There was a strategy there. the treehuggers were the victims. Easy fodder for the cultural Marxists. Essentially, the cultural Marxists knew that they could manipulate that generation using the make love now war, free sex hippy culture schtik, and they did.  If you don't know yet about the origins of poolitical correctness, the weaponization of the Left and ideology yet, you're in for some interesting learnings coming up.  Once you get this, you start to see how it has all worked, and your own question will be clearly answered through your understanding!  Here's an intro. (you can skip the first 2 minutes, but the rest is gold)  Architects of Western Decline