[[File: CAREPartyLectureFund.gif |thumb|right|400px|<small> Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment (CARE) is raising $20,000 to fund a lectureship program in which visiting experts would visit schools and describe to schoolchildren how they on a local level can help combat global warming. The fund would be self-sustaining with annual fundraisers.</small>]]In 2009, following Dr. Golden's advocacy, the Oak Park Park District created a Green Committee and enacted a Tree Preservation Ordinance. Although this was done to deflect criticism of the Park District by the CARE party and their supporters, the effect will have substantial, unquantifiable benefits for the future of our planet.
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[[File: CAREPartyLectureFund.jpg |thumb|right|400px|<small> Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment (CARE) is raising $20,000 to fund a lectureship program in which visiting experts would visit schools and describe to schoolchildren how they on a local level can help combat global warming. The fund would be self-sustaining with annual fundraisers.</small>]]In 2009, following Dr. Golden's advocacy, the Oak Park Park District created a Green Committee and enacted a Tree Preservation Ordinance. Although this was done to deflect criticism of the Park District by the CARE party and their supporters, the effect will have substantial, unquantifiable benefits for the future of our planet.