What is Greenbelt?
It’s a faith-based music and arts festival that takes place over the August Bank Holiday weekend in the gorgeous grounds of Boughton House near Kettering. Greenbelt Festival offers a wide range of music, visual and performing arts, spirituality, comedy, talks and discussion on contemporary issues, such as climate change and the environment, Palestine and Ukraine, poverty and economics, disability and LGBT+, faith in public life, and now Artificial Intelligence too.
This page supports the article in the Autumn 2024 Wellspring by providing quick access to various content and facilitates access to the referenced recorded talks.
Communion Service
This year, Greenbelt live-streamed the Sunday morning Communion Service, which included members of the Tent of Nations community joining by Zoom to tell us their story of living on the West Bank.
Programme Guide and Festival Film
Greenbelt have recently published the Programme Guide, the Festival Film and the Flikr album of 6000 pictures celebrating this year’s weekend – do take a look when you have a few hours to spare!
Recorded Talks
Every year, Greenbelt invites speakers from all walks of life, and many of the talks are recorded and made available on the the talks section of the Greenbelt website. A small sample of this year’s talks have been purchased to give you a flavour of the topics covered – simply click on the image to listen to a recording.
And once you have listened to a talk, it would be great if you could leave a comment with your thoughts and reflections about the subject – just scroll to the bottom of the page – thanks.
URC and Amos Trust – Palestine today
Hosted by Sally Assam from Nazareth, this chat show features Palestinian guests and discusses the ‘facts on the ground’ in Gaza and the West Bank, and why our advocacy is so important.
John Bell – A world fit for our children
Analysis can breed paralysis, says John Bell. But the people of God are expected to prophesy and make for a better world. What should be the shape of the future for our planet and our children and how do we get there?
Osai Ojigho – Make Poverty History? Dream On!
20 years ago, we marched on the G8 summit demanding an end to poverty. What happened? As the African continent experiences its worst debt crisis in a generation, join us to explore whether it can ever really be over. With Jamie Drummond from Sharing Strategies (joining remotely), Ashley Green-Thompson from ACT Ubumbano (joining remotely) and Osai Ojigho from Christian Aid.
Brian McLaren – Four moves through doom
If you’re feeling overwhelmed – and tempted by denial or despair, author and contemplative activist Brian McLaren proposes four moves to help you find life after a feeling of doom.
Kate Bottley – Have a little faith
Simon Sharpe – The Climate Battle
While the world’s most powerful countries compete militarily and industrially, can they work together to win the climate fight? Do they even need to, asks Simon Sharpe, Director of Economics for the UN Climate Champions.
Kate Raworth – We need to talk about growth
Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics, digs into our culture’s addiction to endless economic growth and invites us to explore what it would take – for people, politics and planet – to learn to thrive instead.
16th September 2024 @ 8:53 pm
We had a very special weekend; hope others can get along next year!