This is an important consultation on the next 20 years of economic and social development in the North West.

http://www.nwregionalstrategy.com/StrengthsAndChallenges

The Principles and Issues paper mentions sustainability issues, including peak oil and climate change, but it still fetishises economic growth - and frames it all in terms of being competitive with other regions and globally.

The more people who make constructive but critical coments that question these fundamental assumptions the better.

To help you make your submission (which takes about an hour including reading the paper and commenting on the web based form) I've made available the pdf of my comments at http://greendealmanchester.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/178/

And they use a motorway as their logo!!!

Mark