Climate Change Interviews

Interview with Carter Oosterhouse, Host of TLC’s Trading Spaces

August 3, 2020

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Today I am joined by Carter Oosterhouse who is one of America’s most recognized lifestyle experts best known for having hosted many popular home lifestyle television series ranging from Trading Spaces, Carter Can, Red Hot & Green to Million Dollar Rooms and Celebrity Motor Homes. Carter is the co-host of ABC’s hit primetime series special The Great Christmas Light Fight, which just aired its seventh season and was most recently featured on two seasons of the Trading Spaces reboot, which aired on TLC earlier this year.

As a craftsman, Carter’s unique combination of skill, passion and charm have given him widespread appeal for families and individuals alike seeking to improve the quality of their lives by enhancing their surroundings. An authority in eco-living, Carter has a history of gently leading viewers to greener pastures by creating manageable steps to an eco-friendly lifestyle.

The youngest of four children, Carter was born and raised in Traverse City, Michigan. Long before the environmental movement his parents were advocates of nutrition and wellness. They instilled the value of taking care of oneself, which naturally translated into a respect for the environment.

In addition to practical advice, Carter provides green-building solutions and design alternatives that conserve energy and reduce environmental waste to each renovation project.

Carter is also the founder of Carter’s Kids, an organization dedicated to building and developing community parks and playgrounds in low-income areas in an effort to promote healthy living. Carter’s Kids has brought over 90 playgrounds to areas across the country including Los Angeles, New Orleans, Dallas, Miami and more. He has a successful winery, Bonobo, that he and his brother built in Traverse City, MI and is the co-founder of Smarthouse, an eco-friendly brand of home furnishings he launched with his wife, Amy Smart. The two live in Los Angeles with their daughter, Flora.

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