Amy Lin

¡BUEN CAMINO!
Amy Lin is a designer, builder and maker whose work lives at the intersection of craft, environmental responsibility, and systems thinking. Her education in sustainability began at the Solar Living Institute, where she developed a lifelong commitment to water conservation and natural building practices. Since then, she has taught and facilitated dozens of workshops focused on sustainable living and regenerative design.

After earning a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Oregon, Amy moved to Santa Fe to lead the construction of a seed bank built entirely from natural and reclaimed materials. She is the owner of Dirty Hands Design Studio, offering architectural and product design services, and the founder of InHouse CTS, a startup focused on compost toilet systems and regenerative waste practices. Through this work, Amy aims to create public programs that raise awareness around our growing challenges with food, water, and waste.

As a lifelong maker, Amy uses salvaged materials as both a creative practice and a quiet act of resistance to a culture built on convenience and consumption. In this talk, she weaves together her work in architectural design, the mission behind her regenerative waste startup, and insights from her recent pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago.

In a world quick to discard what is imperfect, inconvenient, or without value, Amy invites us to pause and look again. This is a talk about salvaging what remains, honoring its layers, and reimagining what it can become.