**Pattern Name:**
Place (Where?)
**Introduction:**
Place matters. A lot.
**Illustration:**
**CONTEXT:**
Constructive motivation derives from passion. Passion is fed by experience. Most experience is local.
**PROBLEM:**
**We engage in too much talk about global. Too little focus on local.**
**Forces:**
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Look around. Associate with neighbors. Take care of what you see and feel.**
**Actions:**
Have "campfire conversations" with neighbors. Make "cave drawings" together. Have more conversations while pointing to the drawings.
**Consequences:** When place is seen across time, the urge for stewardship is born. The drawing and conversations help organize stewardship.
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