In these cases, someone may also turn to drugs or alcohol to relieve their mental or physical pain, and may add substance addiction to the list of things keeping them down, financially. There are programs and help in place for many of the people in poverty that suffer from mental illness.
About. Earth Day Santa Cruz is an exciting community event offering educational information, activities for kids including an arts and crafts tent, live music and a focus on green businesses. Come and enjoy this fun environmental celebration for the whole family on April 18th, 11 am â 4 pm in San Lorenzo Park!
Earth Day started April 22, 1970. April 22, 1970. People were starting to worry about air and water pollution. There had been a big oil spill the year before in Santa Barbara, California, and US Senator Gaylord Nelson thought that a special day would gather the energy of Americans.Twenty million people gathered that first Earth Day all across America.April 22, 1970. the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country.arth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year to inspire awareness  of and appreciation for the Earth's environment. The day is  observed worldwide in many countries.