Primania: Who’s paying for your clothes?
Fast fashion. The age of Primark. When you buy a T-shirt for £2 who is really paying the price? The Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh showed it's time for a fashion revolution....
Speaker(s): Katherine Maxwell-RoseWhere Are We Headed in Israel/Palestine? ‘Judaization’ and the Rise of the One-State Solution
Israel now effectively rules all of Israel/ Palestine, with the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories left permanently stateless. There seems to be only one option left – but what would a...
Speaker(s): Jeff HalperThe Jihad Of Jesus – Part One
We are caught up in a cycle of so-called ‘holy wars'. But this is not inevitable: our religions can be a resource for overcoming conflict – if we understand the heart of all true religion as...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsThe Jihad Of Jesus – Part Two
Open-hearted, compassionate spirituality lets us reclaim jihad from extremists and reconsider Jesus, as he is in the Gospels: a strong-but-gentle Messianic figure who can bring Christians and Muslims...
Speaker(s): Dave AndrewsXLP
After the success of XLP's first X-Mobile recording studio, they are returning to Greenbelt with a brand new, never been used before, X-Mobile studio. The X-Mobile Project is an amazing youth...
Karen Rooms
Karen Rooms is the Canon Missioner at Leicester Cathedral with responsibility for developing the cathedral's social outreach, and Transition Priest in the Holy Spirit Parish Leicester. Karen...
Visual Arts for The Common Good
Greenbelt visual arts volunteer Rich Blake-Lobb takes a look at this year's Visual Arts Line-Up The visual arts programme doesn't just offer art to gaze upon, but encourages contributions,...
Simon Barrow
Simon Barrow is Director of the beliefs and ethics think Ekklesia and a member of the Iona Community. He was formerly Assistant General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and he...
Neil Messer
Neil Messer is Professor of Theology at the University of Winchester, where his research and teaching focus on Christian ethics and the relationship of science and theology. Neil began an academic...
Savi Hensman
Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...
The 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...
7 artists that’ll take you on a rollicking round-the-world adventure
We're proud of the diversity on display at Greenbelt, with artists appearing from every far-flung corner of our lovely planet. Here are a few of our top picks to take you on a whistle-stop...
7 ways to stay cheerful this Greenbelt
You've escaped the city and made it to a wide open green space. And the people are as beautiful as the scenery! What's not to like? But just in case you need some extra help to keep your spirits...
A Takeaway for your heart and mind
The Greenbelt TakeAway is the new name for our vibrant exhibitors' street market. In the TakeAway you will find a fantastic array of charities and organisations to meet with, learn about and...
Akanksha Mehta
Akanksha Mehta is a lecturer in international relations at the School of Global Studies, University of Sussex. She teaches courses on gender, sexuality, race, postcolonial theory, and political...