Greenbelt
“Greenbelt Festival is somewhere artistry meets activism, where the political meets the practical. 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, to pray and to party.
We were founded a long time ago by a bunch of misfits in a field. We’re still in a field. And we’re still somewhere that welcomes anyone and everyone.”
Kind of why I fit in so well (though the dancing I leave to others)! I’ve been a part of the Greenbelt Community/Family since my late 20’s. I’ve served on its Management Group Board back in the Noughties, helped manage the compere team and for best part of the last decade been part of the photography team.
It’s a ‘thin-place’ I make pilgrimage to with my family to every year. It sustains me, disturbs my comfortability and comforts the disturbed in me. It’s my, and many others place where we belong, no matter what. In short it’s ‘Home’.
For more information click here: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/greenbelt-festival/#our-manifesto
For the Greenbelt at 50: Wetplate Photography Project click here: https://www.paulwchambers.com/greenbelt-at-50
