Little Sun 2020 | A Year in Pictures

We proudly present: Little Sun’s Year in Pictures 2020! Have a look at Little Sun’s past year, including projects supporting Covid-19 relief programs, digital artworks and a lot of global togetherness. Read more.

The Yemen Lantern: Ancient Tradition Meets Solar Technology

Little Sun has teamed up with warfair and The Yemen Journey to help artisans revive a beautiful tradition, the Yemen Lantern. Our Little Sun Diamond solar lamps power each Yemen Lantern with safe, clean renewable energy. Read more about the holiday gift that gives hope.

Empowering Digital Health Innovators with Solar

BRAC Uganda and John Snow R&T Institute Inc. win partnership with Little Sun, and will receive a total of 648 Little Sun Charges to strengthen health systems in remote areas without access to electricity during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more.

Online workshop: Learn how solar technology works

Solar technology 101

In this video, Romane from the Little Sun team takes apart your favorite solar lamp and tells you about the whole technology inside. Follow her steps and discover all the components inside to become a solar master!

Little Sun's COVID-19 Response: Powering Health

More than 30% of health clinics in sub-Saharan Africa are without electricity. This makes health care a challenge, especially in the midst of a global pandemic. Our new program will deliver solar energy and other supplies to those fighting the crisis. Find out more & donate now.

Teach and Learn at home: Online tools for families coping with quarantine

Click here to find our online tools with lots of workshop material to learn, have fun and get creative with Little Sun, including learning activities for children and educators

Little Sun and Earth Hour 2020 – Let’s come together digitally for us and our planet

On Saturday night, the Little Sun team joins people around the world to celebrate Earth Hour by switching off the lights for the environment. Although all physical events have been canceled, we come together digitally to honor our planet and raise awareness for the urgent need of climate action – now more than ever.

Little Sun and Materials Part 1: The Plastic

We are looking into sustainable material alternatives and conducting R&D projects with different companies to see what the future holds. Read our blog post for an overview of our research!

In real life: Olafur’s exhibition travels from the Tate Modern to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

From July 2019 to January 2020, Olafur returned to the Tate Modern with his exhibition In real life, highlighting the crucial role the environment plays in all our lives. You now have the chance to see the exhibition in Spain, where it is now on display at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao from 14 February until 21 June 2020. Find out more about the exhibition and discover our top 3 favorite artworks!

Little Sun 2019 | A Year in Pictures

We proudly present: Little Sun’s Year in Pictures 2019!
Have a look at all the amazing moments of this past year, including beautiful sunrises, beautiful people and of course the celebration of over one million lamps distributed!

New on Netflix: Season two of Abstract: The Art of Design

The new season features some of Olafur’s most amazing works, gives an inside look into the studio and of course explains the vision for Little Sun. Check it out!

Olafur starts Climate Week NYC off with a Little Sunrise

There is no better way to kick off Climate Week NYC than with a beautiful sunrise, or more specifically a Little Sunrise. And that’s exactly what Olafur did at the Social Good Summit where he was announced UN Goodwill Ambassador for Climate Action. Read more!

“The eyes of all future generations are upon you” – impressions of the climate strike

From remote islands in the Pacific to the streets of New York, some 5,000 climate strikes happened around the globe on the 20th of September. Read more on our blog!

Little Sun in Conversation: Olafur and Nabil

Watch Olafur and Nabil, our distribution partner in Ethiopia, talk about arts, energy access and global solutions in four unique videos which we shot last month during Nabil’s first visit to Berlin.

Give light to communities in urgent need of clean energy

Access to energy unlocks opportunities for better education, safety, health and a bright future for all.  Every donation to Little Sun helps us deliver solar light to students, health workers, refugees and remote communities.

How Does Solar Power Save Lives?

Bringing together digital health care and solar energy in Zanzibar. Read more about it here.

20 million additional study hours

Little Sun Foundation increases access to education with solar energy. In February 2019, we reached a milestone and equipped all of the school children without electriciy in Kamonyi, Rwanda with our solar lamps. Learn more here.

One million solar lamps worldwide!

Little Sun reaches a milestone by successfully delivering one million solar lamps worldwide

we are celebrating a major milestone in our pursuit of clean energy access for all. The one million solar lamps have created a substantial social and health impact, accounting for 613,523,012 hours of light. As a result, 2,629,384 people now use clean solar energy instead of harmful fossil fuel-based lighting sources. Read more

We are all #ConnectedByTheSun

In 2012, artist Olafur Eliasson and engineer Frederik Ottesen started the Little Sun project and since then, our global team has been working day by day, solar lamp by solar lamp, to bring the sustainable energy and the awesome power of the sun to everyone. Join our solar mission!

Meet the Little Sun Family

The Yemen Lantern: Zabid
$368 Sold Out
The Yemen Lantern: Sheba
$350 Sold Out
Little Sun Original
$26.65
Little Sun Diamond
$30
Little Sun Charge – Solar Charge
$79
Add-on Stand
(for Little Sun Charge)
$9 Sold Out

Little Sun, Big Impact

“After my children go to sleep, I am now able to finish my sewing and stitching work because I have light. I am very happy with my Little Sun and all the opportunities it gives me and my children.”

Champa, seamstress, Uttar Pradesh, India.

“A dignified life is to feel pride. When Little Sun came and I began to sell them at the kiosk, it gave the whole team a desire for new challenges. We are so happy with this Little Sun project.”

Pascasie Redi, Little Sun sales agent, kiosk manager, Burundi

“Now, with Little Sun, I can revise and complete my homework. Even my friends benefit from it, because I hang it from the ceiling in our dormitory so they can see too.”

Swafdal Abdellah, boarding school student, Uganda

Where Little Sun is Making an Impact

"Art helps us identify with one another and expands the notion of 'we' from the local to the global."

Olafur Eliasson

Little Sun light is bringing solar energy in more than 10 African countries, including Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, and Burkina Faso – with many more to come. So far (as of December 2020), we have distributed a total of 1,261,441 Little Suns worldwide. Of those, over 762,223 lamps went to areas without electricity. And that number is rapidly growing…