74 Articles where Author includes Angus Soutar
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Spring 2024
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, New Year 2024
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Autumn 2023
Opinion
Angus Soutar looks at the current state of vehicle design and asks whether the vehicle industry can be in any way sustainable.
Obituary
Barbara Bristow and Angus Soutar give tributes to Saleema Imam following her death after a short illness this summer. She will be missed.
Here and There
We have some news from the ever-busy Asmelash Dagne and Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including this year's permaculture design courses in Bury and Todmorden.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including this year's permaculture design courses in Bury, Todmorden and in Broadbottom.
Opinion
Angus Soutar writes about Net Zero, Net Zealotry and other Climate Policies and asks whether current "targets" are mere fantasies. Part 1 of a series on a permaculture approach to motoring.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Summer 2023
Editorial
Death is Mother Nature's way of telling you to slow down? Angus Soutar contemplates the road ahead.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Spring 2023
Editorial
Angus Soutar looks for some rays of sunshine to light the road ahead.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, New Year 2023
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including this year's permaculture design courses in Bury and in Broadbottom. He also visited sheep farmer Tom Collinge with Ella Wynne's film crew.
Noticeboard
An invitation to learn about community publishing on the Internet.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, 2023
Here and There
We report on recent activities at the Northern School, including this year's permaculture design courses in Bury and in Broadbottom. We have a project running at Wardley Hall and there were visits to The Land and also to the University of Cumbria.
Editorial
Autumn is the time to prepare for the winter ahead. This year, there is a also bigger challenge - to prepare for a posssible economic winter.
Futures
A new surveillance society has already arrived. We look at some of the strategies that Big Tech uses to captunre personal information and ask if we really understand the threats that they pose to our way of life. (Part 2 of a series).
Noticeboard
An invitation to learn about community publishing on the Internet.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including this year's permaculture design course in Bury, a report from Warland Farm and "News in Brief" from some old friends.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Summer 2022
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including graduation from the current permaculture design course in Bury. a report from Warland Farm and an invitation to speak at the University of Cumbria alongside Micahel Hallam of Lancaster ESTA.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture, Spring 2022
Noticeboard
An invitation to learn about community publishing on the Internet.
Noticeboard
An invitation to learn about community publishing on the Internet.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including the current permaculture design courses. Sara Steeles praises the qualities of observation and patience in Permaculture.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, including the current permaculture design courses and the Northern School social events. Jakub Drew sends more photos from the new terraces at Třemešek
Futures
Angus asks if we are underestimating the threat to our autonomy and well-being that arise when we use the internet.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, Jakub Drew sends photos from Třemešek, Leona Johnson reports from Live Wild and more news in brief.
Futures
Angus reports on the latest discoveries about the SARS-CoV-2 virus, explains how these are informing the Northern School policy and shares guidelines for evaluating risks in meeting rooms.
Here and There
Angus Soutar reports on recent activities at the Northern School, Jakub Drew sends new of progress at Třemešek, and more news in brief.
Inspiration
Angus Soutar reviews David Goodhart's book "Head, hand and Heart" and offers some thought on its relevance to permaculture designers
Noticeboard
Maureen Boustred offers some Newman Turner books. Also featuring some low-waste retail outlets that we like.
Here and There
Northern School "down the line", Jakub Drew reports from the Czech Republic, Dr Dugdale has a new publication on education and sustainability, Sooty mounts a takeover bid.
Reviews
Once you have finished reading Northern Edge, there is still lots out there to feed your appetite for good writing. The Northern School team offer more of their favourites. Robert Harris, Murray Bookschin, and Vivian Tuffney on nettles.
Futures
Angus reports on the latest discoveries about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and explains how these are informing the Northern School policy on how, where and when we can get back together. Those who can should maintain their own strong immune system as the front line of our defences.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Reviews
Once you have finished reading Northern Edge, the long winter evenins will still stretch out. The Northern School team offer their favourites for reading and listening over the winter.
Here and There
Northern School moves on-line, Asmelash escapes from Europe and we uncover some photos of the Native Oak Group PDC on the Isle of Man in 2008.
