News from the ROC shop in August!

“Bacon had a mom” Hoodie

Preview to the Bacon had a mom hoodie - available soon!As days are getting shorter and noticeably colder, we started thinking about designs for this winter and here is our first result: Bacon had a mom“, printed on a heather grey hooded sweatshirt!

And for those of you waiting for the sold out womens shirt – small sizes are available again now and all other sizes will be available again soon!


roots of compassion cycling team!

Image of the new roots of compassion jersey from front and backThe time is ripe for the first all-vegan german cycling team! After our call for vegan cyclists via facebook last month, we are now proud to present the roots of compassion cycling team, ready to premiere at the „Münsterland Giro“ on October 3rd. If you want to be part of the team, just let us know by sending an email to radteam@rootsofcompassion.org

But it doesn’t matter where you live, because you can still ride in the new roots of compassion jersey to show your fellow cyclist friends that “you can’t stop veganism”! The jersey is available for pre-order now and will be shipped from september 1st!

New products

Image of the Tofu Monster Bag.During the last month we had a whole bunch of new stuff filling the shelves of our shop. We now have caps with a neatly printed vegan flower on them, our tofu monster is now frightening tofu makers around the world on a dark purple bag and as an ecological, healthy and money-saving alternative to sanitary pads and tampons we now offer the MeLuna, a menstrual cup available in different sizes and colors. Furthermore we got plenty new stickers, for example this social network-style action sticker to be spread – not only in your room! Also, gone for a long time and now back in stock, mugs! They really make the soy milk taste delicious 😉

New as well – crimethinc’s latest book Work analyzes our relationship to work, why it seems that we work more than ever and why we still end up poorer and our bosses richer. The book joins the rest of our crimethinc literature family, such as Recipes for Disaster, Evasion, Expect Resistance, Days of War, Nights of Love, Off the map and the rolling thunder magazine.

ROC on the road

Summer is almost over, but you can find us at these events:
13.08. – Veggie Street Day – Dortmund
21.08. – Vegan Festival – London
01.10-02.10. – Paris Vegan Day

Saving the best for last!

The end of 2010 is near but there is still a lot to come.

From December 1st there will be a special offer every day with up to 33% discount. You can expect everything – from patches and chocolate to shoes and shirts. Therefore, we advise you to check our homepage everyday!

Further the Tofu-Monster Hoodie and Liberation Jacket will be available in all sizes from end of November, as well as Vegetarian Shoes. Chocoreale in all flavors will be back in stock too. Hooray!

The Group for Society and Animals Studies (GSA) was formed at the Universtity of Hamburg, Germany. It is the first institution of its kind in Germany and sees itself as a part of the field of Human-Animal-Studies with a sociological focus. You can contribute to their database if you have written a research paper in the field of the Human-Animal-Studies.

Stalls and Shirts

Hello hello.

We just came back from our 4 day trip to Fluff Fest in Czech Republic. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and had a little chat with us. We also had an open-air screening of EDGE with about 350 people on Sunday night which was really amazing.

The weekend before we went to the Veggie Street Day in Stuttgart, Germany. Besides bands, food, and information stalls there was a fashion show with roots of compassion apparel et al. The whole event was a huge success since a lot of passers-by seemed to be really interested in vegan food and animal rights. In two weeks, on August 14th, we’ll be at the Veggie Street Day in Dortmund with a stall.

It was your decision: The “We heart the ALF” Shirt came off as the odds-on winner of the vote we started 2 weeks ago!

And finally, we have the Tofu-Monster Shirt in all sizes back in stock. The new shirt is a bit shorter and has a slightly different shade of color than the old one.

Sincerely yours and rock on
Roots