Coastal Senior College’s annual luncheon, open to all, will take place Thursday, May 19 at Water’s Edge in Edgecomb. A cash bar and hors d'oeuvres will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m.; the buffet luncheon begins at noon and includes a sirloin carving station, full salad bar, and a buffet with vegetables, pasta, pork, and chicken. The featured speaker will follow at 1 p.m.

Continuing a CSC annual luncheon tradition of inviting speakers with expertise on timely subjects, this year’s speaker is Phil Coupe, a founding member and managing partner of ReVision Energy. ReVision is the largest solar company in Maine, garnering headlines weekly in its successful efforts to expand solar power in the state. The latest venture is a solar farm which went online March 31 at The Morris Farm in Wiscasset; a member-owned solar farm was built and commissioned in Edgecomb in the summer of 2015.

Prior to co-founding ReVision, Coupe served as vice president and director of corporate philanthropy at a startup company in Washington, D.C. that received numerous awards for its socially responsible business initiatives and also twice made the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies in the U.S. ReVision is a “B” corporation, which stands for “benefit” and designates one that is dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. Other founders of ReVision are Fortunat Mueller and Bill Behrens, who was one of four co-authors of the report, "Limits to Growth," which launched public discourse in the 1970s about an unsustainable fossil fuel world.

Tickets for the CSC luncheon are $25. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-286-1594. Some tickets will also be available at the door. Water’s Edge is on Route 1 just north of the Davey Bridge. Further directions and details can be found at coastalseniorcollege.org.