**Pattern Name:**
ReLocalize Participation
**Introduction:**
We pay for our liberty through devoted participation. Doing something together seriously. The only currency of freedom is personal and group participation.
**Illustration:**
Children do it.
Live, Talk, Think, Act together.
**CONTEXT:**
We all live together on "Spaceship Earth 
"
Co = Participating = Sharing Experience
CoHabitating
CoLaborating
CoOrdinating
CoOperating
CoDesigning
CoIdentifying
**PROBLEM:**
**We are all in this dynamic complex world together--and things aren't going so well. Being isolated is not a solution. Templates and top down control is not a solution. Creative participation is called for. Creativity and participation are demanding of each individual. Finding the opportunity for each person to participate with interest and commitment is THE REAL CHALLENGE.**
**Forces:**
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Discover opportunities for creative participation at every level for every person and connect them so they are not at cross purposes.**
**Actions:**
Use transparently shared, co-created, causal loop diagrams and other models to find and sustain opportunities for participation.
Treat persistent non-participants as Free-riders.
**Consequences:**
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