Chris Shanks is a Co-Director at Project Bona Fide located on Isla de Ometepe in

Nicaragua. He is a multi-talented teacher, organizer, permaculture enthusiast, and design

visionary. A graduate of the University of Vermont, Chris is fascinated with living systems and

whole systems design. When not working in the non-profit or design world he can be found

masquerading as a builder, a mason, as a decent plumber, as a poor electrician, as a sailor, as a

fanatic for bamboo, as a lover of palms, as a permaculturalist with a rock/tree climbing habit, and

as an avid motorcyclist.