Achievements
- Over the past 25 years, the Sunflower Foundation has created a unique platform to deepen our understanding of money and open up new perspectives on the economy and society. Its greatest success lies in viewing money not just as a financial instrument, but as a cultural and social force that shapes the way we think and act.
- With the MoneyMuseum, Sunflower has established one of the first digital museums on the history of money and later created physical spaces in which visitors can actively engage with the development of currencies, financial systems and economic ideas. The combination of historical collections, interactive media and innovative event formats has helped to make money more understandable as a social phenomenon.
- Another major success was the development of the MoneyForum, which facilitates debates on fundamental economic and financial issues. Topics such as the future of money, cryptocurrencies and sustainable financial systems were addressed and critically discussed at an early stage. With the MoneyLab, Sunflower has also created experimental spaces for alternative currencies, exchange systems and new financial technologies and actively tested which new economic models could work. With the ChinaForum, the MoneyMuseum focuses on current developments in China, corrects the one-sided reporting of many media and motivates a curious audience in leadership positions to take a closer look at China.
- At an academic level, the Sunflower Foundation has played a decisive role in shaping the discourse on monetary logic in recent years. Through close cooperation with universities such as the Cusanus University in Germany and think tanks such as Plurale Ökonomik, it has contributed to the further development of alternative economic and monetary theories. Her commitment to educational projects - from money courses to publications and digital teaching materials - shows that she wants to anchor the understanding of money in a broad public.
- It is particularly noteworthy that Sunflower has often recognized trends early on: it was one of the first institutions to deal intensively with blockchain technologies, research alternative monetary systems or critically examine the role of money in society. Its recent involvement in economic education and scientific money research shows that Sunflower not only imparts knowledge, but also actively seeks ways to make money fairer and more sustainable in the future.
- In summary, Sunflower has ensured that money is no longer seen as a neutral economic variable, but as a system that is deeply interwoven into society, politics and culture. It has opened up the debate about the influence money has on our lives - and what alternatives there could be.