Alexa Firmenich is an investor, consultant, and facilitator focused on climate and biodiversity. She is the founder of Naia Trust, an animist investment vehicle that supports early-stage nature-based solutions, scientific research, and new economic models. She is also senior advisor at the Crowther Lab at ETH Zurich, and was codirector of its initiative SEED that is developing the world’s most holistic measure of biodiversity with the goal to steer financial and political decision makers to crystallize the value of nature into the global economy. Parallel to this work, Alexa is trained as a group facilitator in leadership development and ecological pedagogy, designing multiday learning journeys through her role at Leaders’ Quest. She is also an author, podcast host of Lifeworlds, a founding board member of Terra Habitus, a Mexican environmental fund that operates large-landscape conservation and watershed restoration, and a wilderness guide.
Contributions to Humans & Nature
- “Desire Mandalas,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
