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Debra Rowe

Debra Rowe
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Debra Rowe is known nationally and internationally for her work in education and sustainability.[1] Through her work, she encourages people to create systems changes that can support a more sustainable future.[2] At the national level, Rowe is the President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development.[3] In the education sector, she focuses on the role of educational institutions in preparing a workforce capable of supporting the development of a green economy and meeting sustainability goals.[4] She also mentors groups such as Change the Chamber*Lobby for Climate, encouraging people to develop the skills to support and advocate for a sustainable future.[5] Rowe has worked as a consultant with both the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Internationally, Rowe works with the Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI).[6] HESI is an open partnership between ten United Nations entities and the higher education community.[7][8][9] Rowe co-chairs HESI's Education for Green Jobs action group and its SDG Publishers Compact Fellows.[6][8] Rowe also works with the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM), an international partnership that supports clean energy policy and technology.[10] Through its Empowering People Initiative, Rowe works with governments, educators and employers to encourage the adoption of clean energy technologies and the development of a workforce with relevant education and skills.[11]

Previously, Rowe was the Director of the Sustainability Education and Economic Development Center at the National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE).[12] Rowe has also worked with the United Nations Youth Education Alliance (UNEP-YEA) and its Green Jobs Initiative.[13]

Rowe edited the two-volume encyclopedia Achieving Sustainability: Visions, Principles, and Practices (2014). She has co-authored reports, guidelines, and toolkits for use by governments, educators, employers and others, including Global Guidance for Education on Green Jobs (2021), the National Roundtable on the Workforce for a Green and Inclusive Economy (2021), Clean Energy Economy & Workforce Preparation (2023) and The Recruitment Toolkit (2024).

Rowe was a professor for forty-two years at Oakland Community College in Oakland County, Michigan where she taught classes in energy management, renewable energy, sustainable development and psychology.[14]

  1. ^ Sengupta, Enakshi; Blessinger, Patrick; Yamin, Taisir Subhi (19 June 2020). University Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-78973-643-4.
  2. ^ Rowe, Debra (20 July 2007). "Education for a Sustainable Future". Science. 317 (5836): 323–324. doi:10.1126/science.1143552. PMID 17641184.
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  9. ^ "Higher Education Sustainability Initiative | Department of Economic and Social Affairs". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
  10. ^ "Clean Energy Ministerial". Energy.gov.
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  14. ^ "Campus Sustainability Leadership Instructor Biographies" (PDF). University of Vermont.
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