Mike Lin

Mike Lin, the founder and a principal of Vestal Design Atelier, a web design, human factors and eco design consulting firm that has won numerous green design awards. He also serves as an adviser to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose on the “Green By Design” exhibit, which opened in Sept 2006.. He is currently teaching a course at Stanford University entitled Sustainable Development Studio, in which students are creating sustainable solutions to real-world problems, including designing a green dorm at Stanford slated to be completed in 2009.

In early 2007, Mike was selected as a presenter for Al Gore’s project on the Climate Crisis, and he will be giving product design-focused presentations throughout the year. In 2006, Mike served as an adviser to the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford on a project to develop environmentally and so-cially sustainable solutions with Wal-Mart, and in 2004, Mike taught robotics, design and entrepreneurship at Yale University in collaboration with techno-artist Natalie Jeremijenko. Mike is a LEED accredited professional, a joint recipient of the US Environmental Protection Agency People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Award.