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===Political Candidates===

===Political Candidates===

[[File: LesGoldenNotEasyBeingGreen.jpg|thumb|left|175px|<small> One of the leading environmentalist spokesmen and activists in Illinois, Les Golden as President of the CARE party in Oak Park, Illinois, secured the election of a majority on the Park Board which on their first day in office banned pesticides in the parks and recreation centers.</small>]]

[[File: LesGoldenNotEasyBeingGreen.jpg|thumb|left|175px|<small> One of the leading environmentalist spokesmen and activists in Illinois, Les Golden as President of the CARE party in Oak Park, Illinois, secured the election of a majority on the Park Board which on their first day in office banned pesticides in the parks and recreation centers.</small>]]

Dr. Les Golden of Oak Park, Illinois, has directed successful candidacies for nearly 10 people and has slated dozens, all with a focus on environmental issues.  He has also run as a candidate for the park board to bring forward environmental concerns.[[File: LesGoldenParksCandidacy.jpg|thumb|left|175px|<small> As a candidate for the Oak Park Park District, Les “Cut the Taxes” Golden suggested an imaginative use for a local park among tax-saving measures.</small>]]

Dr. Les Golden of Oak Park, Illinois, has directed successful candidacies for nearly 10 people and has slated dozens, all with a focus on environmental issues.  He has also run as a candidate for the park board to bring forward environmental concerns

===Save the Pedestrian Mall===

===Save the Pedestrian Mall===

==Tree Activism==

==Tree Activism==

===Educating Against Volcano Mulching===

===Educating Against Volcano Mulching===.[[File: LesGoldenParksCandidacy.jpg|thumb|right|175px|<small> As a candidate for the Oak Park Park District, Les “Cut the Taxes” Golden suggested an imaginative use for a local park among tax-saving measures.</small>]]

With the onslaught of Dutch elm disease, the village plants new parkway trees. But the landscapers “volcano mulch” the  newly planted trees for appearance sake and this leads to root-bound trees which then die prematurely.  Dr. Golden in 2009 led a movement which led to the Boy Scouts in Oak Park being recruited and instructed in proper mulching and their properly mulching all the newly planted parkway trees in the village.

With the onslaught of Dutch elm disease, the village plants new parkway trees. But the landscapers “volcano mulch” the  newly planted trees for appearance sake and this leads to root-bound trees which then die prematurely.  Dr. Golden in 2009 led a movement which led to the Boy Scouts in Oak Park being recruited and instructed in proper mulching and their properly mulching all the newly planted parkway trees in the village.

[[Category:American environmentalists]]

[[Category:American environmentalists]]

[[Category:American essayists]]

[[Category:American essayists]]

[[Category:American non-fiction writers]]

[[Category:American non-fiction writers]]

[[Category:Politics]]

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[[Category:Political slogans]]

[[Category:Political slogans]]

[[Category:Research]]

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