Team Rockers

A Hidden Crisis in Plain Sight Across cities, thousands of vacant lots sit quietly contaminated — the toxic legacy of factories, gas stations, and industrial operations long gone. These brownfields are disproportionately concentrated in low-income and minority neighborhoods, where residents have the least political power to demand cleanup. Legacy Pollution Lead, arsenic, chromium, and petroleum compounds persist in soil for decades after industries leave. Cost Barrier Environmental Inequity Communities of color are 3x more likely to live near contaminated sites, yet receive the least remediation funding. Traditional soil remediation costs $50,000–$500,000 per lot — far beyond what most neighborhoods can access. The Solution: Nature + Machine Intelligence B-TRET (Botanical Toxin Remediation & Environmental Transformation) is a platform that empowers local communities to heal their own soil using phytoremediation — the science of using plants to absorb, break down, and neutralize toxins in the ground. Paired with AI, this ancient ecological process becomes precise, scalable, and accessible. Identify AI scans satellite imagery to detect likely soil degradation hotspots Diagnose Generative AI recommends hyperaccumulator plants matched to local toxins and climate Plant Community members deploy native remediation plants in vacant lots Restore Toxic lots become safe green spaces, gardens, and community assets