Bessie Rischbieth Conservation Award Recipient 1997

Naomi Segal

Naomi Segal has made a significant contribution to conservation, especially the banning of organochlorines, including dieldrin, aldrin, DDT and heptachlor.

Naomi was a household name in WA because of her energetic and successful campaign against the use of organochlorine pesticides.  After suffering as a victim of a careless pest control operator in the mid 1980’s she formed the group, ‘Householders for Safe Pesticide Use’.

Naomi also:
  Worked on the forests campaign in the early 1980’s,
  Assisted many other groups in their campaigns against pollution and toxic chemicals,
  Worked as a State Coordinator for Greenpeace,
  Assisted the Felspar Road Action Group in its campaign against the effects of the Stephenson and Ward incinerator,
  Served on the Executive Committee of the Conservation Council, and
  Made an enormous contribution to the Council over many years.

Naomi was widely recognised as one the WA’s most effective environment campaigners, with her efforts a model and inspiration to others.