The Second Curve
90-year-old organisational and management guru Charles Handy discusses the changes ahead for all of us in life, work and everything. Future thinking at its best. Regularly cited as one of the...
Speaker(s): Charles HandyExchange ideas: More stories of enterprise for the common good
Communities are taking the lead on food, on keeping children safe, and on using assets for The Common Good. Come and hear how! With Jonny Gordon-Fairleigh, Stir to Action, Daily Bread Co-op, and...
Speaker(s): David AlcockBlack Lives Matter: Christian & Muslim Reflections
A conversation among Muslim and Christian voices reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement including its historic roots and evolution both in the UK and USA. Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah, Eric...
Speaker(s): Ismael Lea South, Saraiya BahFood – For The Common Good ????
Ben Pugh looks after the Caterers and Traders for Greenbelt. Read what he's got in store for you and why what our caterers do on site is so important to us. To You. For The Common Good Reflecting on...
A greener festival
Over the last few years we've got rid of allllmost all our single-use plastic (we're still coming for you, cable ties) and managed to halve our festival fuel consumption. Each year we measure our...
A Little Child Will Lead You
Laugh: chuckle, giggle, snigger, hoot, snort, cackle, chortle, guffaw, titter. Our main act of worship sees children leading singing, praying, sharing and joke-telling – reminding us to laugh at...
Speaker(s): Fischy Music, Pop UK, Festival CommunionToo Hot To Handle: Climate Change Knows No Borders
Can we really cooperate to fight the ravages of climate change? And now that the UK faces Brexit, will the good things that the EU has done on climate care be lost? Do NGOs and campaigning...
Speaker(s): Bill McKibbenForget Me Not
Join three special guests whose lives have each been touched by dementia and who have responded in various ways through theology, writing and action. Share in their experiences, thinking and learning...
Speaker(s): Professor John Swinton, Rebecca de Saintonge, Sally MagnussonHas Online Dating changed everything?
Online dating is now ever-present in our lives. From Match.com to Tinder, how has it changed the way we form relationships? Are things better or worse? Safer or scarier? How can we understand and use...
Speaker(s): Jackie Elton, Dr David Pullinger, Vicky Walker, Kate BottleyGiving: good. Fundraising: bad?
Speaker(s): Zoe Bunter
People Power
No one understands community organising better than Neil Jameson. Come learn how to campaign for social justice and a better world; discover the political argument that underlines Citizens UK and its...
Speaker(s): Neil JamesonTheology As Survival
While some do theology as a form of sport or recreation, others – usually at society's margins – do theology as a form of survival. Join Father Broderick Greer and Canon Mark Oakley as they...
Speaker(s): Mark Oakley, Broderick GreerInter Act: Can Video Games be Spiritual?
Video games need interpretation like all art, but there are few places for grown-ups to find guidance on anything more than the latest way to shoot people in the head. Practical advice on where to...
Arriving + Departing Greenbelt 2017
We know you're getting excited about Greenbelt. We guess you're probably planning and packing ?, making lists and devising menus ?, so we've a few bits of information to help you get onto site...
The Hub : For ALL your campsite needs
As you make your way down into the campsite, you'll find The Hub just before the entrance to the Festival Village on the right-hand side. The Hub is home for all your campsite needs. Whether it's...