For over a decade, Jhoni Ada has worked as an urban conservationist and organizational leadership consultant, centering her work in joy, remembrance, and rest. For the last five years, she has worked with the Sierra Club as a community organizer mobilizing a grassroots effort to conserve the largest forested, undeveloped open space in urban New England — Remington Woods (Bridgeport & Stratford, CT). She also works with frontline faith communities in New England to transform congregations into thriving, resilient communities living out environmental stewardship in practical, adventurous, and joyful ways.