Parkin, Sara Lamb (1946– )

English environmentalist. Following an appointment as international liaison secretary for the newly formed Green Party in 1983, she was co-secretary of European Green Coordination 1985–90, and became environmental spokesperson for the UK Green Party 1990–92. In 1996 she helped to found the Real World coalition of pressure groups.

Parkin was educated in Coventry and at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, and worked as a nurse 1973–79. Her book about the co-founder of the German Green Party, The Life and Death of Petra Kelly, was published in 1994.