Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] ‘Random acts of kindness’ have become popular in recent years. Something done on a whim. Sporadic. Whenever, whatever. Paying the toll on the bridge for the car behind. But what if it wasn’t done on a whim? What about intentional and habitual acts of kindness? So that kindness…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Norman Kember was a British peace activist working with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq until he was taken as a hostage in the early 2000s. He was in Iraq to demonstrate his opposition to the invasion of the country, to show solidarity with the Iraqi people, and to…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Patience is a lost art in a world where some people can’t read this far in a sentence without checking their phones. We live in such an always-on, super-fast, results-driven, hyper-connected world, that moving slowly and patiently is practically counter-cultural. Perhaps because we’re a festival that comes to…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Peacebuilding – whether it be within yourself or our shared world – takes huge amounts of courage, generosity and understanding. Especially when grappling with deep unsettling tensions. Before working for the Methodist Church, Lia Dong Shimada facilitated dialogue about racism, hate crime prevention and conflict transformation in paramilitary-controlled…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] To be at peace is something many of us want, but few of us achieve. We can be at peace as a nation, but not at peace as a people. After all, as Einstein wrote, “Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] One band that seems to embody joy as an act of resistance more than most is self-proclaimed “queer, feminist, punk-witch” group Dream Nails. A year after taking over our Little Big Top festival venue in 2019, they joined us in the field of streams as our podcast guests,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] With thanks to poet Toi Derricotte for naming it, and Idles for bringing it to our attention “joy as an act of resistance” is something of a Greenbelt mantra. It’s the glimpse of the future that gives us the hope we need to keep fighting. It’s not just…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] “Love your enemies.” It’s a familiar but all-too-often avoided provocation. But what does it really mean? How does love become this form of radical mindset and action? Sami Awad, a Palestinian peace activist and exec. director of the Holy Land Trust in Bethlehem, was with us at Greenbelt…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Love. It’s all you need, right? Or as the Bible says in Corinthians: faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love. But what does it mean in today’s fractured and fractious world (other than you’re possibly at a wedding)? In a world so fearful –…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Lovely to be onsite at beautiful Boughton House today. The trees and the landscape might feel bare without their leaves and @greenbelt festival. But there is such promise for 2022. #SomewhereToBelieveIn [fb_vid autoplay= “true” id=”462976265246970″] [ad_2] Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Against a backdrop of inflation, soaring energy prices, empty shelves and supply chain issues, the approach of Christmas might feel more daunting than usual this year. But it’s still the perfect time to remind ourselves that the best things in life don’t depend on just-in-time delivery. They’re not…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Earlier this year we commissioned four Muslim artists to each create a short film that responds to the times we’ve been living through. The culmination of their work is No Normal, a profound, moving and thought-provoking 28-minute-film, weaving together their different perspectives. Here’s a short clip from Amirah…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you’ve not spent any time with the mighty Abdul-Rehman Malik then allow us to remedy that. A friend of the festival, here he’s also narrating our recent No Normal film in collaboration with Amal. Journalist, academic, raconteur and coffee afficionado, take some time out with AR, you…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The deadline’s almost up! Applications for our Freelance Programme Co-ordinator role close tomorrow (Wednesday) at midday. If you know someone – or maybe you *are* someone – who would be brilliant then please don’t hang about. https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/opportunities/ #GreenbeltFestival #Artistry #Activism #Belief [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We likely won’t know the final outcome of COP26 for some time, and while the words are many, it’s the deeds that will make all the difference. For inspiration today (as the world waits in anticipation), we thought we’d throwback to this talk at the festival in 2019…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Earlier this year we commissioned four Muslim artists to make short films in response to the times we’re living through, threaded together by our friend Abdul-Rehman Malik. We called it No Normal. Check out this clip from soul and roots duo The Reminders or watch the full film…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As we start to scheme and dream next year’s festival, there’s a rare chance to join our team and help us make it all happen. We’re looking for a new Events Manager to help us dream bigger and tread more softly, and a Freelance Program Co-ordinator for maternity…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] COP26 is ongoing right now. Governments and Nation States can do a lot, of course. But whatever happens in Glasgow, let’s not forget that we are still part of another power-base. We are civil society. So let’s keep lobbying, acting and demanding change from our political leaders –…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’re somewhere to come together once a year, where we’re as likely to dream up a better world as we are to dance and debate, pray and party. #GreenbeltFestival #Artistry #Activism #Belief [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Ever wanted to work for Greenbelt and help us make the festival happen? Maybe you know someone who would? We want to find the very best people to help us imagine the future of Greenbelt, so if you know who we should talk to, let us know