Known as the festival of nature and music, the WOOD festival is back this year, with its outstanding musicians, interactive activities, lots of talks and some of the best toilets you’ll ever come across at a festival (Yes, that’s right. They’ve been shortlisted for the Best Toilets at Festivals Award).
The lineup includes Eliza Carthy, Willy Mason, Katy Bennett, The Epstein, Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou and other remarkable eclectic folk artists.
Also on the bill will be lots of workshops, aimed at inspiring a sustainable lifestyle such as wallets made from orange juice cartons and a pedal powered cinema and disco. Other highlights include cabaret, comedy and theatre.
One of the most impressive things about WOOD is that it’s entirely run on renewable energy. From composting toilets, to showers heated by a wood burning stove, to solar powered stages, this festival is really trying to show an alternative, sustainable way of living and partying.
The festival will be taking place over the May 20-22th weekend up in Braziers Park, Oxfordshire. It’s a lovely festival, with a good community vibe and tickets under £100 for 3 days – a steal of a deal! Attendance is limited to 800 people and a third of the tickets have already been sold, so get yours now.
Ps- Last year we went to T in the Park to trial the world’s first biodegradable festival tent. You can find out more about our tent journey here.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
