Generation Gap: How young Muslims are defining faith outside of traditions
A new generation of young British Muslims are using technology to examine their faith against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia, and within communities that have traditionally placed an emphasis on...
Speaker(s): Hussein KesvaniKeep It Simple
Even as we shape technology, it shapes us and our society. Figuring how we interact with it in ways that are healthy and responsible is proving a challenge. Can we step back from the detail and,...
Speaker(s): Ade AdewunmiCollecting Yourself
What are the things that you'd put in a museum of your life? In this workshop we'll create our own intangible museums of emotion and self, and unravel how we make our identities and legacies through...
Speaker(s): Alice ProcterManju Malhi
Manju Malhi is a TV chef and a cookbook author who was born in England to Indian parents. She grew up in West London surrounded by Indian culture, traditions and lifestyles. However, she spent...
Ade Adewunmi
Ade Adewunmi is a senior industry consultant with a focus on public sector organisations. She's a problem solver working at the intersection of data, digital and strategy. In her day job with...
Graham Wilson
Graham Wilson is Greenbelt's Finance Chair. Graham has been a Director of Finance within the social housing sector for 20 years, involved in corporate strategy, private financing and business...
Come away to come home
We're just about to welcome festivalgoers to the 45th edition of Greenbelt. And once again, I find myself in reflective mode – in the midst of the inevitable and relentless rush of last-minute...
Blessed are the peacemakers?
A guest blog from our associate partner, Oasis Trust At Oasis, we challenge the assumption that ‘peace' has outgrown us, becoming an unachievable ideal: a complicated, fleeting idea that has...
Leena Norms
Leena Norms is a poet and YouTuber from the Midlands, UK. Her channel contains weekly video essays and imperfect thought experiments to help you live a more shrewd and spirited life. She was...
Sughra Ahmed
Sughra Ahmed is Associate Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University. Her role includes teaching, research and pastoral care with a focus on person centered care of staff and students on...
Top 10 tips for doing Greenbelt on your own
A blog by Jackie Elton, CEO of Christian Connection and Single Friendly Church For many people, going to Greenbelt each year can feel like returning home to a community of family and friends. But...
Journey To Sanctuary
A walk-through exhibition — an interactive, immersive installation telling the story of a mother as she journey from despair to hope, leaving the home and country she loves when they're ravaged...
Bodily Fluids. And Other Good Questions.
A guest blog from Dr Marika Rose, of our associate, the University of Winchester During one of my Philosophy, Religion and Ethics lectures last year, we were asked to rank bodily fluids in order of...
Family Gaming At Greenbelt
A guest blog from Andy Robertson If you're packing for Greenbelt, don't forget your smartphone. In drop-in sessions (Saturday and Monday, 9-11am in the new Telescope venue) we'll have loads of...
Acts of the Imagination, Part 3: The Leap to The Heart
A guest blog by Jonathan Draper, General Secretary of associate Modern Church I recently had the interesting experience of watching Mission Impossible: Fallout and Mamma Mia!2 on consecutive...