This charter is addressed to Service Customers in the TEIKEI network.
Service Customers are structures, companies, or actors that use parts of the TEIKEI infrastructure or specific services within the TEIKEI context without being an integral part of the collectively supported network structure themselves.
This role is important because it makes a clear distinction between usage and ownership visible. Not every person, group, or organization that comes into contact with TEIKEI or uses its services is automatically part of the network in the narrower sense.
This charter describes the shared basic understanding for this role. It defines the position of Service Customers, how they differ from other roles, and what kind of clarity is necessary for this relationship.
This charter does not stand alone.
It is based on the TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the ten TEIKEI principles.
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 describes the network's long-term orientation. This includes in particular:
The ten TEIKEI principles form the shared foundation for collaboration, supply, and development across the entire network. These include:
This charter translates this shared foundation into the concrete practice of the respective role within the network.
This means:
The structures, decisions, and processes described here must not be considered or implemented in isolation from the ecological, social, and community goals of the TEIKEI Manifesto and the ten TEIKEI principles.
Even where a role is not directly involved in agricultural production, it remains part of a system built on ecological responsibility, regenerative practices, and collectively supported supply.
This results in:
The roles, tasks, and attitudes described in this charter can only be fully understood in the context of this shared foundation.
Therefore:
The TEIKEI Manifesto 2030 and the ten TEIKEI principles are not an optional background but a shared foundation that must be read, understood, and supported in practice by all participants.
Service Customers use services or infrastructure within the TEIKEI context without being responsible for this infrastructure or part of the community governance themselves.
This may include the use of:
Here, the focus is on usage rather than co-design or co-responsibility for the network as a whole.
Service Customers are:
This distinction is central because it prevents usage from being confused with membership.
Service Customers are clearly distinct from other roles in the TEIKEI network.
Unlike actors, they do not bear system-critical responsibility, the absence of which would have direct structural consequences for the network.
Unlike partners, they do not necessarily collaborate with TEIKEI out of ideological conviction or long-term co-responsibility.
Unlike providers, they do not supply services or materials but rather use such services.
This clarity is necessary so that roles, expectations, and responsibilities do not gradually merge unnoticed.
Even though Service Customers do not have a systemic supporting role, their integration requires clear designation and clean boundaries.
This includes:
Role clarification protects both the network and the Service Customers themselves from misunderstandings.
Service Customers can be part of transition processes.
This means:
At the same time, it remains important:
The clear designation of Service Customers helps to:
Where infrastructure is used without clearly defined roles, the impression can easily arise that influence, co-design, or membership is greater than it actually is.
The goal of this charter is to create clarity about who uses infrastructure and services in the TEIKEI context without being part of the supporting network structure themselves.
It makes visible that usage does not automatically imply membership and that the distinction between ownership, co-responsibility, and mere utilization must be consciously maintained.
This keeps the network understandable in its structure, consciously steerable in its development, and clearly distinguishable in its roles.
By signing this charter, the undersigned person confirms that this charter has been read, understood, and will be supported in its practical implementation.
The signature expresses the willingness to act within the TEIKEI network in accordance with the principles, responsibilities, and forms of collaboration described here and to further develop this practice together with the other participants in the network.
This confirmation does not replace any further agreements if required but documents the shared commitment to this charter as a binding foundation for collaboration.
Company Name:
Name of Responsible Person:
Role / Function:
Location:
Date:
Signature:
If relevant, additional agreements, role descriptions, or operational arrangements can be documented separately and attached to this charter.
Future adjustments to this charter should be made transparently and, where possible, in dialogue with the affected participants in the network.
One level up: Manifesto and Charter at TEIKEI
Author: Felix Schröder, with the help of AI (ChatGPT)
Creation: written by Felix Schröder › formatted in Markdown by ChatGPT › published by Felix Schröder › layout adjusted by Claude
Created: 2026-03-18 · Last updated: 2026-10-11 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us