Welcome to Karinne Tennenbaum’s website!
Always Exploring:
Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Ornithology • Research • Conservation • Education
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Darwin200: Shorebirds – Threats at the End of the World (Three-Part Documentary Series)
As a Darwin Leader, in January 2024, Karinne investigated threats to shorebirds in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve in collaboration with the Cape Horn International Center in Puerto Williams, Chile. She directed three short films on the project.
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World’s Most Exciting Classroom Episode 29 (Darwin Leader Feature)
Karinne appeared live on Episode 29 of Darwin200’s “World’s Most Exciting Classroom” to talk about her Darwin Leader placement in Puerto Williams, Chile. She discussed her investigation of threats to shorebirds in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve and shared the first of three documentaries on the project.
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Flying Forward: Bird Conservation, the Importance of Birds in the Environment, and How to Get Involved (Green Michigan Symposium)
In June 2021, Karinne presented at the Inaugural Freeman Environmental Education Youth Council’s “Green Michigan Symposium.”
As founder and president of her high school birding club (the Ornithological Society of Pioneer), Karinne discussed the importance of bird conservation and the crucial role of young birders in the global initiative.
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The 51st Annual Ann Arbor Earth Day Celebration – Restore Our Earth (Keynote Presentation)
Karinne discusses her high school bird conservation initiatives and how environmental education and youth give her hope at the 51st Annual (Virtual) Ann Arbor Earth Day Celebration as one of the invited Keynote speakers of the Freeman Environmental Education Center Youth Council.
Timestamp: 3:27-14:00
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Taking Flight (Spotify for Podcasters)
Karinne independently created and produced “Taking Flight,” an ornithology podcast dedicated to increasing interest in birding and spreading awareness about issues in the birding world, particularly among young people.
With original music, content, and cover art, there are 12 released episodes with over 800 listens from 27 US states and 25 countries.
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Young Climate Prize 2025 winners: the creatives designing for a better tomorrow (Mentor-Written Profile)
Karinne’s experience in the Young Climate Prize was highlighted by her mentor Ellie Stathaki, Architecture Editor at Wallpaper* magazine
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Taking Flight: Karinne Tennenbaum SY ’26 (Staff-Written Profile)
Karinne’s path at Yale was featured in a student profile for the Yale For Humanity Campaign.
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The Social Science of Karinne Tennenbaum (Peer-Written Profile)
Karinne’s campus-wide initiatives at Yale were featured in a a peer-written profile essay by Miles Zaud (Yale Class of 2026).
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People of Pioneer: Karinne Tennenbaum (Student Profile)
Karinne was featured in her high school’s newspaper’s student profile column. In this interview with the editor of “The Pioneer Optimist,” which was rated a “First Place Newspaper Publication in 2020” by the American Scholastic Association.”
She discuss her love of birds, conservation work, and founding the high school’s first birding club: The Ornithological Society of Pioneer.
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“Bins 4 Birders” Feature (Washtenaw Audubon Society Newsletter)
Karinne’s “Bins 4 Birders” Initiative Grant Report was featured in the March / April 2023 Washtenaw Bird & Nature Alliance newsletter.
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