Podcast appearances and mentions of nikki silvestri

In this episode of "The Running Wine Mom," we explore the journey and insights of Nikki Silvestri, a remarkable leader, entrepreneur, and advocate. Nikki wears many hats - she's a mother of two, a non-profit executive director, and the CEO and founder of Soil and Shadow. She also serves on the board of Greenpeace USA and is an international keynote speaker.Nikki's approach to inclusion, leadership, and organizational development is deeply rooted in nature, weaving the concept of "social fertility" into her Joy and Impact™ framework. She encourages a shame-free approach to addressing societal shadows and blind spots, especially in the pursuit of balancing the triple bottom line of ecology, economy, and equity in our ever-changing world.Throughout her wide-ranging career, Nikki has presented at the White House, negotiated with the Environmental Protection Agency, and conducted intimate workshops with local businesses. She's a recipient of prestigious awards, including ELLE Magazine's Gold Award and OxFam America's Act Local, Think Global Award, and she's been named one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans.Join us as we explore Nikki's unique perspective, her experiences across different sectors, and her passion for creating positive change. Discover how she uses her platform to drive impactful conversations and empower others. Tune in now for an enlightening and inspiring conversation with Nikki Silvestri.Instagram: @Nikki_Silvestrihttps://linktr.ee/nikki_silvestri

Duality is either/or thinking. We tend to gravitate toward this type of thinking by habit. However, non-duality allows us to embrace multiplicities. In the context of chronic pain and illness non-duality allows us to recognize "I am not this illness." We are often pathologized. Rather than thinking just about what's wrong with us we can remember we contain multitudes. Also, non-duality can remind me I am the being experiencing x. There can be a layer or distance that gets inserted. Having a contemplative practice has supported this ability. Giving me a bit of space between me and the pain or difficulty. I'm cultivating a skill of stillness that means I have a pause to say "I am the being having that experience." In the space other things become possible -- I can insert a bit of life in that pause. I think that's also why person-centered language is important: when say "she's a person with a disability" rather than "she's disabled" it acknowledges that she's a person having that experience rather than that being the whole of who she is. A tool I was introduced to by Nikki Silvestri is using the phrase "and also." We don't have to negate what is happening but expand what's true, it allows for multiple realities and paradox. As you play with non-duality, tell me how can you use "yes and" in your daily life. Do you have a contemplative practice? What do you do? How long? If not, why not -- what are the obstacles that keep you from a practice?

What does it mean to bring the “feminine” forward in leadership from diverse cultural and ethnic perspectives? How might a spectrum of views help us to integrate relational intelligence into all our leadership? This hour long special features poet Noris Binet; Nikki Silvestri, former Executive Director of Green for All and The People's Grocery and Pat McCabe, or Woman Stands Shining, a Navajo teacher working on Indigenous frameworks for gender and all of life.

Meet Nikki Silvestri, a serial nonprofit executive director who now helps social and environmental entrepreneurs find more impact in their work and joy in their lives. Her consulting firm Soil and Shadow advises organizations by using the ecological principles of healthy soil as a guidepost. Silvestri is also a senior advisor at JumpScale, a firm that counsels investors and philanthropists on their financial well-being. In this position, she co-hosts an online series called “Pandemic Response: The New Normal Series” that features conversations centered around how best to adapt to life during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our conversation covers her early connection to regenerative principles, how generating more presence and joy might be the key to saving society, and how she's ready to chain herself to something because the time for gentle negotiation is over. You can learn more about her path to regeneration by visiting Nikki's Guide on Soil Centric.

Andrew chats with Nikki Silvestri, the Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a project development firm designing economic and environmental strategies. 

