The idea
What is interdependence?
Think of the people who make an ordinary day possible: someone grows your food, keeps the water running, or cares for a person you love. You may never meet most of them, but your life is connected to theirs.
Understanding interdependence begins by noticing those connections. In+ter asks how we can make them work better while protecting each person’s right to choose.
01 · Meaning
Relying on others is not losing your say.
Here, interdependence means that people rely on one another to meet some of their needs.
Independence
Doing things for yourself.
Dependence
Relying on someone to meet a need.
Interdependence
Relying on one another. Those connections can exist whether or not we have deliberately organised them.
Working distinctions
A person can be independent in one part of life and need real support in another. What comes back need not be equal, prompt, or money. We want these relationships deliberate: people know who does the work and have a say in the terms.
02 · Difference
Different views do not have to make enemies.
We are already interdependent, even when we disagree. None of us has a perfect view, and nobody should have to surrender their convictions to work with others.
That does not make every claim equally true or every action acceptable. Accountability still matters. It means staying human to one another long enough to find one shared need and decide what we can build around it.
03 · Examples
What it looks like.
Four examples.
More on each
A tool library depends on people returning tools and showing others how borrowing works. Highfield Farm joins soil, food and community work; nobody has to copy it. A cooperative still leaves each member their say. A small agreement is useful without becoming an unlimited obligation.
These are examples, not summit partners or endorsements.
04 · Choice and limits
Choice belongs in the arrangement.
Depending is not owning. Five tests.
05 · Where to start
Start with one real need.
One thing, a few people.
Name the need
A tool, a repair, someone to learn from.
Look for what exists
A group may already do it.
A small, clear agreement
Who does what, and when to check.
Or just know who lives next door.
06 · The summit
What could we do together?
The first In+ter Summit took place on 7–8 October 2026, with conversations across Sovereignty, Belonging, Vitality, Regeneration and Prosperity. Explore the 25-session replay library now.