhagen and in rural Africa – the proceeds from the project will go to support Little Sun’s work in remote areas of Africa, bringing solar energy to communities living off grid.” – […]
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Little Sun Marches for Science on Earth Day 2017
March for Science will happen on Earth Day this year, April 22nd, and Little Sun will be there to support them! If you’re in Berlin, join us on the March for Science, starting at 1pm this Saturday at Humboldt University. Check out the Facebook event for more information. Or wherever you are in the world, find the […]
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The Impact of Solar on Ethiopian Classrooms: Findings From Save the Children
There’s a proverb in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, which describes how one little thing can be many big things to many people at the same time. “Be’ānidi dinigayi huleti wefi.” The closest translation in English is “killing two birds with one stone.” This is how the people of Afar, Ethiopia, explained how they […]
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Karibujua: Connecting People Through Kindness from Italy to Kenya
Can you see the beauty of light after the sun goes down? Can you feel the warmth of another’s care from across the world? The Karibujua project connects people in Italy with communities in the Lower Tana Delta region of Kenya who are living without electricity. The Italian association Karibujua runs multiple volunteer led education […]
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