CUTTING CO2 IS A CHALLENGE WE ALL MUST FACE! SOLVE THE PUZZLE — ONE CUT WILL SUFFICE.
For any shape with straight edges there is a way to fold a piece of paper so that this shape can be cut out with a single straight cut.
“FOLD-AND-CUT THEOREM” Proved in 1998 by Anna Lubiw, Martin and Erik Demaine; first examples by Kan Chu Sen in Wakoku Chiyekurabe in 1721, Japan.
Watch the short film by Dilman Dila, in which students from the Uganda Youth for the Environment club demonstrate how to do the OneCutCO2 puzzle:
Download and print the puzzle below.
This puzzle was part of the arts-led project called Carbon Deli designed to engage the public in conversations around carbon removal technologies that launched at The Great Exhibition Road Festival (2022).
Kampala Yénkya 