The Politics Of Climate Change
A politics that looks beyond national borders and seeks to build international cooperation and consensus must play a part in the fight to avert climate breakdown. As the UK teeters on the edge of a...
Speaker(s): Catherine RowettWhat does it mean to love our neighbour?
Mervyn Thomas CMG in conversation with Sarah Snyder When we look deeply into the parable of the Good Samaritan, we are confronted by a picture of radical love for those in need. Come and explore...
Speaker(s): CSWWhat’s So Funny About Brexit?
Professor Danny Dorling argues that the vote to leave the EU was the last gasp of the old empire working its way out of the British psyche, fuelled by misplaced nostalgia and profound anxiety. Is...
Speaker(s): Danny DorlingFive Tiny Acts of Revolution
In April 2019 a heavily-armed young man entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 52 people and injuring 49 others. That day, armed with a flat cap and a piece of cardboard, Andrew...
Speaker(s): Andrew GraystoneThe John Peck Lecture: A Tribute to John Smith
Anthony Wilson reflects on John's legacy at Greenbelt, placing his work in the tradition of the prophetic imagination. Tracing the connection between his vision and Greenbelt's, where the arts...
Speaker(s): Anthony WilsonGhost Trees
This is a talk about connections: in time, in space, with other species and in community. Illustrated by stories, Bob explores the importance of attentiveness in observing nature, understanding our...
Speaker(s): Bob GilbertWake 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...
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...
Sam Bright
Sam Bright is a lawyer with ClientEarth where he leads their legal campaign against coal plants across Europe and beyond. ClientEarth is a charity that uses the power of the law to protect the...
Event Horizon: How The Way Faith Sees The Future Affects Us All In The Present
Event Horizon brings an inter-faith panel together to consider what their faith reveals about the future, and how their different insights, traditions and disciplines point them towards the...
Georgia Latchmore
Trustee Georgia is passionate about sports, the outdoors and getting people active. She currently works in sports marketing and loves being part of getting people active every day. Other than...
If you see one thing at GB19 this year…
...then we'd respectfully suggest you might be doing it wrong. Everyone has to start planning what to see at some point though, so as you browse the huge handpicked bill of fabulous treats that we've...
Co-ops: Here to Stay, for Good
A guest blog from Central England Co-Operative, a stakeholder in The Exchange venue at Greenbelt 2019 This weekend Central England Co-operative are going to be co-hosting a venue called The...