I'm thrilled to *finally* share my conversation with the amazing and electrifying Nikki Silvestri. We connected back in early March and recorded our conversation in late May, at the height of the quarantine. It's been a process to find the time to sit with this deep conversation and pull together some insights for you. A friend shared Nikki's work with me and I was hooked - Nikki was setting up a program to teach facilitation to Rural Women, and I was so curious to dive into her facilitation and leadership approach and her critical work. Nikki's core metaphor is soil - the complex place that gives life to us all - the source of our nourishment. Monoculture vs Food Forests Soil can be thought of as a series of inputs - minerals, water, carbon, etc. A mathematical equation for creating a space for life. But rich soil is not simple. It's a complex, living thing that responds unpredictably to attempts to control it. In agriculture we can have a food forest - a near-wild combination of plants and animals feeding each other and ourselves. Or, we can have a monoculture - sprawling spaces where we use as much science and technology as possible to sustain maximum outputs at all times and at all costs. Nikki suggests, rightly, that monocultures can also exist in our own organizations...and that when we have such a monoculture, when we are not doing what she calls “basic diversity and inclusion work” innovation and creativity will be lost.  Esther Derby, a noted Agile consultant, touched on this forest metaphor in our podcast interview - she said that she would rewrite her whole book about leading change using food forests and forest succession as her central metaphor. Mechanistic thinking vs Complexity Thinking in Group Work and Leadership We push this metaphor of soil and complexity deeper into growing personal leadership and holding space for deep group work. Nikki describes the central tension: “I was trapped in mechanistic thinking because nonlinear complex thinking, it had too many unknowns and it made me too uncomfortable....With the amount of responsibility that I felt like I had, I needed to know. And frankly, I needed to know that I could manipulate my way into the linear outcome that I was looking for because there was "too much at stake" to not have that happen.” After all, control is rewarded. As Nikki suggests: “The people who are able to manipulate, and dominate, and control the outcome the most are the ones who are rewarded.” SUPPORT THE PODCAST AND GET INSIDER ACCESS https://theconversationfactory.com/conversation-factory-insider Links, Notes and Resources Nikki Silvestri on the web https://www.nikkisilvestri.com/ Nikki's TEDx Talk Nikki on Soil and Shadow Gestalt Organizational Development Carter's Cube (free login required)

If you haven’t already heard, we received a Webby nomination for Best Podcast Episode in the Science & Education category. We’re really proud to be nominated again… but, we also really want to win. So, today, we’re re-airing the episode that received a nomination and (https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2020/podcasts/individual-episodes-mini-series-specials/science-education) . Back in Episode 70, Quinn & Brian discussed: When things are broken, when the people who are working on those things are also broken, and why we need to help them. Our guest was Nikki Silvestri, the founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, the Co-Founder of Live Real, and the former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All. She is a nationally recognized thought leader and general good doer, including being named as one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans and receiving both ELLE Magazine's "Gold" Award and OxFam America's "Act Local, Think Global" Award. We don’t hesitate or feel like we’re overselling things when we say that what Nikki has to say is something that most people need to hear, and this could be a truly transformative message if it falls on the right ears. Brian said it, Quinn took credit for it, and now we hope you take it to heart. Have feedback or questions? Tweet us (http://www.twitter.com/importantnotimp) , or send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com Trump’s Book Club:  (https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3R5XF4WMZE0TV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2Gr8Ab6RS5WF3) by Hal Straus and Jerold Jay Kreisman Links: Vote for us for Best Podcast Episode (https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2020/podcasts/individual-episodes-mini-series-specials/science-education) Vote for us for Best Newsletter (https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2020/websites/general-websites/email-newsletters) www.soilandshadow.com (https://www.soilandshadow.com/) www.nikkisilvestri.com (https://www.nikkisilvestri.com/) Instagram: www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri (https://www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri/) Connect with us: Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com (http://importantnotimportant.com/) ! Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp (http://twitter.com/ImportantNotImp) Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett (http://twitter.com/quinnemmett) Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken (http://twitter.com/briancolbertken) Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant (http://facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant) Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com (http://timblane.com/) Important, Not Important is produced by (http://crate.media/) Support this podcast

Nikki Silvestri is a lifelong advocate for food and climate justice. She is a true thought leader pushing forward our understandings of self and the systems we are a part of. Her passion for a better world and better leadership is clear and inspiring. I also play the ukulele in this episode.

