Wood, the brand new eco-friendly festival brought to you by people who give us the Truck Festival each year, was held 16-18 May in the lush surrounds of Braziers Park, near Wallingford.

How eco-friendly can a festival be, you may ask? Surprisingly, it would appear the answer to that question is: very.

The Wood Stage (main stage) was solar powered, the Tree Tent (second stage) was powered by recycled chip fat and there was even a small music tent called the Cycle Stage that was bicycle powered.

Yes, that's right. If you wanted to dance to music long into the night you had to get involved with a bit of pedal power. There was no shortage of volunteers.

The Wood bar served only local beers and ciders (which were delicious) in biodegradable cups made from maize starch. The toilets were composting loo's - and surprisingly almost pleasant.

The food was all organic, either locally produced or fair trade.

Waste recycling points were all over the park.

They handed out old 35mm film canisters (remember those!) for you to place your gum and cigarette butts in to ensure none were left littering the ground.

They even used recycled wristbands, which were unused leftovers from the previous 10 Truck Festivals.

As if that wasn't enough to make you feel better about the world, the music was fantastic.

Friday night in the Tree Tent, gorgeous singer Maria Ilett performed an acoustic set, instead of her normal electric trip-hop pop, which highlighted her sweet, irresistible voice.

Over on the Wood Stage, Oxford boys, The Epstein played a remarkable set of alt-country anthems with wonderful harmonies which saw the up-for-it crowd dancing the night away.

Saturday in the Tree Tent there were wonderful acoustic sets from Sam Isaac, and Neil Halstead, while psychedelic troubadours Circulus headlined.

On the Wood Stage on Saturday, there were fantastic sets from Norwegian indie-popsters Dylan Mondegreen, the sublime rock of Oxford's Stornoway, genius psych-folk rock from Danny and The Champions Of The World, the inspiring sounds of King Croesote, plus an extended set from folk legend and Fairport Convention founder, Ashley Hutchings.

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly! provided the headline set on Saturday. Even stripped back to an acoustic guitar, no laptop and only one member of his brass section, Get Cape (aka Sam Duckworth) is inspiring.

Such relaxed and intimate surroundings only served to highlight his exceptional song writing talent.

He reveled in the friendly atmosphere, even encouraging two members of the audience to join him on stage to play tambourine and maracas.

Sunday saw music from the wonderful Richard Walters, the future folk-goddess that is Devon Sproule, brilliant alt-rock from Lightspeed Champion, aka Dev Hynes, and a headline set from former Long Ryder, Sid Griffin's alt-country group The Coal Porters With more mandolins than you could shake a stick at, an idyllic setting among huge trees and greenery, Wood created the soundtrack to the summer for music fans and eco-warriors alike.

'Think globally, act locally' is surely the mantra of the Wood organisers.

With the number of festivals in the UK this year, it makes you wonder why they can't all have the same philosophy?