Bermuda is pursuing an unsustainable economic model, according to Stuart Hayward, Chairman of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force.Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club yesterday, Mr Hayward said that rampant development was being forced by the need to cater to population growth “aided by the forces of speculation”.“With population growth there is more demand for housing, parking space, open space, offices, recreational space, and so on,” he said.“With speculation, there is a drive to build in excess of need.”And he noted that, in 2006, only six percent of new jobs created went to Bermudians, 75 percent went to people “who had to be imported to do the work”, another 15 percent went to resident foreigners with the rest (four percent) going to non-Bermudian spouses of Bermudians.“Is this our economic future, that for every 100 jobs created, only six Bermudians will actually get a job?” he asked. “Or, looked at another way, in order to get six Bermudians employed, do we have to import 75 foreign workers?“If that is our future, we are in serious trouble. The demands of 75 workers for housing, transportation, food, recreation, entertainment and health and social services is an extortionate price to pay for putting a mere six Bermudians to work. This is not a sustainable economic model.“As an aside, neither is it a sustainable cultural model. Bermuda’s traditional cordiality cannot be demonstrated or preserved by a mere six workers in 100.”Mr Hayward called for a greater degree of civility in dealing with racial divisions.“We must give attention to the relationships between our people as hosts, and individuals who come here as tourists and/or guest workers.“This relationship is in jeopardy. The main providers of foreign currency are tourists and IB (international business). The vast majority of them are white and they’re all foreign,” he said.“As a majority black population with a racially injured past, we Bermudians must resist the temptation to present a hostile face to our clientele, most of whom are white, whether they be tourists or the movers and shakers of the IB sector.“We must resist as locals the temptation to be hostile toward our guests who are predominantly foreign, whether tourists or imported workers.“Is there anything to gain by stirring up racial hatred when the vast majority of our clientele are white? I don’t think so. Is there anything to be gained by stirring up feelings of ethnic hatred, xenophobia? I don’t think so.“I call on citizens on all sides of the racial and ethnic divides to speak without being offensive, listen without being defensive and disagree without being disagreeable.”