Faces of the Lowcountry
Joe Carter
"When did my epiphany take place? It took place when I came upon the realization that most citizens of SC take their natural resources for granted because we've had them so long and that they didn't really understand that you can lose something that you can never restore again."
Listen to the complete interview (.wma, 53:56)
Joe Carter is not an environmentalist. He's a conservationist, a man with a mission to educate the people of South Carolina about the problem of dwindling resources and overdevelopment. A businessman himself, his goal has never been to impede land development but to work with developers to create low-impact, sustainable sites capable of coexisting with South Carolina's native species.