Sara Parkin
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Sara Parkin is a Founder Director and Trustee of Forum for the Future. She works across a range of issues, with a main focus on integrating sustainability into post-school education, engineering and other professions. Sara designed the pioneering Forum Leadership for Sustainable Development Masters. She also sits on the boards of the Natural Environment Research Council, the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and Head Teachers into Industry, and from 2000-2006 was a board member of the Environment Agency for England and Wales. Sara is a Companion of the Institution of Civil Engineering and the Institute of Energy. Formally a Ward Sister in Edinburgh, Sara contributed to the development of Green Parties world wide, playing various roles that include leading the UK Green Party and the European Greens during the 1970s and 1980s. She is a Trustee of the St. Andrews Prize and Advisor to the Population and Sustainability Network. In the past she has served on the boards of Friends of the Earth (UK), New Economics Foundation and Groundwork. In 2001 Sara was awarded an OBE for services to education and sustainable development.
