Sarah Baxendell
Regenerative Design Director, ArtEcology | COO, Layer Labs
Sarah Baxendell operates at the intersection of ecological systems and emerging technology, creating frameworks that redirect capital toward planetary regeneration. As Regenerative Design Director at ArtEcology, she leads a multidisciplinary collective developing innovative approaches to biodiversity enhancement and climate resilience.
At Layer Labs, Sarah serves as COO, guiding the development of groundbreaking AVS technology in the Ethereum ecosystem that aligns decentralized systems with regenerative principles. Her blockchain expertise stems from co-founding Regen Network, where she pioneered digital infrastructure for ecological market creation and verification.
Sarah's portfolio spans both digital and physical landscapes: developing biodiversity credit architecture for Antilles Reserve in Barbados, designing bioregional financing mechanisms, and transforming 1,000 acres of urban land in Pittsburgh, including America's largest urban farm. Her systems work includes co-authoring the Pittsburgh Climate Action Plan and securing over $47 million for ecosystem restoration initiatives.
Trained in finance, sustainable design, permaculture, and botanical medicine, Sarah brings rare interdisciplinary expertise to blockchain applications for ecological markets. Her approach demonstrates how distributed technologies can create transparent, efficient mechanisms for redirecting capital toward regenerative outcomes while honoring the complexity of living systems.
Sarah Baxendell is Regenerative Design Director at ArtEcology and COO of Layer Labs. Learn more at artecology.studio and
layer.xyz
