About Us

John Britto Academy (JOBA) is an educational academy, online and offline, for learning and living sustainably. It is a registered business name in Australia, recorded with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) since 30 August 2021.
Our team of honorary experts works across education, health, organic farming, technology, psychology, philosophy, human development, media and communication, and art and literature. We work with schools, civil society organisations and scholars in Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia and Singapore.
Our sister organisation, Global Giving Group Incorporated (3G), an incorporated association registered in Australia since 2018, brings together young people in 43 countries.
Vision:
Towards nature centric sustainable living
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Bio-diversity and Inter-connectedness: Human species, its survival and sustainability are very much connected and intertwined with all other living and non-living beings on this one planet earth.
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Compassion and Equality: The intelligence and wisdom of human kind, progressing with compassion and equality among all human beings in fullness of life striking a balance between and among human kind and human society.
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Sustainability and Well-being: Natural resources management and development with wholistic world view for equity of opportunities and wellbeing of all living and non-living things for the generations of human species now and beyond.
Mission:
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Conducting THINAI online course - Care for People and Planet
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Fostering collaboration and cooperation with individuals, families, communities, and institutions to advance sustainable living.
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Facilitating exposures, studies, researches and publications broad basing Nature-Centric Sustainable way of life.
Focus:
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Universal values
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Sustainable Living
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Life and Work Skills
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Arts and Literature
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Collaboration & Cooperation
Values:
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Diversity
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Uniqueness
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Interconnectedness
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Self-Reliance
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Respect
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Compassion
Perspective:
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Species-centric perspective than anthropocentric perspective
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Wholistic perspective than compartmentalised perspective
Founder
John Britto Parisutham, Australia
Having observed the calmness of my father and his intrinsic connection with nature, I started medidating over NATURE and HUMAN LIFE from my early period of life. My father was an embodiment of universal values. My father is my 'first GURU'. Mr. Nammalavar, the bio-farming expert was my second 'Guru' in my early twenties who motivated me to ACT towards social transformation having NATURE as the centre. He introduced me the concept of sustainable way of life. Later Dr. Yvon Amobroise taught me the skill of cultural analysis of human society and opened the world of 'analysis' and analytical perspective. Prof. Pieere Babin, France showed me the emotional world of human and species and opened up the world of art and literature. JOBA was born. I believe in the natural rhythm and laws of the universe (multiverse?). Human kind is part of the universe and every reality and happenings are natural. Life goes on, irrespective of happenings, in Nature. The unknown than known for the humankind is vast. The perspective of Nature should be species-centred than homo sapien-centred. Nature is resilient of changes which happen because of tension between organisms. Humans have to find the natural law, equilibrium, harmony and balance in the chaotic mind and environment, visualise because of ignorance. Believes that every species need to be a life long learner, otherwise our forms will change, though the energy will remain. So, dedicated to learn and share from Nature and Humanity and share with other human beings and wonder at Nature. That's when THINAI as a philosophy helped me understand individual human beings, communities and the world.

Honorary Country Leaders

Manoharan Muthusamy
Country Leader, Malaysia

S. Santiago
Country Leader, India

Yogeshwari
Country Leader, Sri Lanka

Veera Vijayabharathy
Country Leader, Singapore
Volunteer Expert Team

Dr. Kokila Thangasamy
India

Dr. Pia Lovengreen
Italy

Dr. Kumaranvelu
Malaysia

