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The world’s newest nation, South Sudan, is a place eager for new knowledge and new hope. Olivier Laboulle brought much-needed Little Sun lamps to South Sudan’s capital Juba, and he has shared his inspiring experiences with us here. Hello Friends of Little Sun! My name is Olivier Laboulle and, after working for two years with a […]
Posted inBlog, Education, Off Grid, StoriesKarin Lerche and Nanna Birk are graduate students at Denmark’s Roskilde University who recently went to India for their fieldwork. They brought a few Little Sun solar lamps to Rishikesh, an area in northern India in the Himalayan foothills, hoping to distribute them in the area, as very few people have electricity. As part two […]
Posted inOff Grid, StoriesA beautiful Little Sun Garden was in full bloom at Roppongi Art Night in Japan on 25–26 April 2015. Launched in 2009, Roppongi Art Night is a one-night, all-night, art extravaganza that celebrates the enjoyment of art in everyday living, and serves as a trailblazing model for local initiatives in the Japanese capital. Staged in […]
Posted inArt, Events, ProjectsAs part of our ‘Little Sun: In Conversation’ series, we are happy to sit down with ‘Smiling Through Light’ Founder Mariama Kamara. Raised in Sierra Leone until the age of nine, then moving to London after civil war broke out in her native country, Mariama has a unique perspective on what it means to have […]
Posted inEducation, Off Grid, StoriesLast month members of the Little Sun Team from our offices in Berlin and Senegal visited the eco-village of Yeuma to test our first community solar mobile phone charger, large enough to serve the needs of an entire village. Located about a three-hour drive from Dakar, Senegal, Yeuma is a village without electricity, but many […]
Posted inEducation, Humanitarian Work, Off Grid, StoriesEvery Saturday in December of 2014, Denmark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art invited children and their parents to experience a Little Sun Blackout – where they got to explore Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Riverbed’ exhibition in complete darkness, with only the light of their Little Sun solar lamps to guide them! Says Louise Hauerberg, Head of Boernehuset […]
Posted inArt, Education, Events, ProjectsIn March 2014 artist and Little Sun founder Olafur Eliasson kicked off his exciting 2014 Eugene McDermott Award residency at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). For the next three days, Eliasson collaborated with MIT students on the Little Sun lamp and project — as well as conducted a series of labs and public lectures. Also […]
Posted inArt, Education, Events, ProjectsFor one month, a Little Sun Pop-Up Shop came to Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik! The concept of bringing a Little Sun Pop-Up Shop to Iceland originated with i8 Gallery Director Börkur Arnarson, who represents Little Sun Founder and Artist Olafur Eliasson in Iceland. The temporary Little Sun Pop-Up Shop (open 1 August–1 September 2014) […]
Posted inEducation, Events, ProjectsLittle Sun was invited to participate in the fourth edition of the social art and music festival MILLERNTOR GALLERY (29-31 May 2014). Established by Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli e.V., an NGO campaigning for clean drinking water worldwide, MILLERNTOR GALLERY focused on street art and graffiti, music, social business, and social engagement. It was […]
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