Our Work
Hawaiʻi Impact Collaborative provides consulting services to nonprofits & companies with shared goals of sustainability, justice, and equity in Hawaiʻi.
Our Vision
Our work moves us towards a vision where Hawaiʻi has a thriving natural environment and a community that respects nature, is resilient, and is equitable.
Why Our Work Matters
Today, we face a climate crisis that requires bold, immediate and collective action. Hawaii’s location in the tropics and as one of the most isolated places in the world makes it more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
On top of our environmental challenges, we also see income, gender, and other inequalities negatively impacting our community and our ability to solve these problems. We believe in the interconnectedness and intersectionality of sustainability, justice, and equity, and we do our work with that in mind.
Services Offered
We offer a variety of services to help make your projects and goals successful.
Community Organizing
Project Management
Event Planning (virtual & in-person)
Communications (e-newsletters, outreach, etc)
Meeting Support (facilitation, planning & note-taking)
and more!
Founder & Director
Doorae Shin is a lifelong activist and community advocate. She has over 12 years of experience organizing and advocating for sustainability and progressive change in Hawaiʻi. As an undergraduate student at UH Manoa, she led a successful campaign to ban “Styrofoam” takeout items from campus, for which she won a Brower Youth Award in 2014.
She served as the University of Hawaiʻi’s first ever Student Sustainability Coordinator in the UH Office of Sustainability. Upon graduating, she joined the team at Kōkua Hawaiʻi Foundation as their Plastic Free Hawaiʻi Program Manager, conducting environmental education, event greening, and more. She most recently served as Surfrider Foundation’s Oʻahu Chapter Coordinator.
She has served on the boards of Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi, NAKASEC, Post-Landfill Action Network, Hawaiʻi Organic Farming Association, and Kōkua Market Natural Foods Cooperative.
Current Projects / Clients
Our Children’s Trust is a non-profit public interest law firm that provides strategic, campaign-based legal services to youth from diverse backgrounds to secure their legal rights to a safe climate. They worked with Earthjustice to secure the Navahine Settlement Agreement in June 2024, the first constitutional climate settlement of its kind in the world.
is a boutique communications, development and philanthropic consultancy serving clients in Hawaii, Oregon, and California.
Funder Hui is Hawaiʻi’s philanthropic association. As Hawaiʻi’s only PSO, Funder Hui offers a dedicated space for funders to collaborate, co-learn, and improve the work of the sector.
Good Food Movement promotes plant-based and sustainable food choices with fun, delicious, and inspiring events.
Clarity Project works to establish safe, legal access to psychedelics in Hawaiʻi through education and legislative advocacy.
Hua Nani Partners is a certified Women-Owned Small Business that provides purpose-built policy, strategy, and advisory services for global change. HNP works with world-class clients from governments, philanthropies, nonprofits, venture funds, startups, and Fortune 500 companies.
Past Projects / Clients
Center for Food Safety empowers people, supports farmers, and protects the earth from the harmful impacts of industrial agriculture.
Care for ʻĀina Now, previously the Hawaiʻi Green Fee, aims to secure funding towards sustainability and conservation efforts across the islands.
Pledge to Our Keiki is an invitation for residents and visitors to give back during their stay. The Pledge Partnership Program allowed local businesses and organizations to commit to improving visitor stewardship.
Project Thesis is a women's learning circle committed to increasing the dedicated financial and intellectual capital invested in women-leadership in Hawaii.
