DELWYN PILLAY’S (GREENPEACE) GREEN ROUTE D

ELWYN Pillay is a Seed Freedom activist and volunteer for Greenpeace Africa in Durban. “My green route starts at ID: Green Camp Gallery Project in Umbilo Road, a pioneering green urban renewal project in a dilapidated old house. Xolani Hlongwa, founder of the camp, transformed the abandoned house into an art gallery, urban farming and recycling community-based project.

“Next is the Glenwood Bakery in Esther Roberts Road, a few blocks from Green Camp. It’s a throwback to an era of community-based bakeries, before industrially manufactured food became the norm. All its bread is hand-formed, slow-fermented and baked in a hearth oven.

“Another taste bud delight is Thirteen-East Coast Eatery in Florida Road. It serves Italian-influenced food using local, non-GMO and foraged ingredients, such as the sour fig.

“The Permaculture Guerilla Garden in Julia Road has edible plants available to visitors for free harvest.

“My last stop is my Mandala Food Garden at Moseley Park. The idea behind the garden is to provide a beautiful and tranquil space in which to strengthen one’s connection with nature and Mother Earth, while reaping the benefits of her harvest.”