Do 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 McLarenRight To Roam
Like a modern-day Woody Guthrie, Nick Hayes wants us to rediscover that 'this land is our land'. Find out how to cut through centuries-old power and privilege and reconnect with the countryside that...
Speaker(s): Nick HayesHow to Consume the News While Staying Sane
24 hours of news a day, but only one human body to process it all – come and learn how to manage your consumption, engage meaningfully and maybe even learn to hope about the future of the dreaded...
Speaker(s): Leena NormsChurch – The Two Thousand Year Experiment
If you've ever been part of a church then you've been part of a long-running mass experiment which many say has now run its course. Have we learned all we can from this extended test of faith? Is...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda Woodhead, Brian McLarenGenz, Explained
Drawing on recently-completed research, Linda and Jane offer a portrait of Gen Z (born after 1995), the first generation who grew up with social media and mobile devices. They are intensely concerned...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda WoodheadThe Selfish Green?
"More science and more technology are not going to get us out of the present ecological crisis until we find a new religion, or rethink our old one." So wrote Lynn White in 1967. Join this Faraday...
Speaker(s): Faraday…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...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
Grove
Greenbelt's outdoor gathering space, The Grove is for all ages and offers sessions designed to help you connect with God in nature and to enter into all things Forest Church. As well as planned...
10 teenage kicks at Greenbelt (so hard to beat)
At Greenbelt we want teenagers to go free-range and enjoy the run of the place. We've got a dedicated workshop venue and chillout space just for them, with events laid on all weekend but also you...
7 ways to make a difference this Greenbelt
Justice and activism have been fundamental threads of our DNA since the very beginning. We believe that by coming together, at Greenbelt and elsewhere, we can make a real difference. We think that...
Festival Friends at Greenbelt 2022
Part of the joy of making Greenbelt is that we do it in partnership with other organisations whose values and visions overlap with ours and who see our people as their people – and visa versa....
stebee
stebee is the solo project of DIY punk band Mouses' Steven Bardgett. Genre-fluid in nature. Part folk punk, part skewed disco, part emotional breakdown, with influences ranging from alt-rap, jazz,...
Enamelling with Helen Maynard Watts
Helen is a jewellery maker and has run enamelling and arts workshops at festivals and events for many years. She sells her own jewellery on an online shop.
Godly Play
Godly Play is a Christian movement centred on childhood spirituality. So it begins with children's innate sense of the presence of God. It offers Christian language as a support for their ongoing...