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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.

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[3:45]\\xa0Kam\\xe9a: \\u201cWhat\\u2019s something most people don\\u2019t understand about how social inequality impacts the movement?\\u201d

[6:35]\\xa0How self-development can support sustainability.\\xa0

[8:10]\\xa0Nikki: \\u201cIf you can\\u2019t make sophisticated decisions because you\\u2019re so tied to your own opinion\\u2026 then we\\u2019re never going to get anywhere.\\u201d

[8:45]\\xa0Nikki on how we can go past self-defensiveness to work towards a greater goal.

[14:15]\\xa0Nikki: \\u201cFocusing on building healthy soil is an intervention that is almost impossible to get wrong if you\\u2019re doing it the right way, so\\xa0you will unintentionally benefit other systems.\\u201d

[15:20]\\xa0Current conditions of soil health degeneration around the globe.

[16:49]\\xa0What we can do as individuals to support regenerative farming.

[19:22]\\xa0Kam\\xe9a: \\u201cWhat do you think is missing from our current way of looking at sustainability?\\u201d

[19:55]\\xa0Nikki: \\u201cSoil is pretty hidden when you think about the environment.\\xa0

[24:02]\\xa0Nikki\\u2019s thoughts on what it takes to go from awareness to creating meaningful change.

[24:08]\\xa0Nikki:\\xa0\\u201cThe practice of looking externally when we feel uncomfortable is much less effective than looking to ourselves first.\\u201d

[27:57]\\xa0Nikki: \\u201cIf my behavior is going to be counterproductive to the outcomes I\\u2019m going for because it\\u2019s going to reinforce guilt and shame, then I\\u2019m not going to do it.\\u201d

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