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CoEvolution Quarterly

CoEvolution Quarterly (1974–1985) was a journal originally edited by Stewart Brand. Brand established the CoEvolution Quarterly using proceeds from the Whole Earth Catalog. It evolved out of the original Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog. Fred Turner notes that in 1985, Brand merged CoEvolution Quarterly with The Whole Earth Software Review to create the Whole Earth Review.

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CoEvolution Quarterly
CoEvolution Quarterly
EditorStewart Brand
CategoriesEnvironment, Science, Politics
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherPOINT Foundation
Founded1974
Final issue
Number		Fall 1984
Issue #43 (became Whole Earth Review starting issue #44)
CountryUnited States
Based inSausalito, California
LanguageEnglish
WebsiteOfficial site
ISSN0095-134X

CoEvolution Quarterly (1974–1985) was a journal originally edited by Stewart Brand.12 Brand established the CoEvolution Quarterly using proceeds from the Whole Earth Catalog.3 It evolved out of the original Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog.4 Fred Turner notes that in 1985, Brand merged CoEvolution Quarterly with The Whole Earth Software Review (a supplement to The Whole Earth Software Catalog) to create the Whole Earth Review.4

CoEvolution Quarterly was the first place to publish Ivan Illich's essays "Vernacular Values" which later became the book Shadow Work.5

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  1. Kirk, Andrew G. (2007). Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism. University Press of Kansas. pp. 160-161, 162-163, 164-165, 166-167, 168-169.
  2. Binkley, Sam (2007). Getting Loose: Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s. Duke University Press. pp. 159-160, 161-162.
  3. "CoEvolution Quarterly (history)". Whole Earth. 2009. Archived from the original on 2018-01-15.
  4. Turner, Fred (2006). From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. University of Chicago Press. pp. 120, 130. ISBN 0-226-81741-5.
  5. Illich, Ivan. "Vernacular Values". Preservation Institute. Archived from the original on 20 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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