This week I chat with Nikki Silvestri - Founder of consulting and coaching firm Soil and Shadow. Nikki and I chat about leadership, burnout, consciousness, social change, regenerative agriculture and self empowerment. A must listen for those desiring more impact and joy in life, work + leadership.    To join the Unbound program: www.megberryman.com/unbound 

In Episode 70, Quinn & Brian discuss: When things are broken, when the people who are working on those things are also broken, and why we need to help them. Our guest is Nikki Silvestri, the founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a project development firm designing economic and environmental strategies with human left in.  As the Co-Founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All, Nikki has built and strengthened social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, climate solutions, and economic development. She is a nationally recognized thought leader and general good doer, including being named as one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans and receiving ELLE Magazine's "Gold" Award and OxFam America's "Act Local, Think Global" Award.  We don’t hesitate or feel like we’re overselling things when we say that what Nikki has to say is something that most people need to hear, and this could be a truly transformative message if it falls on the right ears. Brian said it, Quinn took credit for it, and now we hope you take it to heart.  Want to send us feedback? Tweet us, email us, or leave us a voice message!  Trump’s Book Club: I Hate You - Don't Leave Me by Hal Straus and Jerold Jay Kreisman: https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/3R5XF4WMZE0TV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_2Gr8Ab6RS5WF3  Links: Have feedback or questions?  Send a message to funtalk@importantnotimportant.com  https://www.soilandshadow.com  https://www.nikkisilvestri.com  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri  Connect with us:  Subscribe to our newsletter at ImportantNotImportant.com!  Check out our Morning Show and other daily bite-size content on Instagram: instagram.com/ImportantNotImportant  Leave us a voice message: anchor.fm/important-not-important/message  Follow Quinn: twitter.com/quinnemmett  Follow Brian: twitter.com/briancolbertken  Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ImportantNotImp  Like and share us on Facebook: facebook.com/ImportantNotImportant  Pin us on Pinterest: pinterest.com/ImportantNotImportant  Tumble us or whatever the hell you do on Tumblr: importantnotimportant.tumblr.com  Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com Support this podcast

In this episode we’re diving deep into how healthy soil, and healthy relationships, are at the core of regional economic development.  Tune in to hear from Nikki Silvestri, founder of Soil and Shadow, a project development firm that designs human and environmental strategies. As the former Executive Director of People’s Grocery and Green for All, […]

It was such an honor to sit down to speak with Nikki Silvestri of Soil & Shadow this week. From her life as a speaker to CEO and mom, I was inspired to learn about Nikki’s life behind-the-scenes of her business. Nikki shares what it looks like for her to embody her spiritual practice in her day-to-day activities, as well as what it took to get to where she is now: To have a family, thriving business, and career as a public speaker and change-maker with an environmental, social and economic impact. Nikki didn’t hesitate to share all of herself in this episode - from what she learned burning-out in the non-profit world, to having challenges with fertility when she was ready to have a baby, to working through her own limiting beliefs around financial success. Nikki shares how she rose above her challenges to create a sustainable and thriving business with a triple bottom line ~ one that is here to see success in terms of planet, people and profits, and how she is helping other companies to do the same. In this episode we discussed: Nikki’s journey of becoming an entrepreneur and starting her business, “Soil & Shadow” Behind the scenes, what it looks like for Nikki to be a Mother & CEO Climate change, carbon emissions, and sustainable soil and agriculture practices that can reduce the amount of carbon in our atmosphere How Earth’s ecosystems mirror our personal relationships Nikki’s journey with moving beyond limiting beliefs to do empowering work that is good for people, the planet AND drives profits How Nikki embodies her spiritual practice in her business Nikki’s challenges with fertility and having her son as well as what needed to shift in her life Nikki’s journey with being seen, improvising and becoming a keynote public speaker Behind Nikki’s decision to continue running her own business (rather than working for someone else) when becoming a mother Nikki’s upcoming projects including Diversity & Inclusion initiatives in the workplace Stay in Touch with Nikki: Website Instagram Nikki Silvestri is the Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a project development firm designing economic and environmental strategies with human left in. As the Co-Founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All, Nikki has built and strengthened social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, climate solutions, and economic development. A nationally recognized thought leader, her many honors include being named one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans. Nikki is a Faculty Member at the Food Business School (she co-designed and taught one of their inaugural courses, "Ethical Leadership in Food Business"). She is the Board Co-Chair of the Business Alliance of Local Living Economies (BALLE), and is an advisory board member of TendLab, a boutique firm unlocking the power of parenthood at work. She is the recipient of numerous awards including ELLE Magazine's "Gold" Award and OxFam America's "Act Local, Think Global" Award. Nikki began her work in social change through the foster care system in Southern California, where she directed Foster Youth Empowerment Workshops. She has a master's degree in African American Studies from UCLA, and is originally from Los Angeles. She currently lives in Oakland, with her husband and son.