Futures
Angus reports on the latest discoveries about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and explains how these are informing the Northern School policy on how, where and when we can get back together. Maintaining a strong immune system is always the best line of defence and Angus includes some research on this important personal "policy".
Noticeboard
Maureen Boustred offers some Newman Turner books. Also featuring some low-waste retail outlets that we like, wirh a short feature on Windmill Wholefoods in Liverpool.
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole discusses his approach to community activity with Angus Soutar. In this final part, we discuss how to go about establishing a community project.
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole discusses his approach to community activity with Angus Soutar. In Part 5 we discuss Transition Towns, John McKnight, and the Whalley Forest Garden team of Trevor and Martin.
Here and There
Northern School moves on-line, Rob Watson gets some chickens, Mike Kelly sends news of a housing project, the Whalley Wynnes celebrate a new arrival. And a trip down memory lane with a reminiscence of our first PDC in Chorley.
Futures
Where next for SARS-CoV-2? The latest policy statement from the Northern School of Permaculture concerning the virus outbreak, and a personal experience of face masks from Jennifer Wainman.
Here and There
Angus Soutar "lectures" at Lancaster University. Asmelash Dagne visits Bury and is awarded his diploma. Bury PDC starts and promptly continues on-line. With more updates and a trip down memory lane to Wiston Lodge.
Pandemic
Angus Soutar takes us through the recent coronavirus pandemic month by month as the Northern School of Permaculture get tossed around by the storm.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Noticeboard
Maureen Boustred offers some Newman Turner books. Also featuring some low-waste retail outlets that we like.
Here and There
Another successful PDC at Bury, Peter Fearon on mushroom trials and eucalyptus at Quinta Da Estrelinha, report from Asmelash Dagne Datiko in Ethiopia. With updates on Deborah Crook, Maureen Boustred and Freddie Cannon.
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole discusses his approach to community activity with Angus Soutar. Part 4 includes Ernesto Sirolli and enterprise facilitation, also Peter Checkland and rich pictures.
Here and There
Back at the Parsonage for the PDC, reports from our Autumn "Open House", Lancaster ESTA events and the RHS Bridgewater pre-opening tour.
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole talks to Angus Soutar about starting the Forest Garden in the Lancashire village of Whalley, sharing his experiences of community activity.
Noticeboard
A place to distribute surplus and also ask for help. Features some low-waste retail outlets that we like..
Noticeboard
A place to distribute surplus and also ask for help. In this issue, we start our listings of "zero waste" and low-waste retail outlets that we like.
Here and There
A return to Incredible Farm, Summer Design Festival at The Parsonage, Krysia visits David and Nicola McCarthy
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole talks to Angus Soutar about the challenges of getting going with community projects.
Here and There
Fun at Manchester Road, consultations at The Yard, Jas and Angus go to Burscough, international networking, David Harrison branches out, news from The Black Barn
Pioneers
Chris Gathercole talks to Angus Soutar about community projects, Transition Clitheroe, and the success of local projects in the Lancashire village of Whalley.
Obituary
Angus Soutar pays tribute to Elaine Speakman following her untimely death.
Here and There
Graduation at Bury, Localism at The Eight Day, more work at Brindhurst Farm
Noticeboard
A place to distribute surplus and also ask for help. Features some requests for help developing our resources for the School.
Inspiration
Angus Soutar reviews J B Priestley's essays on "Delight", recently republished.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Noticeboard
A place to distribute surplus and also ask for help. Features some requests for help developing our resources for the School, together with some notes on security considerations and "open source" working..
Here and There
Reports from the Permaculture Convergence in Manchester, last summer's gathering in Scotland, the visit to Incredible Farm and other brief news items.
Noticeboard
A place to distribute surplus and also ask for help. Features some information about developing our on-line resources for the School.
Here and There
Reports from the Permaculture Scotland Gathering with Pittarthie Farm and Adaptation Scotland. We here from Asmelash Dagne Daiko in Ethiopia, also some other brief news items.
What's On
Details of up-and-coming courses and events with the Northern School of Permaculture.
Innovation
Design in action during the current virus pandemic: the Community Mask Coalition from Suay Sew Shop and innovation at Bradford Royal Infirmary.