Ooh, I have to talk with the other staff here and make a plan. I think it'll happen!
August might be good, or else May or June. The seasons here are the same as northern US and Canada, except completely dry. So a
PDC earlier in the season would allow a little more practical work in the coming season. One possibility would be to run a course specifically for the 40 students and staff of our alternative high school. Another option would be to run a course for other participants, in which case it might be a mix of Ladakhis and others.
Actually our campus was designed in a PDC run for our students and staff in 1994 by an American named Jeff who worked in South America. I'd love to get back in touch with him and show him what has developed on the empty desert plateau he had our students envision greening back then. Does anybody know who that might be? Hmm - maybe I'll start a separate
thread on that.
Anyway, anybody possibly interested in helping run a PDC or similar program here next summer, please post here and we'll see what starts to take shape!