1 Ecocultures of Transition: new, traditional and alternative ways of living in the ‘adjacent possible’. DRAFT Sept 2014 Acknowledgement: I would like to thank Frances Westley, Thomas Homer Dixon and colleagues at Social Innovation Generation, for facilitating and funding a short but highly productive research fellowship at the University of Waterloo, which amongst other things, allowed me to write this paper. Thanks also to Jules Pretty for extensive but encouraging comments. Stephen Quilley Department of Environment and Resource Studies University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo Ontario Canada Email: squilley@utwaterloo.ca