James Holloway: builder of Greenbelt’s foundations
A Tribute to James Holloway by former festival manager and Fat Band member Martin Evans James Holloway died at 3a.m. on Friday, the 18th October 2019 in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge,...
Christian Aid urge us to keep the faith!
A guest blog from our partner Christian Aid... Many of you joined us in August at the festival to protest, to create banners and placards, to sign petitions and to learn from each other about what...
Best-selling books from Greenbelt 2019
A guest blog from our friends at Church House Bookshop... Well, those hot, sunny days at Greenbelt 2019 are a distant memory now – but we thought you might like to see what sold best at G-Books,...
An act of faith
A guest blog from Greenbelt volunteer Katherine Venn from the XR / CCA protests in London this week ... Like a lot of the banners say, I don't want to be here – I really don't. I'm a...
Everybody Now – International Rebellion
We were excited to have members of Extinction Rebellion with us at the festival this summer. Here's what they've written to us ahead of their Everybody Now: International Rebellion action next week,...
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 2026 27 – 30 AUGUST BOUGHTON HOUSE
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...
In conversation with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Let's spend an hour with the head honcho of the Church of England! It's great to get the chance to check in with the Archbishop of Canterbury every now and then. Let's ask him how it's going?...
Speaker(s): The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Chine McDonaldResist to Exist
There is a long history of citizens resisting injustice by withdrawing aspects of their legal cooperation with the State. This panel debates the ethics of civil disobedience and asks: is it ever OK...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion, The Anti Fracking Nanas, Bishop Stephen CottrellIt’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 SackettGetting your house in order
We're responding to the climate emergency. We're cutting down meat consumption and recycling like there's no tomorrow. But what about our houses? How sustainable are they? NOT! Get a wake up...
Speaker(s): The Hot House, Eric FewsterThere Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics, inequality, fake news – the list of concerns for the Anthropocene seems endless. Mike Berners-Lee explores how the big...
Speaker(s): Mike Berners-Lee