This charter is addressed to enablers in the TEIKEI network.
It describes the shared fundamental understanding for people who contribute to making structures, transitions, and developments possible through attention, time, presence, support, contacts, knowledge, resources, or concrete assistance.
This charter specifies the overarching Charter for TEIKEI Communities for the role of enablers.
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 common 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 community-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 is read, understood, and supported in practice by all participants.
Enablers are often not the most visible people in the network, but they play a crucial role in ensuring that processes, encounters, transitions, and developments can actually take place.
They act where otherwise things might stall, break off, or remain disconnected.
This means:
Enabling is not merely spontaneous willingness to help but a form of responsibility.
This includes:
Enablers contribute without putting themselves at the center.
Therefore:
Enablers often work at transitions, interfaces, and sensitive points in the structure.
This includes:
The purpose of this charter is to make enablers—often an invisible but foundational role in the TEIKEI network—visible.
It provides guidance on how support, enablement, and connection can be carried out responsibly, in service, and for the benefit of the whole.
By signing this charter, the undersigned person confirms that this charter has been read, understood, and will be supported in practical implementation.
The signature expresses the willingness to act in 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.
Name of the responsible person:
Role / Function:
Location:
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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: 04 - Charter for Places of Engagement in the TEIKEI Network
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: 2026-06-09 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us