Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, carries an oil container from his house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, lights his wooden cooker at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, sits on the stairs at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, harvests olives from the trees outside his house, in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72 and Cardinali's current housemates, Agnese, 35, and Andrea, 46, have lunch together at Cardinali's home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, Agnese, who has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years, and Andrea, who spends the week there but goes home each weekend to look after his mother, grow their own fruits and vegetables, olives for olive oil, and keep bees for honey. A local cooperative sells them sacks of legumes, cereals and wheat, which they grind to make their own bread. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," said Agnese. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Agnese, 35, prepares lunch in the wooden kitchen at Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Agnese has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," she said. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, carries a basket for the olive harvest, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, climbs a tree to harvest olives at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, works in the vegetable garden outside his house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, picks pumpkin flowers in the vegetable garden outside his house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, washes pumpkin flowers he picked from his vegetable garden, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, saves the water he previously used to wash vegetables, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Bottle gourds are seen hanging from Fabrizio Cardinali's chicken pen outside his house, in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, 72, has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years and is the founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts). REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, checks the chicken pen at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali's home is seen between the trees in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, 72, has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years and is the founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts). REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, checks the mailbox at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, talks to his current house mates, Agnese, 35, and Andrea, 46, at his home in the woods, in the small town of Cupramontana, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, Agnese, who has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years, and Andrea, who spends the week there but goes home each weekend to look after his mother, grow their own fruits and vegetables, olives for olive oil, and keep bees for honey. A local cooperative sells them sacks of legumes, cereals and wheat, which they grind to make their own bread. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," said Agnese. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Andrea, 46, picks the olives fallen from the trees at Fabrizio Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, 72, Agnese, 35, who has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years, and Andrea, who spends the week there but goes home each weekend to look after his mother, grow their own fruits and vegetables, olives for olive oil, and keep bees for honey. A local cooperative sells them sacks of legumes, cereals and wheat, which they grind to make their own bread. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," said Agnese. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, combs his beard in the mirror, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, and his two current house mates, Agnese, 35, and Andrea, 46, talk to a worker at the oil mill in the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, Agnese, who has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years, and Andrea, who spends the week there but goes home each weekend to look after his mother, grow their own fruits and vegetables, olives for olive oil, and keep bees for honey. A local cooperative sells them sacks of legumes, cereals and wheat, which they grind to make their own bread. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," said Agnese. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, places wood in a box, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, sets the table for lunch, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, brings a pot to prepare lunch on the wooden cooker at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Agnese, 35, grinds the grain using an hand millstone, at Fabrizio Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Agnese has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," she said. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Agnese, 35, sifts the grain at Fabrizio Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Agnese has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," she said. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, lights an oil lamp at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, reads a book at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 12, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Figs left to dry are seen on a table at Fabrizio Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, 72, has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years and is the founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts). REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, undresses to bathe with water he heated up on the wooden cooker, at his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, prepares the tent to sleep outside his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Agnese, 35, makes sourdough bread at Fabrizio Cardinali's house in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, November 15, 2022. Agnese has been living at Cardinali's house for the past two years. "I feel privileged to have the freedom to choose my freedom," she said. REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Fabrizio Cardinali, 72, walks with a candle outside his home in the woods of the small town of Cupramontana, Ancona, Marche, Italy, December 11, 2022. Cardinali, founder of La Tribu delle Noci Sonanti (Tribe of Harmonious Walnuts), has been living alongside nature without gas and electricity for 36 years. "I was not interested in being part of the world as it was going. So I left everything - family, university, friends, the sports team, and set off in a completely different direction," he said. "Giving something up is not masochistic. You give something up to obtain something else that is more important." REUTERS/Yara Nardi SEARCH "NARDI CRISIS ITALY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.