The Badge Archive

2011 – Get Moving (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 Junior page has information on when all badges were released.

What is this badge about?

Explore energy, learn how to conserve, investigate energy in your building, and do a Take Action Project.

Choose your own activities!

  • Activity List  (Not Available Yet)

Our Summary* of requirements:

  1. Energize Award – Make an Energy Pledge AND try two of the eight suggested Energize activities in the leader booklet. (Hint: Energize Activity List is on the Scouts Honor Wiki) THEN learn what others do to tackle energy issues.
  2. Investigate Award – Learn what energy is used in buildings AND make an energy improvement plan for their home. THEN investigate the energy use in a community building (possibly your meeting location) AND suggest ways it could be more energy-efficient.
  3. Innovate Award – Do a Take Action Plan (TAP) AND reflect on what they accomplished after.

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

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What is a good Troop Meeting Plan besides the VTK?

Click to Expand → All Known Meeting Plans and Resource Links

Meeting Plans

Other Resources

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

Click to Expand → All Known At Home Plans

At Home Plans

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GSUSA Information and Details

Explore energy and how to use it wisely by interviewing power-use experts and conducting an energy audits of a building in your community.

Three steps are needed to complete this badge:

  1. Energize Award
    • make an Energy Pledge to reduce their energy use in one or more ways
    • try at least two other Energize activities suggested along the journey
    • check out how other people are tackling energy issues
  2. Investigate Award
    • learn about energy use in their buildings
    • work with their families to make an energy improvement at home
    • investigate energy use in a community building and suggest ways to make it more energy-efficient
  3. Innovate Award
    • identify an energy issue in the community, research it, create a plan, and carry it out, all the while reaching out to others to join in, too
    • share the news, reflect on what they accomplished, and celebrate it
Official badge from Girl Scout Shop online
Click to Expand → GSUSA Official Resources

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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Is there a matching badge for Multi-Level Troops?

There are no correlating badges or journeys except one requirement in the Brownie Household Elf badge – 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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For More Fun Ideas and Plans

for Daisy, Brownie, and Junior Scouts

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Tia Kennard