The Banana Collective aims to foster community cohesion and economic empowerment at Teringai, Kota Marudu, Sabah, Malaysia. The longtitudinal project will begin with an initiative in the youth education space, designed to engage and develop local youth, as community-embedded future change leaders, in the longer-term aspirations of the group, which are centred around the wider theme of ‘community-based improved environmental and economic outcomes’ achieved through developmental work and capacity-building undertaken in the areas of community prosperity and resilience; civic pride; and a shared, collaborative entrepreneurial mindset.