Sara Parkin is founder and director of Forum for the Future.
She is also Chair of the Richard Sandbrook Trust, a Trustee of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, on the board of the European Training Foundation, is a member of the Advisory Committee for Finance South-East Community Fund, and advises on science in society for the Living With Environmental Change research programme. Former board terms include the Natural Environment Research Council (2003-2009), the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (2003-2009) and the Environment Agency (2003-2006). Sara Parkin is founder and director of Forum for the Future.
She has campaigned for the environment and sustainable development in various roles for over 40 years, including playing leading roles in the UK Green Party and international green politics during the 1970s and 1980s, and governance roles with a range of NGOs, including New Economics Foundation (1994-1995), Groundwork (1997-1999) and Friends of the Earth (1996-2002). She’s written several books, the latest being The Positive Deviant: Leadership for sustainability in a perverse world published by Earthscan in July 2010.
She is an honorary companion of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Institute of Energy, and became a Founding Fellow of the Engineering Council in 2009. In 2001 she was awarded an OBE for services to education and sustainability.
She is also Chair of the Richard Sandbrook Trust, a Trustee of the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, on the board of the European Training Foundation, is a member of the Advisory Committee for Finance South-East Community Fund, and advises on science in society for the Living With Environmental Change research programme. Former board terms include the Natural Environment Research Council (2003-2009), the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (2003-2009) and the Environment Agency (2003-2006). Sara Parkin is founder and director of Forum for the Future.
She has campaigned for the environment and sustainable development in various roles for over 40 years, including playing leading roles in the UK Green Party and international green politics during the 1970s and 1980s, and governance roles with a range of NGOs, including New Economics Foundation (1994-1995), Groundwork (1997-1999) and Friends of the Earth (1996-2002). She’s written several books, the latest being The Positive Deviant: Leadership for sustainability in a perverse world published by Earthscan in July 2010.
She is an honorary companion of the Institution of Civil Engineers and of the Institute of Energy, and became a Founding Fellow of the Engineering Council in 2009. In 2001 she was awarded an OBE for services to education and sustainability.
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