The TEIKEI network is not merely an organizational structure for distributing food.
It is an attempt to embed the economy in a way that keeps it connected to relationships, responsibility, and cultural development.
TEIKEI therefore does not view provision as an isolated economic act, but as part of a larger context:
How do people live together?
How do they interact with nature, resources, and time?
And which forms of collaboration strengthen the long-term resilience of communities?
A central image in this context is the three sacred circles.
They do not describe separate domains, but three dimensions that belong together in the TEIKEI context and influence each other.
The first circle concerns the economic level.
This involves provision, distribution, logistics, pricing, planning, and all practical processes necessary to ensure people have access to food.
In the TEIKEI understanding, this level should not be organized extractively, but regeneratively, fairly, and in solidarity.
Here, the economy is not an end in itself, but serves to secure sustainable livelihoods.
The second circle concerns relationships.
This includes trust, commitment, shared responsibility, conflict resolution, mutual support, and the ability to stay connected even in difficult phases.
In the TEIKEI network, relationships are not a soft addition to the economy, but a real prerequisite for organizing provision resiliently.
Without sustainable relationships, even good structures will eventually become fragile.
The third circle concerns the cultural and creative dimension.
This involves expression, perception, meaning, design, rituals, language, and the connection to what transcends mere functionality.
In the TEIKEI context, "art" does not only refer to artistic production in the narrow sense, but to the question of how people create culture and what an economy might look like that is not only efficient, but also humane, beautiful, and meaningful.
This creates an understanding of a network that does not separate economy, relationships, and culture from one another.
The structure of the TEIKEI network attempts not only to conceptually bring these three circles together, but to practically relate them to one another.
This means:
The network structure is therefore not only functionally designed, but also follows the question of how different levels of coexistence can remain connected.
TEIKEI combines local responsibility with Europe-regional collaboration.
This means:
This logic does not follow an abstract growth model, but the attempt to anchor responsibility appropriately in spatial, seasonal, and communal terms.
The network structure of TEIKEI is not based on a central authority dictating everything while others merely execute.
While a network does need shared tools, orientation, and coordination,
its true resilience emerges where responsibility is distributed, feedback is taken seriously, and experiences from local contexts are fed back into the overall structure.
This includes, among other things:
In this way, the network structure is not merely administered, but further developed from lived practice.
Another part of the network involves not only replacing existing structures, but—where possible—inviting them into transformation processes.
This means:
This also includes TEIKEI accompanying transitions where older models reach their limits and new forms only gradually become visible.
The structure of the TEIKEI network thus connects several levels at once.
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In this sense, the three sacred circles are not a symbolic addition, but an image of TEIKEI understanding the network not just as an organization, but as a living context.
One level up: Recursive Network Economy
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: 2025-03-25 · Last updated: 2026-10-11 · Questions or feedback? support@teikei.us