Richard Raymond (publisher)

Richard Raymond (November 30, 1923 – September 16, 2015) was a publisher and a key figure in Northern California environmental and cultural developments. His company, the Portola Institute, published the Whole Earth Catalog and the CoEvolution Quarterly. Raymond co-founded the POINT Foundation to fund the organization of environment- and community-related projects, and the Briarpatch Network as a mentoring and mutual-aid system to support small-scale entrepreneurs.