The challenge of mindfulness: how the 21st century is reconstructing faith
Its origins lie in ancient Buddhism, but the huge popularity of mindfulness today reflects the preoccupations of our age. But how does this extraordinary movement relate to other religious beliefs,...
Speaker(s): Madeleine BuntingThe Grove at Greenbelt 2017
A guest blog from Greenbelter Barbara Doye, who is coordinating The Grove programme for the festival this year ... Do you find yourself breathing deeper and travelling further into a sense of the...
Panels at Greenbelt 2017
Here are some of the panels being hosted at Greenbelt Festival this August. There will be other conversations too – with the co-operative organisations in our Exchange venue, in the Amal venue and...
Green Church Awards 2017
A guest blog from our partner the Church Times ... Is your church championing renewable energy? Campaigning for climate justice? Looking for funding to get a green project off the ground? This...
Calling under 18’s : GTV Youth Needs YOU!
If you're aged between 14 and 18, then this is for you. It's like this … We want to hear from you. We want to hear your passions, your concerns, what you're thinking. What do you want...
A piece of Palestine at Greenbelt 2017
Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, outlines the range of Palestinian programming at this year's festival and why a focus on Israel-Palestine remains fundamental to the festival's...
Greenbelt 2017: A few of our favourites things.
Just as we head into Easter weekend, we thought we'd share a few festival favourites who will be gracing the bill this summer for our 44th festival, The Common Good. It's good to have a degree of...
An Altar in the World: worship & spirituality at Greenbelt 2017
As we gather at Boughton House for our fourth Greenbelt there and our 44th festival overall, we look forward to what Corrymeela leader and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama describes as his "annual sacrament of...
This House Believes The 2015 Election Will Make No Significant Difference To The Future of Britain
Motion: This house believes the 2015 Election will make no significant difference to the future of Britain. For: Martin Newell (Catholic Worker Network) and Louise Donkin (SPEAK) Against: Gavin...
Speaker(s): Louise Donkin, Andy Flannagan1914 And All That
The First World War is commonly regarded as a carnage leading to a conclusion, both of which should never have happened. Its centenary is an opportunity to reflect on how people of faith deal with...
Speaker(s): John BellThe Business of Salvation: Building holistic communities in the 21st Century
Steve is at Greenbelt to provoke us on the themes of the church and enterprise, the welfare state, inclusion, government, community, the bible and the shape of the future. Steve Chalke MBE founded...
Speaker(s): Steve ChalkeCombatants for Peace (CfP) UK tour 2013
Hosted by Encounters, in partnership with the Amos Trust Representatives of Combatants for Peace, Palestinian and Israeli, will share their personal stories of transformation from violence to...
Greenbelt 2011 Communion Service
Living under canvas for a weekend reminds us we are all travelling on a journey of faith, dreaming of our home with God, seeking a place of shelter and security. In bread and wine, we recognise and...
Children’s & family lineup for GB17
Greenbelt is an inter-generational festival like no other. It's not just that we have lots of children and families onsite. We do. It's that as well as their parents and carers, often their...
Globalisation post September 11th
The author of Grace and Mortgage will speak about the events of September 11th 2001 have affected his view of the nature of globalisation and the prospects for humanising a world driven by money...