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Gentle Protest: how gentleness can be a powerful tool in activism.

Sarah Corbett will share ways that we upturn our idea of power: encouraging those in power, listening to those we disagree with, intriguing not preaching, being critical not aggressive. Gentleness...
Speaker(s): Sarah Corbett

A spoonful of craft helps the activism go down

If we want our world to be beautiful, kind and just then shouldn't our activism be too? Sarah Corbett will explain how craft can help us make our world more beautiful, kind and just, one stitch at...
Speaker(s): Sarah Corbett

Love, Anger and Lament: the Ingredients of a Common Life Politics

In Scripture and in political life meaningful change begins with a cry. Some cries are born of lament, some of anger, and some of wonder but their expression is vital to fostering a just and loving...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK, Luke Bretherton

Trumping and Brexiting for Jesus

In our current climate of unexpected turnarounds in voting patterns, the rise of populism, the substitution of fake news for real truth and creeping xenophobia, what do we 'render to Caesar' and is...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Britain Needs Green Ideas

Tackling climate change and environmental destruction is a necessity. That's physics, not politics. But we can do it in ways that create a better society. Natalie Bennett discusses Green Party...
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett

Black Lives Matter: Christian & Muslim Reflections

A conversation among Muslim and Christian voices reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement including its historic roots and evolution both in the UK and USA. Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah, Eric...
Speaker(s): Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah

Run for your life

Running builds resilience, says Jenny Baker. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her instinct was to keep running. She ran throughout her treatment and will tell her own and others' stories...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker

Rampant Heterosexualism

This year a young girl took her life believing that God didn't love lesbians. Meanwhile the churches give the impression that the ‘gay' debate is all about what clergy can and can't do,...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Please Bring a Body

The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2017 put access and inclusion at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the story and...

Every festival has those things that set them apart. Glastonbury has the Pyramid Stage. End of the Road has its peacocks. Burning Man has, well, a massive burning man.  But what about Greenbelt?...

Living Wage Employer

We are pleased to announce that we are now accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage commitment will see everyone working at Greenbelt, regardless of whether they are direct employees or...

In the fading light at the end of a long day, and from a good way away, you can start to see something special emerging for this year's festival ... on the far side of the lake.  Just beyond the...

Our Partner Christian Aid presents…The Bank of The Common Good We're so close to the Festival now, we can almost touch it! We can't wait to welcome you all into our Christian Aid venue...

Joshua Brown

Josh has recently joined Co-op Energy as the Renewables Manager after spending over five years with renewable energy consultancy Natural Power, where he managed renewable energy projects from...

A guest blog from our sponsor The Church Housing Trust  Some festivalgoers cannot bear the thought of not washing for three days and will either have booked a shower or be planning to queue for...