or…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] As #COP26 begins today we’re reminded of these wise words from Rowan Williams. “The climate crisis is not some unfortunate accident but a reality that has been at the very least accelerated and measurably worsened by a set race. We may or may not escape a breakdown. But…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Hands up who’s never been to Greenbelt Festival before? We’d love to welcome you to be part of our inclusive community in the fields next August bank holiday weekend ❤️ https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/buy-tickets/ #GreenbeltFestival #Artistry #Activism #Belief [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We commissioned four Muslim artists to create short films in response the times we’ve been living through. The culmination of their work is a profound, moving and thought-provoking 28-minute-film, weaving together their different perspectives. Here’s a snippet from Mohammed Ali’s soul-searching film in which he reflects on the…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Want to work for Greenbelt? We’re looking for an Event Manager and a Freelance Programme Co-ordinator to join our small and friendly staff team. Find out more and apply on our website. https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/opportunities/ #GreenbeltFestival #Greenbelt #Artistry #Activism #Belief [ad_2] Greenbelt Festival Source MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Azariah France-Williams is a priest in the Church of England and someone who speaks out against the church’s complacency when it comes to racial equality. That’s why we’re including him as one of our highlighted heroes for #BlackHistoryMonth. His book, ‘Ghost Ship: Institutional Racism and the Church of…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you want to be inspired by what is possible, then explore the vision of Christian Aid, who commissioned a new orchestral work called ‘Song of the Prophets: a Requiem for the Climate’ and premiered it at St Paul’s Cathedral just before the G7 met in Cornwall in…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Next Thursday (28 October) our friends Palestine Music Expo are teaming up with Campfire for an evening of live music and conversation. Featuring performances from and interviews with an array of Palestinian artists. Find out more and get your free tickets here: Campfire Presents: Palestinian Music Expo [ad_2]…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] When Patience Agbabi first came to Greenbelt way back in 2014 we were blown away by the persuasive passion of her poetry and prose. Especially as her writing seemed always to give voice to those most often unheard. Most notably refugees. Having reworked Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales for a…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Meet Flo, another member of the Young Christian Climate Network, an action-focused community of 18-30 year-old Christians who are making their way to Glasgow for COP26. They – like us – believe it’s time to make decisions that protect people and planet, not bank balances: no country should…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] The next friend and hero that we’d like to highlight for #BlackHistoryMonth is Jarel Robinson-Brown. Jarel both serves in the Church of England as an Assistant Curate, at the same time as calling out for it to do better when it comes to accepting LGBTQ+ and black bodies.…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] It’s easy to feel utterly overwhelmed by the scale of the climate change challenge facing our species and our planet. At Greenbelt we see part of our job being to explore and celebrate what might be possible, and nowhere is that inspiration more needed than now, on this…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’ve got our heads down, planning all sorts of wonderful things for Greenbelt Festival 2022. So, if you want to join us in the field for a long weekend of art, music, comedy, poetry, crafting, listening, camping, dancing, praying, partying and just-about-anything-you-can-think-of-ing, you can get your tickets here:…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] This #BlackHistoryMonth we’re sharing life stories and work from a few of our friends – heroes, in our opinion – who use their voices to demand equality in our historically structurally racist institutions, like the police force or the church. A small but mighty group who represent just…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Last year we featured writer and researcher Hannah Malcolm’s blog on how nature had got her through the pandemic, and since then Hannah has edited a brilliant book of writing on “climate grief”, ‘Words for a Dying World: Stories of Grief and Courage from the Global Church’ –…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] Did you meet your partner through an online dating site or app, or know someone who did? Christian Connection wants to hear from you! Christian Connection has been a Greenbelt friend since launching at the festival in August 2000, back when meeting online was a rarity. This year…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We feature Chine McDonald a lot. That’s because we think what she says is urgent and vital. And, yes… she is a Greenbelt trustee – but we’d love and support her work just as much if she wasn’t. So it would be remiss of us not to feature…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] We’d love to shout out Josh, and the wonderful, life-affirming pilgrimage that he and others in the YCCN are making as they head north towards #COP26 in Glasgow for a ‘decade-defining chance to make a stand.’ As this action-focused community of 18-30-year-old Christians say: ‘In years to come,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] If you haven’t heard Leroy Logan’s story yet, we reckon you should do so, ASAP. Dr Leroy Logan is a former superintendent in the Metropolitan police. He spent 30 years of service fighting from within a hostile environment to create a more just and equal policing system for…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Greenbelt [ad_1] With it being Black History Month and with COP26 on the near horizon, this month we’re focusing on some of the brilliant work being done by our friends, partners and all-round heroes. People who are making history either by fighting for racial equality or climate justice. We’ll be…
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