For a few quiet days in July 2014, I was laying in a hammock on a Brazilian beach, planning a year’s worth of Shmita study and action that will rebrand this ancient sustainability practice rooted in the Land of Israel for new digital generations all over the world.
Hovering between earth and sky provided the perfect setting to what I was designing: An adaptation of the Sabbatical Year concept beyond its original halakhic, geographical and agricultural settings so that it will prove useful and meaningful to so many more of us.[…]