In this Best of DFB, we revisit Nikki Silvestri. Nikki is a new Mama and speaker with equal parts vulnerability and razor-sharp analysis. She is the Founder of Soil and Shadow and working to create system change while improving relationships between communities. In this conversation we get into: Why our good ideas don’t flourish because we don’t know how to work well together How your change-making work can reflect abundance and not scarcity How the process of shadow work makes you face your own worst nightmares How once your life has changed you realize there isn’t that much to be afraid of What it takes to ask yourself new questions How the seed of shadow work is allowing opposites to exist simultaneously that seem irreconcilable Why we are obsessed with reconciliation as a society Why suffering is a part of life and how you have to accept it as such Why connection is the seed of everything, and how it creates possibilities that didn’t exist before How boundaries enable you to do your own work How to welcome the shadow parts of yourself back home How shadow work makes you a better leader by allowing you to see all of yourself Why we need to speak to people in a language they understand when approaching shadow work How anything you are attracted to or repulsed by is your shadow at play How you can find yourself in the projection of your shadow Why learning to properly integrate shadow work is so important Discernment is how to stay on the good side of shadow work Why it’s necessary to uncover limiting beliefs How being a mother shows you where you are managing your experiencing vs just experiencing Why you are not the extreme versions of yourself How practicing whole traditions leads to wholeness Links CLOSED // Go deep on a 3-month journey into shadow work with Nikki Silvestri at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/shadowlab // Applications close July 2, 2018 Connect with Nikki and her Soil and Shadow offerings through her website at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/ Follow Nikki on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri/

In this Best of DFB, we revisit Nikki Silvestri. Nikki is a new Mama and speaker with equal parts vulnerability and razor-sharp analysis. She is the Founder of Soil and Shadow and working to create system change while improving relationships between communities. In this conversation we get into: Why our good ideas don’t flourish because we don’t know how to work well together How your change-making work can reflect abundance and not scarcity How the process of shadow work makes you face your own worst nightmares How once your life has changed you realize there isn’t that much to be afraid of What it takes to ask yourself new questions How the seed of shadow work is allowing opposites to exist simultaneously that seem irreconcilable Why we are obsessed with reconciliation as a society Why suffering is a part of life and how you have to accept it as such Why connection is the seed of everything, and how it creates possibilities that didn’t exist before How boundaries enable you to do your own work How to welcome the shadow parts of yourself back home How shadow work makes you a better leader by allowing you to see all of yourself Why we need to speak to people in a language they understand when approaching shadow work How anything you are attracted to or repulsed by is your shadow at play How you can find yourself in the projection of your shadow Why learning to properly integrate shadow work is so important Discernment is how to stay on the good side of shadow work Why it’s necessary to uncover limiting beliefs How being a mother shows you where you are managing your experiencing vs just experiencing Why you are not the extreme versions of yourself How practicing whole traditions leads to wholeness Links CLOSED // Go deep on a 3-month journey into shadow work with Nikki Silvestri at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/shadowlab // Applications close July 2, 2018 Connect with Nikki and her Soil and Shadow offerings through her website at http://www.nikkisilvestri.com/ Follow Nikki on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nikki_silvestri/

