Portola Institute
Encyclopedia
The Portola Institute was a "nonprofit educational foundation" founded in Menlo Park, California
in 1966 by Dick Raymond. The Portola institute helped to develop other organizations such as The Briarpatch Society. It was also the publisher of Stewart Brand
's Whole Earth Catalog
beginning with the first issue in 1968. The first issue of The Whole Earth Catalog notes that the catalog is one division of The Portola Institute and that other activities of the Institute include: "computer education for all grade levels, simulation games for classroom use, new approaches to music education, Ortage Park Teacher's Laboratory." Raymond and Brand later collaborated to form the Point Foundation
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Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...
in 1966 by Dick Raymond. The Portola institute helped to develop other organizations such as The Briarpatch Society. It was also the publisher of Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation...
's Whole Earth Catalog
Whole Earth Catalog
The Whole Earth Catalog was an American counterculture catalog published by Stewart Brand between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998...
beginning with the first issue in 1968. The first issue of The Whole Earth Catalog notes that the catalog is one division of The Portola Institute and that other activities of the Institute include: "computer education for all grade levels, simulation games for classroom use, new approaches to music education, Ortage Park Teacher's Laboratory." Raymond and Brand later collaborated to form the Point Foundation
Point Foundation (environment)
The Point Foundation was a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco and founded by Stewart Brand and Dick Raymond. It published works related to the Whole Earth Catalog. It was also a co-owner of The WELL.-References:...
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External links
- Global Giving - Peter Schwartz
- Well.com - Michael PhillipsMichael Phillips (consultant)Michael Phillips is the key person who created MasterCard in 1966. He is a published author of eleven books and a founder of the Briarpatch Network...
- Briarpatch Network