The Power Of One
Does being the UK's first and only ever Green Party MP really make any difference? Come and hear from the widely respected Parliamentary representative for Brighton Pavillion, Caroline Lucas, about...
Speaker(s): Caroline Lucas, Less Waste LauraDo I Stay Christian?
Like many of us, Brian McLaren has been struggling with what it means to call oneself a Christian, especially when the term can hold diametrically opposed meanings. He suggests that an unexamined...
Speaker(s): Brian McLarenWhy Your Beliefs Stopped Working And What To Do About It
Drawing from his 2021 release, Faith After Doubt, author/activist Brian McLaren will introduce a model for faith development that has helped many understand why they've reached a faith crisis -- and...
Speaker(s): Brian McLarenIn Conversation With Brian Eno, Ambient Atheist
In a career stretching from Roxy Music to Coldplay, from David Bowie and Grace Jones to U2, Brian Eno has produced the biggest acts in the world... but the highlight of his week is singing in a...
Speaker(s): Brian EnoThe Fire This Time – My Taxi Ride With James Baldwin
A belief in creativity and equality have been the hallmarks of Bonnie Greer's career. Combining passion, honesty and fascinating true stories from the arts and sciences, as well as her own life,...
Speaker(s): Bonnie GreerSuperior: The Return Of Race Science
In conversation with scientist and writer Angela Saini about her much-lauded work on the murky history, science and politics of race – and how the far-right is attempting to repackage racism in the...
Speaker(s): Angela SainiIn The Metaverse As In Heaven
As we move towards the metaverse and Web3, how should we prepare? How will virtual, augmented and meta ‘realities' affect our spiritual experiences and religious rites? What new opportunities...
Speaker(s): Andrew JonesLost In Work: Escaping Capitalism
Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure,...
Speaker(s): Amelia HorganThe Future Of Democracy
With an growing distrust in the workings of democracy and the rise of authoritarian 'strong men' on the one hand and increasing localism and community organising on the other, it might seem as if our...
Speaker(s): Rowan Williams, Paul MasonLost In Trans-lation
A panel of trans and non-binary Greenbelters share their perspectives and invite your questions on what, in media discourse, has become one of the most weaponised and politicised of culture wars, but...
Speaker(s): Jay Hulme, Sambambo…and now, the weather…
For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...
Greenbelt 2022 All Talks
The complete set of all the talks recorded at Greenbelt 2022.
To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
When we first moved to Boughton and away from Cheltenham Racecourse back in 2014, our festival theme was ‘Travelling Light'. We wanted festivalgoers to think carefully about what they really...
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility
ECCR has a vision of a world where money shapes a fairer, greener future. We equip individuals and churches to make financial choices that reflect their faith and values and we campaign for more...
Laughter Therapy! with John Hipkiss
Laughter Therapy was established by John Hipkiss in 2009 with the aim of promoting Laughter Yoga, health and team building Laughter Therapy. Laughing John is a trained, insured and experienced...