Greenbelt 2019 – what we’re hearing
Thank you to the almost 1,500 of you who completed our festival survey. The lucky winner of a pair of weekend tickets for 2020 is Amélie! We love hearing what you tell us as it helps us to learn,...
An open door: reimagining the marketplace through social housing
A guest blog from Benjamin Rick, Co-founder and Managing Director at Social and Sustainable Capital, a partner of our sponsor CCLA. Good investment relies on good thinking, which is why we've...
Ending the need for food banks together
A guest blog from our associate partner, Trussell Trust... This year's Greenbelt Festival was, as ever, a fantastic experience. We're grateful to everyone involved in organising such a great...
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Greenbelt Communion
* Nadia Bolz-Weber's sermon starts at 41:52 * Ah Christmas time, mistletoe and wine... no, we're afraid Sir Cliff isn't joining us this year, but in his absence we're pulling out all our...
The Laugh Temptation: Is Everything Funny? Or Are Some Things Off-Limits?
Forty years ago this autumn, churches were picketing Monty Python's Life of Brian. Now university campuses ask comedians to sign agreements not to touch on a range of issues before taking gigs. A...
Speaker(s): United Reformed Church, James Cary, Elf LyonsIt’s Not About the Burqa
Fed up of hearing about what Muslim women were like from people who were neither Muslim nor female, Mariam Khan edited a book of essays, It's Not About The Burqa, to bring together the voices of a...
Speaker(s): Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Mariam Khan, Amirah SackettFood Retail, Food Justice
With Hannah Gallimore, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Central England Co-op & Simone Connolly, Director, FareShare East Midlands. Working with food banks and charities, Central England...
Speaker(s): The Exchange hosted by....The Moon: Mother Of Us All
The moon is so familiar that we take it for granted. Yet it orchestrates the tides, dictates the length of a day and the rhythm of the seasons. So let's look at the Moon afresh – to see it not...
Speaker(s): Maggie Aderin-PocockNew Wit. New Wisdom.
Artificial intelligence is changing the human person and human community--but to what end? Professor Ilia Delio discusses the vision of Teilhard de Chardin for an AI world where the religious...
Speaker(s): Ilia DelioWake up – the house is on fire!
A guest blog from Cliff Mills of Anthony Collins Solicitors, partners in The Exchange venue at Greenbelt, following on from his session at the festival on generational justice with Daniel...
Love in the face of Empire
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2019 put the story of Christmas at its heart. Here, you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the thinking...
Listings, planning and surprises – Greenbelt 2019
The sun is out and that's the way it's going to stay. The Box Office onsite opens at 10.00am this morning and we're ready for another bumper weekend of artistry, activism and belief. Here's a quick...
Zia Ahmed
Zia Ahmed is from North-West London. He is part of the London Laureates, having been shortlisted for London's Young Poet Laureate 2015/16. He is a former Roundhouse Slam Champion and Writer in...
Liz Adekunle
Liz Adekunle was born in North London and read theology at Birmingham University. She has three Masters degrees; the first from SOAS in African Christianity and Development, the second, completed...