Today is a unique episode. I get cozy with three female founders who are choosing to lead with love in their business and lives. I’ve personally worked with and mentored these women over the past year in the Love Over Metrics Incubator - loveovermetrics.com In episode 124 of Lead with Love, you’ll meet: Meri Cherry, founder of Meri Cherry Art Studio in Los Angeles California, Nikki Silvestri, Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, Co-Founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All, and Julia and Megan, Co-Founders for KidArtLit. What you'll hear (and don't want to miss!) From Meri… ::  What fears she had growing her business to the next level ::  Some of the key wins Meri has had over the past year and a big lesson she’s learned from Love Over Metrics ::  How Meri manages to balance a busy business and being a mother From Nikki… ::  Why Nikki decided to build her business leading with love first :: Her transformation into a CEO and mom, all while only working 20 hours a week :: Who Nikki feels that Love Over Metrics is really designed for From Julia & Megan… :: The story of how they met and whether or not they had fears around working together to build a business :: What the startup phase looked like and why building a platform first was so important for them :: Why they both decided to join Love Over Metrics and the wins they’ve had in just the last year You can find full show notes over at https://jadahsellner.com/love-over-metrics-spotlight-124

What do we need to know about our soil health across the globe? And how can we inspire meaningful systemic change through self-development? Today, one of The Root 100 Most Influential African Americans, former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All, and Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, Nikki Silvestri shares her wisdom with us.     HIGHLIGHTS [3:45] Kaméa: “What’s something most people don’t understand about how social inequality impacts the movement?” [6:35] How self-development can support sustainability.  [8:10] Nikki: “If you can’t make sophisticated decisions because you’re so tied to your own opinion… then we’re never going to get anywhere.” [8:45] Nikki on how we can go past self-defensiveness to work towards a greater goal. [14:15] Nikki: “Focusing on building healthy soil is an intervention that is almost impossible to get wrong if you’re doing it the right way, so you will unintentionally benefit other systems.” [15:20] Current conditions of soil health degeneration around the globe. [16:49] What we can do as individuals to support regenerative farming. [19:22] Kaméa: “What do you think is missing from our current way of looking at sustainability?” [19:55] Nikki: “Soil is pretty hidden when you think about the environment.  [24:02] Nikki’s thoughts on what it takes to go from awareness to creating meaningful change. [24:08] Nikki: “The practice of looking externally when we feel uncomfortable is much less effective than looking to ourselves first.” [27:57] Nikki: “If my behavior is going to be counterproductive to the outcomes I’m going for because it’s going to reinforce guilt and shame, then I’m not going to do it.”   Thanks for bringing your light! Find the full show notes with links and resources at www.greendreamer.com, and share your #1 takeaway from the episode tagging our featured guest and me @KameaChayne to spread the light and to let us know you're tuning in!

What can we learn from a mere handful of dirt? For Nikki Silvestri, soil is both a metaphor and the literal “fertile” ground through which complexity and diversity thrive. Having worked on issues of food systems, sustainability, and public health, Silvestri describes soil as the link through which to engage in the work of building community, resilience, and social equity. Today, in her conversation with Douglas Rushkoff, Silvestri offers a unique approach to systems thinking, grounded in a deep sense of humility in the face the immensely complex natural systems that thrive just below our feet. Nikki Silvestri is the founder of Soil and Shadow and the the former executive director of Green for All and the People's Grocery. Visit http://www.nikkisilvestri.com and https://www.soilandshadow.com/ to learn more about Nikki and her work.Today Douglas launches the show with a monologue on the Republican tax plan and the ulterior motives behind who it targets. Team Human intro and outro music are thanks to Fugazi and Dischord Records and the midroll music is a Team Human original. Thank you to all those supporting us on Patreon. Your contributions sustain the work that goes into these shows. Please review Team Human on iTunes or your favorite podcast app. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our industrialised, extractive food system is at breaking point. Instead of waiting for the crisis, technologies such as regenerative agriculture and synthetic biology give us the chance to feed the 9 billion whilst rebuilding natural capital. - Nikki Silvestri, CEO/Founder of Soil and Shadow - Istvan Kenyeres, President, The Biopolus Institute - Patrick Holden, Chief Executive, Sustainable Food Trust

