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You might not necessarily associate gas guzzling race cars with saving the planet but that's just what the drivers will be doing at this year's Australian race ... with a little bit of help from their young friends.
There is already a Memorandum of Understanding between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) to develop initiatives aimed at making the BIC more eco-friendly such as sustaining indigenous plants, shrubs and trees.
And the BIC is the only race circuit in the world to have a UNEP intern working on site full time.
The Desert 400 V8 Supercar race takes place from November 6 to 8 and, as the big day approaches, the circuit has also signed up to V8 Racing Green's school awareness programme which will see drivers visiting local schools to hand over 'green boxes'.
The boxes will contain an educational pack which outlines long-term projects for the youngsters and schools and there will be details of projects individual classes can take part in and factsheets full of interesting environmental information such as how the V8 Supercar Race calculates and offsets its carbon footpint alongside the FIA (Federation International de l'Automobile) motor racing's governing body.
The boxes will also include seeds for the children to plant and surprises both the teachers and students will love aimed at educating the youngsters and engaging them in the environment in a sustainable way which should lead to long-term positive change. And drivers will also be helping with tree planting as part of the BIC's commitment to the UNEP Billion Tree Campaign.
BIC chief executive Martin Whitaker said: "The UNEP regional centre is in Bahrain and we have been talking to them off and on for the last year.
"We wanted to establish a sort of special relationship as cars, and motorsport in particular, are seen as great polluters of the environment so it seemed an ideal solution to bring in Majda Al Zekri as a United Nations Environment Programme intern to help us achieve as much as we possibly can on the environmental front.
"Bahrain is mad about motorsport so we want to use the circuit as a catalyst to promote environmental matters.
"I think there will be lots of benefits particularly in education such as in the case of the V8 races where we will be involving the drivers in the campaign.
"Majda's presence at the circuit is also helping us to look at how we can be more environmentally friendly ourselves such as looking at the amount of water we use and using our grass cuttings to make compost.
"We're also looking at the amount of electricity we use and one of the items included in the schools' V8 boxes will be a solar kit to enable the children to make a solar powered car - it's something that's interesting and enjoyable while at the same time educating children about the environment."
He added that the circuit will also be encouraging schools to visit as part of a field trip where they can learn about Formula 1 and V8's efforts to reduce their carbon emissions and cut their carbon footprints - an incentive which has been running for some time and is proving successful.
The V8 is a touring car championship which is hugely popular across Australia. The Desert 400 is the only V8 Supercar race outside Australia and in its two years at the BIC it has proved just as popular with the kingdom's motor racing fans as it offers a really thrilling spectacle.
