Eco-geeks hold open source alternative to UN climate talks

A 20 wind turbine, 3D printed water filter and modular cargo bike among offerings from network of sustainable lifestyle innovators

This December world leaders convene in Paris for COP21, their 21st attempt at curbing global climate change.

Divided by borders, assembled in hierarchies and motivated by the kind of competitive ideology shared by the neoliberal business class, this meeting embodies the self-interested conventions of the old world. Unsurprisingly, the context has resulted in a failure of shameful proportions.