Our industrialised, extractive food system is at breaking point. Instead of waiting for the crisis, technologies such as regenerative agriculture and synthetic biology give us the chance to feed the 9 billion whilst rebuilding natural capital. - Nikki Silvestri, CEO/Founder of Soil and Shadow - Istvan Kenyeres, President, The Biopolus Institute - Patrick Holden, Chief Executive, Sustainable Food Trust

Our industrialised, extractive food system is at breaking point. Instead of waiting for the crisis, technologies such as regenerative agriculture and synthetic biology give us the chance to feed the 9 billion whilst rebuilding natural capital. - Nikki Silvestri, CEO/Founder of Soil and Shadow - Istvan Kenyeres, President, The Biopolus Institute - Patrick Holden, Chief Executive, Sustainable Food Trust

Nikki Silvestri is an advocate for climate solutions, heathy food systems, and social change. As the Co-Founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People's Grocery and Green for All, Nikki has built and strengthened social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, climate solutions, and economic development. Her many honors include being named one of The Root's 100 Most Influential African Americans in 2014. Nikki is Co-Founder and CEO of Soil and Shadow, a project design and management firm working to support thriving communities, economies, and natural environments. In this episode, Nikki talks with Devon about the ways sequestering carbon in soil present opportunities to forge new alliances, and the need to address our shadow sides to make those alliances work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The information technology revolution has only just begun, yet it is removing jobs faster than its creating them in a global economy which has faltering growth, social tensions, unemployment and resource issues.  What are the consequences, what needs to be done? In this episode we hear from Nikki Silvestri, a social entrepreneur who knows we have to nurture society through these disruptions. Nikki was recorded at the launch event of the Disruptive Innovation Festival 2016. This podcast was recorded as part of the 2016 Disruptive Innovation Festival. Find out more at thinkdif.co. Check out the rest of the Circulate Podcast series two here.

What does it mean to bring the “feminine” forward in leadership from diverse cultural and ethnic perspectives? How might a spectrum of views help us to integrate relational intelligence into all our leadership? With poet Noris Binet; Nikki Silvestri, former Executive Director of Green for All and The People's Grocery and Pat McCabe, or Woman Stands Shining, a Navajo teacher working on Indigenous frameworks for gender and all of life.

What does it mean to bring the “feminine” forward in leadership from diverse cultural and ethnic perspectives? How might a spectrum of views help us to integrate relational intelligence into all our leadership? With poet Noris Binet; Nikki Silvestri, former Executive Director of Green for All and The People's Grocery and Pat McCabe, or Woman Stands Shining, a Navajo teacher working on Indigenous frameworks for gender and all of life.

Nikki Henderson (now Nikki Silvestri), founder of People's Grocery in Oakland, CA, explains how we can use food to create conversation and community. "One of the things I love about food is that it is grounding. It calls for presence." Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year. For more information on Bioneers, please visit http://www.bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

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Nikki Silvestri is a lifelong advocate for food and climate justice. She is a true thought leader pushing forward our understandings of self and the systems we are a part of. Her passion for a better world and better leadership is clear and inspiring. I also play the ukulele in this episode.

Nikki Silvestri has had a long history of working to support environmental justice and growing sustainable communities. As a Co-founder of Live Real and former Executive Director of People’s Grocery and Green For All Nikki has built and strengthened social equity for underrepresented populations in food systems, social services, public health, climate solutions and economic development. Now as a Co-founder and CEO of Silvestri Strategies she is working to support thriving communities, economies and natural environments.