[ X ] Private Message
Bryony Schwan (bryonyschwan)
User Info
| Email: | bryony [at] biomimicryinstitute.org |
| Address: | 257 W. Front Street Missoula, Montana 59802 United States |
| I Speak: | English |
| Member Since: | November 16, 2008 |
| Local Time: | Sun Mar 14 08:43:25 |
Network [List] ·
Connected with 0 articles
Connected with 0 experts
Connected with 0 forums
Connected with 0 organisms
Connected with 0 products
Connected with 0 reference materials
Connected with 0 strategies
Connected with 46 people
Bryony Schwan is the Executive Director of The Biomimicry Institute. Bryony is also an affiliate faculty member at the University of Montana where she teaches in the Environmental Studies program.
Prior to that Bryony worked for 11 years as the Executive Director and then as the National Campaigns Director for Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE) a non-profit environmental justice organization that she founded in 1995. WVE works on the links between toxic pollution and women's and children's health. From 2001 to 2004, Bryony co-founded and coordinated Coming Clean, a national alliance of health and environmental groups.
Bryony was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the United States in 1981. She has a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Natal in South Africa and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. Bryony’s work has taken her around the world from speaking on chemical policy in Europe to lobbying at the United Nations Treaty Negotiations on Eliminating Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in South Africa. She has received several awards for her work including an AWR Conservation Award, the Len and Sandy Sargent Award for Environmental Activism and Montana's Jeannette Rankin Peacemaker of the Year Award (2002).
Bryony is also the founder of the Women's Institute for Leadership Development in Women (WILD Women) and the Young Women’s Outdoor Leadership Project (now called GUTS! Girls Using Their Strengths). Bryony co-produces "In Other Words," a weekly feminist radio show on Montana Public Radio. She has served on the board of many organizations including the Social Justice Fund Northwest and the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (a national labor/environment alliance). She currently serves on the board of Greenpeace USA and Montana‘s St. Patrick Hospital Women’s Health Advisory Board.
Prior to that Bryony worked for 11 years as the Executive Director and then as the National Campaigns Director for Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE) a non-profit environmental justice organization that she founded in 1995. WVE works on the links between toxic pollution and women's and children's health. From 2001 to 2004, Bryony co-founded and coordinated Coming Clean, a national alliance of health and environmental groups.
Bryony was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the United States in 1981. She has a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Natal in South Africa and an MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana. Bryony’s work has taken her around the world from speaking on chemical policy in Europe to lobbying at the United Nations Treaty Negotiations on Eliminating Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in South Africa. She has received several awards for her work including an AWR Conservation Award, the Len and Sandy Sargent Award for Environmental Activism and Montana's Jeannette Rankin Peacemaker of the Year Award (2002).
Bryony is also the founder of the Women's Institute for Leadership Development in Women (WILD Women) and the Young Women’s Outdoor Leadership Project (now called GUTS! Girls Using Their Strengths). Bryony co-produces "In Other Words," a weekly feminist radio show on Montana Public Radio. She has served on the board of many organizations including the Social Justice Fund Northwest and the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (a national labor/environment alliance). She currently serves on the board of Greenpeace USA and Montana‘s St. Patrick Hospital Women’s Health Advisory Board.
Social Bookmarking
about 1 year ago