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Battle for the Biosphere

Doughnut Economics ringmaster Kate Raworth juggles the profound tensions between the deep designs of nature and of finance. Will finance inevitably eat the Earth, or can it be redesigned to be in...
Speaker(s): Kate Raworth

Nadine Shah in conversation

Join our Friday night headliner, in conversation with longterm Greenbelt volunteer and manager of Exeter's Cavern Club, Pippa Wragg, to talk music, inspiration, politics, and more. Mercury...
Speaker(s): Nadine Shah

Slavery: Making Amends?

Getting it right is tricky business when so much wrong has been done. USPG face up to the challenges of reparative justice when addressing the legacies of chattel slavery. With online expert...
Speaker(s): Kevin Farmer, Revd Canon Dr Duncan Dormor, Rev'd Canon Dr Carlton Turner

The Hosts With The Most

Join our partners Refugees at Home to hear stories from hosts who've volunteered with them to offer short-term stays for refugees. Hear how – for both host and refugee alike – these stays have...
Speaker(s): Refugees at Home

A New Generation’s Search

Hear what author and journalist Lamorna Ash discovered as she talked to 20-somethings across the UK wrestling with Christianity. From Oxford Circus to Iona, it became a surprisingly personal journey.
Speaker(s): Lamorna Ash, Azariah France Williams

To Have or To Hold

What can nature's hidden relationships teach us? Science communicator Sophie Pavelle talks about why we need to understand symbiosis: totally different species evolving to live together for...
Speaker(s): Sophie Pavelle

Potholes and Pavements

Q&A with Laura Laker, author of Potholes and Pavements, a Bumpy Ride on Britain's National Cycle Network. Laura asks, what if we had a Network that genuinely gave us the choice not to drive for every...
Speaker(s): Laura Laker, Dave Walker

SCM Young Voices

What can we learn from Generation Z? Bite-sized talks and discussions on the topics the next generation of speakers are passionate about, kick-starting conversations that are important for everyone...
Speaker(s): Student Christian Movement

How to be a Half-Arse Human

Perfectionists and procrastinators welcome! Come and learn about the power of radical mediocrity as we make peace with slap-dashing life, work out what is ACTUALLY worth our time and live better...
Speaker(s): Leena Norms

How To Take On Big Oil And Win

Blurb: Tessa Khan is a climate campaigner & lawyer who has successfully campaigned against major UK oil fields, like Cambo and Rosebank. At a crucial moment for the fight against new oil & gas, Tessa...
Speaker(s): Tessa Khan

Altar-ed States or Magical Mushroom Musings

Psychedelics held in respectful sacred spaces have phenomenal potential for the mental, physical and spiritual healing so needed in our suffering world. Curious? Join the Ligare team for mystical,...
Speaker(s): Ligare

The Genesis of Hope: Marilynne Robinson in Conversation

Where does the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of the Gilead sequence find hope? What role does fiction play in building a better world? Marilynne Robinson explores the relationship between self,...
Speaker(s): Marilynne Robinson, Andrew Tate

Voices of the Earth

Pairing hard data with Talanoa storytelling and ritual, Brazilian theologian Paulo Ueti will draw on the spiritual wisdom traditions of Indigenous peoples to chart concrete paths to meaningful...
Speaker(s): Jocabed Solano

A Climate of Truth

What, exactly, is holding us back from combatting the climate crisis? Professor Mike Berners-Lee has a roadmap – and believes the most critical step is to raise standards of honesty in politics,...
Speaker(s): Mike Berners-Lee

Elephants and Porky Pies

Where has honesty gone in this Orwellian era when “Truth Social” means the precise opposite? Pilate's question, “What is truth?” is as relevant now as then. Jesus had a right to remain...
Speaker(s): John Bell