Bryony Schwan, the Zimbabwe-born executive director of the Biomimicry Institute, has traveled around the world to work on eliminating toxic chemicals. She also founded or co-founded several non-profits: Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE); the Women's Institute for Leadership Development in Women (WILD Women); the Young Women’s Outdoor Leadership Project; and Coming Clean, a national alliance of health and environmental groups. Bryony, who has served on many boards of activist organizations, currently serves on the board of Greenpeace USA, and co-produces a weekly feminist radio show on Montana Public Radio.