Next Saturday tens of thousands of people will gather on the streets of London to make a final call for climate justice ahead of the UN Copenhagen summit. We hope to see you there.

To get you in the mood, this month's free talk comes from Tamsin Omond. In WWJD Tamsin asks how Jesus would respond to the current crisis:

"I don't know what Jesus would do with this world. I don't know how he would challenge the tangled webs of power that be. I don't know if he'd be vegie or vegan. If he wouldn't fly to the conferences to which he was invited. If his house would be an eco-haven. I don't know if he would go out and protest. I don't know how he would respond to the responsibility he shoulders. Would he be in the developing world, helping those on the front line of climate change? Or would he be obeying the law, having faith that somewhere out there our future must be in good hands? Or would he be a superhero of the environmental movement, exposing government wrongs there, shutting down carbon intensive infrastructure here? How would he transform hearts and minds? It's impossible to know.

Is it a paralysis or is it a call to action so compelling that it does transform lives? That you give up your ambitions for luxuries that you'd always imagined having and instead become one small part of a very small group always on the brink of being overwhelmed. A group of people that have faith, that believe we can transform this world, that humainty is worthwhile enough to dig itself out of this mess."

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For more information about next week's demonstration click here.

As well as exploring GB09 through images over on Flickr, you can now relive the Festival with our interactive Soundscape. Crank up the volume, hover over the various icons and before you know it you'll be back in Cheltenham.

But they don't often feature articles from Greenbelt speakers. Great article over here from Shane Claiborne

"To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity."

Some great, Greenbelt-flavoured ideas and insights for the upcoming season of giving and receiving.

We talk to Martin Wroe and Annie Porthouse about the online community born at Greenbelt called Generous; we talk to Ruth Ruderham at Christian Aid about the alternative gifts scheme they run called Present Aid; we talk to Frank Schaeffer about his recent book Patience with God and about his experience of Greenbelt; we talk to Anne Butler of Sticky Kids Music; and we talk to Greenbelt's Phil Smith about how to shop online via the Greenbelt website and add to the festival's bottom line.

Click here to download the .mp3 podcast file (31MB)

Or stream the audio using the player below.

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Timings – so you can dip in and out if you want to:

00.00 – 02.30 – Intro and notices
02.30 – 05.13 – About 'Generous' with Martin Wroe
05.13 – 08.14 – About 'Generous' with Annie Porthouse
08.14 – 11.00 – Ruth Ruderham, Present Aid
11.00 – 16.05 – Frank Schaeffer, on Patience with God
16.05 – 19.15 – Anne Butler, Sticky Kids
19.15 – 21.00 – Phil Smith on Greenbelt's online affiliate schemes
21.00 – 22.34 – Outro

Resources and links

Generous
Click here to the Generous website.

Present Aid
Click here for Present Aid website.

Dame Evelyn Glennie and Shovell of M People record an unusal Christmas carol for Present Aid:

Frank Schaeffer, Patience with God
Click here for our recent blog on Frank's latest book which contains a link to buy it online through Greenbelt's Amazon affiliate scheme.

Click here for an example of Frank's robust blogging on the Huffington Post and see the hot water it sometimes lands him in on American TV shows here:

Frank spoke at Greenbelt 08 – for a CD or MP3 of his recorded talks, click here

Sticky Kids
Click here for the Sticky Kids website.

Shopping online with Greenbelt
Click here for all Greenbelt's affiliate click-throughs.

Greenbelt Christmas ideas
Click here for some great Greenbelt-related Christmas gift ideas.

Soundtrack

Kingdom of Rust (instrumental version) – Doves
Trente Millions D'amis (live KCRW 98) – Air / Jack Arel
Kind and Generous – Natalie Merchant
Skog – Bugge Wesseltoft
FeelGood (live) – Bugge Wesseltoft
Half Light (Eddy Tm Losers Remix) – Athlete
Music Makers / Wiggly Woo / Jingle Bells – Sticky Kids
Passion – Michael Franti

Credits

• Narrated by Grace Wroe and Garry Rutter
• Mixed and Edited – bigJohn Noble
• Written and Executive Produced by Paul Northup
• Co-production – bigJohn Noble
• Narration recording – Iain Archer
• Field Recording – Paul Northup

The gang who did the ice sculpture at Greenbelt and the Fingermaze on the concourse in 08 have come up with a funky idea for Advent off the back of an event they ran last year.  BEYOND are based in Brighton & Hove and last year ran the world's first Advent Beach Hut Calendar – every day in December a different beach hut opened it's doors for an hour in the evening to reveal a seasonal installation themed around a Christmas carol.  The creative folk of Brighton came up with all kinds of interesting interpretations of carols from full on re-creations of stable scenes to huts in the shape of giant angels and even one hut carpeted with dozens of tiny cotton wool sheep.

This year their running the event again and in preparation have created a very artistic Advent Calendar featuring a beach hut design where the doors actually open to reveal a photo taken from last years event.  You can buy them over at the Beyond Church Shop and all the proceeds go towards funding BEYOND to create more art with a spiritual core.  If you want to visit the beach event keep an eye on their website for the full schedule of openings and if your in the north you may want to look out for a similar event being run in Bridlington by Ben Norton of St Max's.

Congrats, congrats, congrats, to Heavy Load who have been nominated for a diversity award.

Heavy Load is a punk bank made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities. Trust Greenbelt granted funding to raise the profile of this group through the distribution of their 'Wild Things' CD. Heavy Load' has been short listed for a CDN/BroadcastNow! Diversity Award – for programmes that encourage diversity in mainstream media. The Award is judged by an online public vote over the next 9 days – so spare a minute to vote for their film over here.

If you'd like to see the film it's available now at a bargain price from Amazon or a slightly higher price on the Heavy Load website- but with the added bonus of adding your support to their brilliant work.

If you're a Greenbelt supporter, you should over the next couple of days receive a mailing from us, reminding you that the November ticket deadline is fast approaching. If nothing comes, then you can browse the mailing below, but you might also want to log in at my.greenbelt.org.uk and make sure we have the correct address for you and that your mailing preferences are correct.