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The CARE Party (Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment) had its founding in 1985 in Oak Park, [Illinois]. From 1989 until the current date, its president has been [Les Golden].
The '''CARE Party of Oak Park''' (Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment) had its founding in 1985 in Oak Park, [[Illinois]]. From 1989 until the current date, its president has been [[Les Golden]]. Under his direction, CARE has achieved numerous environmental successes, including the ban of pesticides, conservation of water and paper, reform of garbage collection, preservation of trees, landscaping, and the election of numerous individuals to positions on various boards to legislate such concerns.
==Accomplishments and Activity==
==Political Activity==
===Political Candidates===
Dr. Golden has directed successful candidacies for nearly 10 people and has slated dozens, all with a focus on environmental issues.
=== Political Activity===
===Save the Pedestrian Mall===
In 1991, as the president of the CARE party (Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment), the local environmental group, he slated and led the campaigns of three individuals who won election. On the first day in office in April 1991 they banned pesticides in the parks of Oak Park. For years a group of women in town had been writing letters and giving speeches to ban pesticides, to no avail. Dr. Golden knew the only way to achieve this was to get control of the park board, which he did. The ban remains in effect to this day! Before the ban, dogs had died of ingesting pesticides and kids who had crawled in the grass were developing intestinal problems. To this date, Dr. Golden has directed successful candidacies for nearly 10 people and has slated dozens, all talking about environmental issues.
In 2005, Dr. Golden organized a movement to save the dozens of trees, hundreds of bushes, and numerous floral gardens on the Marion Street Pedestrian Mall from destruction from the plan to put in a street and destroy the pedestrian mall. One of the political parties adopted his position as its major platform which led to a ban on future streeting of pedestrian areas.
==Ban on Pesticides==
In 1991, as the president of the CARE party (Citizens Active for Respect for the Environment), the local environmental group, he slated and led the campaigns of three individuals who won election. On the first day in office in April 1991 they banned pesticides in the parks of Oak Park. For years a group of women in town had been writing letters and giving speeches to ban pesticides, to no avail. Dr. Golden knew the only way to achieve this was to get control of the park board, which he did. The ban remains in effect to this day! Before the ban, dogs had died of ingesting pesticides and kids who had crawled in the grass were developing intestinal problems.
===Saving Newsletter Waste===
===Saving Newsletter Waste===
===Water Reduction===
===Water Reduction===
When the park was installing a splash pad, Dr. Golden argued that a mechanical on-off switch would lead to massive waste of water and persuaded the park district to install an electric eye switch so that water would be used only when kids were in the splash pad area. He estimated this saves 3 million gallons of fresh water every summer season.
When the park was installing a splash pad, Dr. Golden argued that a mechanical on-off switch would lead to massive waste of water and persuaded the park district to install an electric eye switch so that water would be used only when kids were in the splash pad area. He estimated this saves 3 million gallons of fresh water every summer season.
===Saving Newsletter Waste===
Over a period of years, Dr. Golden wrote letters and spoke to the various elected boards in Oak Park about the need to save trees by combining newsletters. As a result of his efforts, the library and the grammar school district combined their newsletters with that of the municipal government.
===Waste Reduction===
===Waste Reduction===