The Second Home & Konohana Family Ecovillage Affairs

Joint Announcement from the Second Home of Lifechanyuan, China and Konohana Family, Japan

Nov 11, 2013 It is our pleasure to announce to you that the Second Home of Lifechanyuan (herein after referred to as Lifechanyuan) and Konohana Family, ecovillages that are born in China and apan, have had conversations !ith each other through delegates from their communities and have reached the follo!ing agreement" #n $ov %%, &'%(, as a symbol of harmoni)ing the *ast+,sian countries !hich are ethnic brothers and sisters, Lifechanyuan and Konohana Family have united as one big family- .herefore Lifechanyuan has become the Chinese branch of Konohana

 Family, and Konohana Family has become the /th branch of Lifechanyuan- Here after, the affairs of this big family !ill be discussed by all members of both communities.he Core values of this big family are" 0evere the 1reatest Creator, 0evere Life, 0evere $ature, and create a system in !hich human beings, nature and society are able to coe2ist harmoniously, and become a model for all human beings- 3e !ill e2plore ne! paths in the areas of building an ecological civili)ation and sustainable living- .herefore, !e identify our lifestyle as highly civili)ed and absolutely communal45efore cultivating fields, cultivate the soul6- .he top priorities of this big family are to purify and beautify each member7s soul, and to achieve high levels of self+ sufficiency and sustainability- 3e !ill comply !ith all the terms and la!s stipulated in the Charter of the 8nited $ations, and comply !ith the constitution and la!s in each country- 3e respect the central government and its leaders in each countryHo!ever, the most important is not the interests of our individual nations- Instead, !e !ill consider first the interests of all humanity9 this !ill be our main focus- 3e !ill continue to strive to unite over a thousand communities in the !orld into a big international family to finally reali)e the dream of 4#ne !orld, one family63e hereby announce to the !orld that !e have made this first great step to!ards reali)ing the beautiful ideal of creating a united and harmonious !orld that has al!ays been a dream of human beingsRepresentative of Lifechanyuan Representative of Konohana Family

The Second Home & Konohana Family Xuefeng Michiyo Furuhashi

The Second Home & Konohana Family