The Soul Of Climate Activism
Opening by reading her 'Letter to the Earth', a confessional Caroline Lucas MP chats with Pádraig Ó Tuama about the inspirations that have sustained her decades-long public life in green politics...
Speaker(s): Caroline Lucas, Pádraig Ó TuamaThe Fire This Time – My Taxi Ride With James Baldwin
A belief in creativity and equality have been the hallmarks of Bonnie Greer's career. Combining passion, honesty and fascinating true stories from the arts and sciences, as well as her own life,...
Speaker(s): Bonnie GreerCommunion: …And Now, the Weather…
Every day on the news there are stories of doom and destruction; wars and rumours of wars; poverty, child abuse, corruption … and then a smiley soul slides on to tell us what the weather will be...
Speaker(s): Azariah France Williams, Pip Herbert, Electric Cabaret, Peter Graystone, Christian Aid…and now, the weather…
For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...
Richard Dawkins at Greenbelt 2022
Over the course of our festival weekend, a few people once again raised concerns with us on our social media over inviting Professor Richard Dawkins to Greenbelt. The same concerns were raised way...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
Trans and non-binary – inclusion, support and programming at Greenbelt 2022
When we announced our lineup, concerns were raised about the inclusion of some speakers on the bill who it was claimed had shared gender critical views as part of their public and platformed...
To bring or not to bring? That is the question.
When we first moved to Boughton and away from Cheltenham Racecourse back in 2014, our festival theme was ‘Travelling Light'. We wanted festivalgoers to think carefully about what they really...
Space to Breathe
Space to Breathe are a Sheffield based Wellbeing organisation bringing the creative arts, simple spirituality and positive psychology to conversations about Mental Health and Wellbeing. Space to...
Lorna Rose Designs
Lorna is a visually impaired artist who loves explosions of colour and abstract pattern. She uses a variety of different techniques and surfaces to develop her artwork, from Geli plates and screen...
Revolting Christians
Our friends from the United Reformed Church will be at Greenbelt Festival again this year. Here's a blog they've written about what they'll be doing and how you can get involved. It's written by Roo...
New for 2022: Greenbelt Quiet Communion
Do you find the big festival communion service a bit overwhelming? Do you want to share bread and wine, but can't quite face the noise and the crowd? We've got some good news for you. Greenbelt...
Amos Trust
Amos Trust is a small creative human rights organisation. We challenge injustice, build hope and create positive change, working with vibrant local partners around the world. Street Justice – On...
10 teenage kicks at Greenbelt (so hard to beat)
At Greenbelt we want teenagers to go free-range and enjoy the run of the place. We've got a dedicated workshop venue and chillout space just for them, with events laid on all weekend but also you...
g-books: your official #GB22 bookshop
Our lovely friends at Church House Bookshop/Hymns A&M are back at Greenbelt once again, bringing our pop-up bookshop – g-books – to the festival site. Here's a guest blog post from them about...