About
Organization
Hawaii Unites is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of our environment and natural resources. Our efforts honor the spiritual energy of these islands and the sacred ancestral connections to the ‛āina. We are a grassroots, volunteer organization that is funded by the community.
Mission
Honoring and protecting our sacred connection to the natural world
Vision
Our vision is to co-create a better world where we all work together to preserve the natural beauty of our environment, with the understanding that all life is interconnected
Current Projects
Hawaii Unites is currently focused on protecting the health of Hawaii’s people, wildlife, and the ‛āina from the State of Hawaii’s biopesticide bacteria-infected mosquito experiment. We are asking that the state complete a detailed Environmental Impact Statement documenting the serious risks of this project.
We’re also speaking out against the County of Maui’s toxic dump site on sacred land in Olowalu.
Future Focus
Protecting Hawaii’s environment from poisons and pollutants
Board of Directors
Tina Lia
Founder and President
Tina Lia is an independent journalist, researcher, and activist. She’s a strong advocate for sovereign individual rights and for conservation of our natural environment. Living on Maui since 1999, Tina has been an active volunteer on the island and a leadership team member for events and movements in the art, freedom, and nonprofit communities. An effective government liaison, she has represented organizations in presenting public testimony, working with state legislators to introduce legislation, and coordinating approval and collaboration for community projects.
As a business owner and consultant since 2001, Tina works with small businesses and nonprofits in accounting software training, bookkeeping, office administration, media, and public relations. Along with a strong financial background, her areas of focus also include corporate branding, social media, press communications, advertising, and graphics.
Tina Lia is experienced in grant writing and grants management and has successfully secured funding for environmental projects that protect and beautify the ‘āina. She’s politically active, and has managed finances, compliance, and reporting as a campaign treasurer for twenty years in the state of Hawaii. Tina also served on the Board of Directors for Akakū Maui Community Television as Audit Committee Chair, supporting free speech and public access to media. She holds a BA with Honors in Visual and Performing Arts from CSU San Marcos.
Robbin Hill
Treasurer
Secretary
Robbin Hill is a humanitarian activist and dynamic public speaker focused on sharing a message of hope in action for the protection of our environment. As the co-founder of the Save Earth One Movement and founder of the Global Freedom Alliance, Robbin’s mission is to unite governments and communities worldwide to enact policies that lift up the people of all nations through human rights initiatives in harmony with stewardship of our natural resources.
With a background in banking and business development, Robbin Hill has overseen operations, training, and regulations for high-end industry personnel. Her experience includes sales, security, and loss prevention as a commercial bank branch manager. As vice president in the securities industry, Hill specialized in real estate tax services, marketing, and growth strategies. She has worked as a consultant on Fortune 500 client acquisitions and as director for a strategies exchange group focused on real estate market forecasts.
Robbin Hill currently serves on the World Council for Health, a global coalition of health-focused initiatives and civil society groups seeking to broaden public health knowledge through science and shared wisdom. With BA degrees in International Public Relations and in Journalism and Public Relations from East Tennessee State University, Robbin is a compelling voice for mobilizing worldwide movements to awaken humanity. She’s been a key member in the formation of the independent media group Maui Freedom TV and is an outspoken advocate for Hawaiian sovereignty as a founding member of Kahua Rising.
Lloyd Buell
Director
Lloyd Buell, a living soul, artist, carpenter, silversmith, carver, gardener, humanitarian, community leader and friend to many, joined Hawai’i Unites to stop the reckless experimentation on life by corporate interests.
“We must learn from history, or we’re bound to destroy ourselves and our environment by repeating it. It’s time to wake up and think critically about our future and the future of organic, unpolluted life.”