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.

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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