Angus Soutar is the Principal and founder of the Northern School of Permaculture. He is a qualified permaculture designer with 35 years of permaculture experience, often in community settings. Prior to that he had a career in the energy industry.

Angus has studied with some of the most senior permaculture teachers, including Bill Mollison and he now has over 30 years experience in teaching the international permaculture design certificate course. He was awarded the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design by the Permaculture Academy (Britain) in 1997 and is accredited by the Permaculture Research Institute to teach the PDC, worldwide.

He is currently developing permaculture education systems in the UK, working with the Permaculture Instutute of North Britain.