Ma India, e mālama ʻia nā hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka Lā Honua ma ka ʻāina, ma kāna mau ʻāpana ʻāina like ʻole, e nā luna aupuni i ka poʻe ma ke kumu mauʻu. Ua hoʻouna aku ke Kuhina Hanohano no ka Hoʻomohala ʻĀpana Kanaka i kahi leka kūikawā e hōʻailona ai i ka Lā Honua ma kahi e kamaʻilio ai ʻo ia e pili ana i ka pono o nā kamaʻāina e hui lima me ke aupuni e hana no ka Honua ʻōmaʻomaʻo. "Hoʻokipa mau wau i ka pilina kamaʻāina," wahi āna.
Me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana ʻo 'Environmental Literacy' ke poʻomanaʻo no ka Lā Honua 2017, ua hoʻokūkū ʻia nā hana ma ka ʻāina i ka hoʻokūkū e ʻike i nā kula e holo ai i nā hoʻomanaʻo hou loa no ka Lā Honua i ko lākou ʻaha kakahiaka. He ʻumi mau kula maikaʻi loa e loaʻa nā pahu ikehu lā. Ma waena o nā helu i loaʻa i kēia manawa, he hoʻohana hoihoi i nā ʻano hana no ka lawe ʻana i nā memo pili i ke kaiapuni.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā papa ʻaina e hui pū i nā kumu aʻo, nā mea hana kulekele a me nā mea kuleana ʻē aʻe e ʻike i nā ala e hiki ai ke hoʻonui ʻia ka hoʻonaʻauao kaiapuni o kēia manawa ma India i mea e ulu ai nā haumāna i poʻe kamaʻāina ʻike kaiapuni i hoʻoikaika ʻia e hana i kahi honua maʻemaʻe. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēlā me kēia pākaukau me ka hui pū ʻana me nā hui kūloko. ʻO kekahi o nā hoa pili pū me nā American Centers, ka Center for Environment Education, Sanctuary Asia, Agastya International Foundation, Taru Mitra, a me nā hui ʻē aʻe. E mālama ʻia nā papa ʻaina he 20 ma waena o India - mai Srinagar a i Ahmedabad, Guwahati a me Bengaluru. E hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Earth Day Network, India, i nā ʻōlelo paipai i loko o kahi Pepa Keʻokeʻo e hōʻike ʻia i nā hui e like me ka World Bank.
No ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā kamaʻāina o India e hana i ka hana no ke kaiapuni, ke holo nei mākou i ka hoʻolaha ʻo शहर GREEN करो (make your city green) ma 47 kūlanakauhale o India, kēlā me kēia me ka heluna kanaka ʻoi aku ma mua o 1 miliona. E hoʻokūkū nā kamaʻāina, nā NGO, nā keʻena aupuni, nā kula hoʻonaʻauao a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka hoʻonani ʻana i ko lākou kūlanakauhale, e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o kāna ʻōpala a hoʻohana pono ʻia nā kumuwaiwai, hoʻololi i nā ikehu hou, a ʻoi aku.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻaha mele ʻo Earth Day ma nā wahi like ʻole o India. Ma Kolkata, ma ka Lā Honua, aia kahi ʻaha mele kahi e hoʻokani ai nā hui mele Bengali kaulana i kahi paka.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Karuna Singh, Luna Hoʻokele, Earth Day Network, India, "ʻO ka nalu wela ma India a me nā helu o ka haumia ea ma nā kūlanakauhale nui ua hoʻoikaika i ka pono o nā kānaka e hana i kā lākou wahi no ka Honua. Manaʻo mākou e hoʻopā nā papahana ʻo Earth Day i kēia makahiki i nā poʻe he nui aʻe ma mua o ka 35 miliona i hana ʻia ma 2016.
