The Badge Archive

2011 – Breathe (Journey Set)

Per GSUSA’s 2025 Award Log: “These awards are retiring on 10/1/26”

Yes – 2011 Is the current GSUSA badge

Released in 2011 and is considered part of the 2011 Girl’s Guide. The Cadette page has information on when all badges were released.

Choose your own activities!

  • Activity List  (Not Available Yet)

Our Summary* of requirements:

  1. Aware Award – Keep an Air Log, Think of two air experts, Review a list of Air Issues, AND make an Air Pledge
  2. Alert Award – Dive deep into one Air Issue AND educate someone else about this issue (Educating others in a measurable way counts as the TAP).
  3. Affirm Award – Display how educating others made a difference, share it with others, AND make a Vision Statement.

* – This summary is based off the GSUSA booklet activity choices.

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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?

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Meeting Plans

Other Resources

What is a good way to earn the badge at home?

  • None Currently Available
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At Home Plans

  • None Currently Available

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GSUSA Information and Details

Three steps are needed to complete this badge:

  1. Aware
    • Identify two experts who can guide you to greater air awareness.
    • Increase your AWAREness about the issues that impact Earth’s air.
    • Decide the most important, personal reason you care about Earth’s air.
    • With your Cadette team, choose an air issue to act on together.
  2. Alert
    • Decide whom to educate and inspire—this is your Air Care Team (ACT)!
    • Decide what you will ask your Air Care Team to do.
    • Educate and inspire! Give your ACT its call to action.
  3. Affirm
    • Gather proof of progress or improvement through your efforts to educate and inspire.
    • Share the impact with your ACT and maybe even go further.
    • Get with your Cadette team and reflect on your efforts and their impact.
    • Affirm your commitment to strive to be an heir apparent of air and all of Planet Earth’s elements.
Official badge from Girl Scout Shop online
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Please note that the Leader and Girl Guides of all journeys were no longer being printed as of 2024 as far as we are aware. Copies being sold are those leftover until the supply runs out.

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  • GSUSA Volunteer Toolkit (VTK) free plan for several Meetings – No links available. This is only accessible through MyGS log-in on Council’s website for troop leaders

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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?

Learn about the Nature Themed Multi-level GSUSA 2011 badges.

Where does this go on the Uniform?

This is a Journey Badge – Click Here to see diagrams and details on where to place it.

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